Governance
The Foundation falls under the authority of the Autorité de surveillance LPP et des fondations de Suisse occidentale,, whose head office is in Lausanne, and is made up of three entities: a Foundation Board, a Bureau and the Foundation’s permanent staff.
Foundation Board
The Foundation Board has the highest authority over the foundation, subject to the rights of the supervisory authority. It acts as guarantor of the Foundation’s statutes and asset management. It is in particular responsible for defining the goals of the Foundation and of the allocation of the Foundation’s resources to these goals.
It rules on the Foundation’s guiding principles and defines its strategy. It appoints from within its ranks the members of the Management Board and the Director.
It decides what amount is deducted each year from the Foundation’s assets in order to fund the Foundation’s goals.
The Foundation Board is currently made up of seven members.
- Claudia Genier
President - Anne-Lorraine Bujon
Bureau Member - Luis Marini-Portugal
Bureau Member - Aurore Merle
Member - Jean Richard
Member - Loïc Pfister
Member
Permanent Staff
The Foundation’s permanent staff, who work under the responsibility of the Director, appointed by the Foundation Board, is responsible for the implementation of the policy decided upon by the Foundation Board. The team currently consists of 8 people, based in Lausanne and Paris.
In Lausanne
- Matthieu Calame
Director - Claudia Neubauer
Programme Manager - Antoine Vaskou
Programme Manager
In Paris
- Aline Jablonka
Deputy Director - Lysiane Mangin
Publishing and Communications Department Assistant - Jocelyne Massal
Building, Logistics and Reception Manager - Naïma Sayah
Accounting and Administrative Secretary - Isabelle Yafil
Publisher