Annemarie Klaasse is an experienced remote sensing specialist with 18 years of experience in the use of satellite earth observation data and algorithms for environmental applications. Annemarie holds a MSc in Soil and Water Conservation & Remote Sensing from Wageningen University (2001), the top1 university in agriculture and forestry (2019).
In 2005, she joined eLEAF, a Netherlands-based high-tech company that provides satellite based applications and data to optimize crop production and water management. Under the European Space Agency (ESA) EO4SD initiative she aims to mainstream earth observation data in the daily operations of the Multilateral Development Banks.