Members of the board in 2022*
Tony BURGENER
Chairman of the Board.
Former Managing Director of Swiss Solidarity.
Former Head of Media at the ICRC.
Akram BELKAID
Editor-in-chief, Le Monde Diplomatique.
Marie-Jeanne EBY
Partnerships Specialist, WWF,
Former manager in various posts at the ICRC
Mario FETZ
General Secretary of the Foundation Apprentis d’Auteuil International
Former fundraising and marketing director of WWF.
Dick MARTY
Former member of the Swiss Council of States.
Former General Prosecutor of the Canton of Ticino.
Doris PFISTER
Adviser in organizational and strategic communication management.
Former journalist.
Nathalie PIGNARD-CHEYNEL
Director of the Academy of Journalism and Media – University of Neuchâtel.
Professor of digital journalism.
Isabelle WERENFELS
Former journalist. Senior Fellow at the Middle East and Africa research division
of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Martin WOKER
Former international editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ).
(till october)
* The updated list of members for 2023 is available on Fondation Hirondelle’s website.
Executive team
Caroline VUILLEMIN
General Director
Max Morel
Chief of Operations (till october)
Philippe BOVEY
Secretary General, Head of Services
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