Heart and mind for young people worldwide

Introducing the terre des hommes schweiz team

The terre des hommes schweiz team consists of around 60 motivated and skilled employees in Africa, Latin America and Switzerland who work closely with our partner organizations to bring about sustainable change. Each team member contributes individual strengths and skills to jointly empower young people and create long-term prospects.

Directly to: Management, Finance & Administration, Development Policy, Communication & Fundraising, Program, Board of Directors.

Management

Franziska Lauper
Managing Director

Gabriela Wichser
Head of Programs

Reto Mischler
Head of Communication and Fundraising

Finances and administration

Nurcan Sarica
Finances and Human Resources

Sascha Tankerville
Assistance to the Management, Safeguarding and Anticorruption

Sven Brogli
Administration and Organization

Ephraim Piatti
Financial Administration

Development policy

Andrea Zellhuber
Development policy

Annette Mokler
Advocacy on Climate Justice, Program Coordination for Western Sahara

Sylvia Valentin
Development policy campaigns

Valentina Darbellay
Advocacy Alliance terre des hommes schweiz/suisse

Program

Andreas Hugentobler
Program Coordination El Salvador and thematic responsibility Sustainble livelihoods

Anette Homlicher
Program Coordination Nicaragua, Security

Catherine Brunold
Projects Switzerland and Desk PSS

Carolina Castillo
National Coordination Colombia and Thematic Coordination Culture of Peace

Emerson Neves
National Coordination Mozambique

Fabiana Kuriki
Program Coordination Brazil and Colombia, Monitoring + Evaluation

Mlungisi Nyathi
Technical Advisor for PSS and Youth Participation Zimbabwe and South Africa

Hafid Derbal
Co-Programme Coordination Southern Africa, Co-Desk Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Julia Garcia
National Coordination Brazil

Nodumo Ndhlovu
National Coordination Zimbabwe and South Africa

Natalia Tembe
Technical advisor PSS and youth participation Mozambique

Nicolas Staehelin
Assistant Programs

Sonia Dubón
Technical advisor for PSS and youth participation El Salvador

Tayson Mudarikiri
Co-Programme Coordination Southern Africa, Co-Desk Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Sandra Ramirez
National Coordination El Salvador

Marco Müller
Project Coordination imagine and International Youth Network, Desk Youth Participation

Communication and fundraising

Deborah Mortier
Digital communication and institutional fundraising

Dominique Schmid
Fundraising and Communication, Data Protection

Peter Chan
Data Management and CRM

Jasmin Schraner
Media and Communication

Loredana Engler
Fundraising, Communication and Corporate Cooperation

Michèle Minet
Visual Communication

Mira Agostinis
Institutional Fundraising

Susanne Buri
Fundraising and Communication

Sheila Glasz
Digital Communication

Management Board

The Executive Board complements the work of terre des hommes schweiz with a clear strategic focus. The members of the Board of Directors bring in-depth expertise and many years of experience in the areas of development cooperation, social justice and sustainability. They are responsible for ensuring that our organization not only works effectively, but also consistently implements its values and vision.