Members of the Fondation Hirondelle Board in 2023*
Tony BURGENER
Chairman of the Board. Former Director General of Swiss Solidarity.
Former ICRC Head of Press and Private Fundraising.
Akram BELKAID
Deputy Editor, Le Monde Diplomatique.
Marie-Jeanne EBY
Head of fundraising at WWF.
Formerly held various positions at the ICRC.
Mario FETZ
General Secretary of Apprentis d’Auteuil International.
Former director of fundraising and marketing at WWF.
Marc HOFSTETTER
Former Deputy Executive Director
of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD).
Dick MARTY**
Former member of the Swiss Senate.
Former Attorney General of canton Ticino.
Doris PFISTER
Consultant in organizational management and strategic communications.
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 head of the international editorial department at Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)
* The updated list of board members for 2024 is available on the Fondation Hirondelle website.
** until June 2023
We wish to pay tribute to the memory of Dick Marty, who died in December 2023.
Management
Caroline VUILLEMIN
General Director
Nicolas BOISSEZ
Director of Operations
Philippe BOVEY
Secretary General, in charge of services (until July)
Carine PRESTAT
Director of Services and Support (from August)
Organisation Chart
