Biography
Mariko Takeuchi was appointed Executive Director of the CASH Coalition in March 2025. Mariko has spent years designing responsive and inclusive strategies for smallholder agriculture and international development - aligning strategies, bridging divides, and scaling impact. She previously founded and led Margin Innovation, an innovation consultancy specializing in designing for complex environments and low-resource settings. Mariko has 19 years of experience designing programmes, services, products, and systems for NGOs, corporations, development agencies, governments, donors, and universities. She has worked across Africa and Asia on topics spanning agriculture, education, employment, energy, finance, gender, health, livelihoods, markets, SRH, sustainability, and WASH. She holds a MSc. Poverty Alleviation, Policy & Practice.