Born in Austria in 1944, Mr Brabeck-Letmathe graduated from the University of World Trade in Vienna with a degree in economics. After joining Nestlé Group in 1968, he spent a significant part of his career in Latin America before being transferred to Nestlé’s international headquarters in Vevey as Senior Vice President. Appointed Executive Vice President as of 1992 and Member of the Executive Board, he was in charge of strategic business units, sales & marketing and corporate communications. He led Nestlé Group from 1997 to 2008, first as CEO until 2005 and then as Chairman & CEO. In April 2008, he stepped down as CEO and remained Chairman of Nestlé S.A. On 6 April 2017, Mr Brabeck-Letmathe was appointed Chairman Emeritus of Nestlé S.A. Mr Brabeck-Letmathe also serves as Vice Chairman of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and as Chairman of the Foundation Board of the Verbier Festival. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Biologique Recherche and Chairman of the Advisory Board of SES-imagotag. He is the former Chairman and now an independent board member of Formula One Group and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Salt Mobile SA. He is also Chairman of the Business Policy International Advisory Board of San Telmo Business School. Before that, he served on the boards of Roche, Credit Suisse, L’Oréal and Exxon Mobil Corporation. In addition, he was Chairman of the 2030 Water Resources Group, a public-private partnership that operates within the World Bank.

Professor Aebischer is President Emeritus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). During his 16-year term as EPFL President, from 2000 to 2016, he transformed the school and established it as a world-calibre university of science and technology. He is also a member of the Brain Mind Institute at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences. Prof Aebischer obtained degrees in medicine (1980) and neuroscience (1983) from the Universities of Geneva and Fribourg. From 1984 to 1992, he was a professor at Brown University’s Department of Neuroscience and Department of Biomaterials, Artificial Organs and Cellular Technology in the US. He returned to Switzerland in autumn 1992 as a full professor at the University of Lausanne and Director of the Division of Surgical Research and the Gene Therapy Centre at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). Prof Aebischer is a member of the Singapore Health and Biomedical Sciences International Advisory Council (HBMS IAC), of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and of the International Advisory Board of Sabanci University in Istanbul. He also chairs the Advisory Committee of École Polytechnique in Paris. He serves on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations including the Swiss Polar Foundation, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Verbier Festival. Prof Aebischer is a member of the Boards of Directors of Nestlé and Logitech. He is a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lonza and former Chairman of the Novartis Venture Fund (NVF). He is a Senior Partner at +ND Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in disruptive technology in the life, physical and data sciences. Prof Aebischer is a founder of three biotech start-ups.

Born in Brussels in 1960, Stéphane Decoutère moved to his mother’s native Switzerland in 1970. A geographer and sociologist by training, he began his career in 1985 by working simultaneously in science and communications, notably through positions at the University of Fribourg and EPFL, the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne and in the private sector; he also served as a scientific advisor on public management to the cantonal government in Valais, one of the 26 cantons comprising the Swiss federation, from 1996 to 2000. He was then directly involved in developing Switzerland’s educational, research and innovation policy, both nationally and internationally.

In December 2000, he joined the Swiss federal administration and became the personal advisor to Eric Fumeaux, the Director of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology and President of the Swiss Innovation Agency (CTI-Innosuisse). In June 2005, he was appointed personal advisor to Pascal Couchepin, Federal Councillor and the Swiss Minister of Education, Research, Culture, Health and Social Affairs, as well as President of the Swiss Confederation in 2003 and 2008.

In May 2010, after having advised Mr Couchepin’s successor, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, during his first months in office, he joined EPFL to work with its presidents – first Patrick Aebischer and then Martin Vetterli – as Head of External and Governmental Affairs to the EPFL President. He was appointed Secretary General of GESDA in June 2019, and Secretary General of the Board in October 2022. 

Henrietta H. Fore has worked to champion economic development, education and health, nutrition, water and energy infrastructure, in both humanitarian and disaster assistance and long-term development in all countries in the world.  She has served in both public and private sectors.  Most recently, she served as global Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 2018 to 2022.  Programs include the world’s largest procurement and delivery of childhood and COVID vaccines and connecting every school and learner to distance learning and the internet.

Prior to UNICEF, she served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment company.  She also served as the first woman Administrator in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Director of United States Foreign Assistance and Under Secretary of State for Management in the U.S. Department of State; and Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury.

In 2022, Ms. Fore joined the Boards of Imperative Care, a biotechnology company focused on strokes; EQT Future, an impact driven private capital fund; Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, for global heath crises; the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and her private companies in manufacturing, agriculture, and a growth impact fund.  In 2023, Ms. Fore joined the Boards of Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution, Concordia Leadership Council and GESDA – Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation.

 Previously, Ms. Fore served on corporate boards and nonprofit boards including Asia Society, Aspen Institute, Middle East Investment Initiative and Women Corporate Directors.

Enrico Letta served as Prime Minister of Italy in 2013-2014 and as leader of the Italian Democratic Party in 2021-2023. He entered politics in 1998, after working as an academic. He was notably Minister of European affairs in 1998, Minister of Industry in 1999-2001, and Member of the European Parliament from 2004-2009. In 2014, he became dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris.

Mr. Letta is the President of the Institut Jacques Delors and member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, an on October 1, 2024, he was appointed as Dean to IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs at IE University of Madrid.

Michael Møller spent 40 years as an international civil servant in the United Nations. He began his career in 1979 with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and worked for the United Nations in different capacities in New York, Mexico, Iran, Haiti, Cyprus and Geneva. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Senior Political Advisor to the Director-General of UNOG.

Between 1997 and 2001, he was Head of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at United Nations headquarters; between 2001 and 2006 he was Director for Political, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Affairs in the Office of the Secretary-General, while serving concurrently as Deputy Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General for the last two years of that period. Mr Møller also served as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus from 2006 to 2008 and was the Executive Director of the Kofi Annan Foundation from 2008 to 2011.

In recognition of his efforts to deepen public understanding of the vital role played by the United Nations and its partners in Geneva, Mr Møller received a series of awards from the City of Geneva, the Union Suisse des Attachés de Presse and, most recently, the Fondation pour Genève. He was also awarded the Bourgeoisie d’Honneur de Genève by the Republic and Canton of Geneva in 2020. Born in Copenhagen in 1952, Michael Møller earned a Master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States and a Bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Eng Chye Tan became the 5th president of the National University of Singapore (NUS) in January 2018, marking a leadership role in Singapore’s oldest higher education institution. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with first class honors from NUS and a PhD from Yale University. Since joining NUS as a faculty member in 1985, he has contributed significantly to mathematics, focusing on areas such as representation theory and invariant theory.

He is renowned for his educational innovations, shaping NUS’s academic landscape with initiatives like the special program in science and the university scholars program. He has authored multiple books and over 20 articles in esteemed journals, establishing himself as a distinguished mathematician and educator. His leadership extends beyond NUS, serving on various boards including the National Research Foundation and Singapore Economic Development Board.

Recognized with accolades such as the Public Administration Medal (Gold), the Meritorious Service Medal and the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal from Yale University, he has received honorary doctorates from the University of Southampton and Universiti Malaya. His international influence is underscored by his advisory roles at institutions like the Southern University of Science and Technology in China and the global think tank, The Conference Board.

In 2022, he was knighted as a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government, honoring his exceptional contributions to education and research. His career is marked by a steadfast commitment to advancing academic excellence and interdisciplinary learning, making him a pivotal figure in global higher education.

Michael O. Hengartner served as Rector of the University of Zurich (UZH) from February 2014 to January 2020. From 2016 until his resignation as Rector of the UZH, he also served as President of swissuniversities. He has dual Swiss and Canadian citizenship. He grew up in Quebec City where he studied biochemistry at the Université Laval. In 1994 he was awarded his doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate H. Robert Horvitz. After that, he headed a research group at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the USA until 2001. In 2001, he was appointed to the newly established Ernst Hadorn Endowed Professorship at the Institute of Molecular Biology at the UZH. From 2009 to 2014, he was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the UZH.

He completed an Executive MBA at IMD Lausanne and has been honoured with numerous awards for his ground-breaking research on the molecular basis of apoptosis, including the Swiss National Latsis Prize in 2006. In 2010, he received the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching from the University of Zurich. Michael Hengartner was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Sorbonne University in 2016. The UZH rector received the award in recognition of his research in molecular biology and his services to society. He was appointed Member of the GESDA Board in October 2022.

Enrico Letta served as Prime Minister of Italy in 2013-2014 and as leader of the Italian Democratic Party in 2021-2023. He entered politics in 1998, after working as an academic. He was notably Minister of European affairs in 1998, Minister of Industry in 1999-2001, and Member of the European Parliament from 2004-2009. In 2014, he became dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris.

Currently, he is the President of the Institut Jacques Delors and member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

Professor Aebischer is President Emeritus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). During his 16-year term as EPFL President, from 2000 to 2016, he transformed the school and established it as a world-calibre university of science and technology. He is also a member of the Brain Mind Institute at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences. Prof Aebischer obtained degrees in medicine (1980) and neuroscience (1983) from the Universities of Geneva and Fribourg. From 1984 to 1992, he was a professor at Brown University’s Department of Neuroscience and Department of Biomaterials, Artificial Organs and Cellular Technology in the US. He returned to Switzerland in autumn 1992 as a full professor at the University of Lausanne and Director of the Division of Surgical Research and the Gene Therapy Centre at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). Prof Aebischer is a member of the Singapore Health and Biomedical Sciences International Advisory Council (HBMS IAC), of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and of the International Advisory Board of Sabanci University in Istanbul. He also chairs the Advisory Committee of École Polytechnique in Paris. He serves on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations including the Swiss Polar Foundation, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Verbier Festival. Prof Aebischer is a member of the Boards of Directors of Nestlé and Logitech. He is a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lonza. He is Chairman of the Novartis Venture Fund (NVF) and a Senior Partner at +ND Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in disruptive technology in the life, physical and data sciences. Prof Aebischer is a founder of three biotech start-ups.

Born in Brussels in 1960, Stéphane Decoutère moved to his mother’s native Switzerland in 1970. A geographer and sociologist by training, he began his career in 1985 by working simultaneously in science and communications, notably through positions at the University of Fribourg and EPFL, the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne and in the private sector; he also served as a scientific advisor on public management to the cantonal government in Valais, one of the 26 cantons comprising the Swiss federation, from 1996 to 2000. He was then directly involved in developing Switzerland’s educational, research and innovation policy, both nationally and internationally.

In December 2000, he joined the Swiss federal administration and became the personal advisor to Eric Fumeaux, the Director of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology and President of the Swiss Innovation Agency (CTI-Innosuisse). In June 2005, he was appointed personal advisor to Pascal Couchepin, Federal Councillor and the Swiss Minister of Education, Research, Culture, Health and Social Affairs, as well as President of the Swiss Confederation in 2003 and 2008.

In May 2010, after having advised Mr Couchepin’s successor, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, during his first months in office, he joined EPFL to work with its presidents – first Patrick Aebischer and then Martin Vetterli – as Head of External and Governmental Affairs to the EPFL President. He was appointed Secretary General of GESDA in June 2019, and Secretary General of the Board in October 2022. 

Esther Cappelli is an organization and leadership communications specialist, with 10 years of experience in managing multi-media content production for internal and external purposes, and global campaigns.

Before joining GESDA as Communications Manager, Esther Cappelli served the Office of the Director-General of UN Geneva from 2015 to 2023, where she worked in communication and partnership building for the multi-stakeholder “Perception Change” Project.

Among the projects she cured, Esther led the ground-breaking project “SDG Mapping” in 2018, a data tool that visualises the expertise of over 100 international actors in Geneva towards the achievements of the SDGs; she conceived an designed the publication “170 Actions to Transform the Planet” now available in over 10 different languages, and related global campaign; she coordinated the worldwide campaign “You Need to Know the Global Goals”, with installations in airports and ongoing content production on over 2-year period.

Active within International Geneva’s networks, Esther facilitates connections and partnership building for greater collaborations.

Esther holds a MSc in International Relations with a major in International Political Economy for Sustainable Development, a MA in Visual Communication focused on communication and branding for the NGO sector, an Executive Education Certificate in a Digital Marketing.

Communication in all its forms is the common thread in the professional career of Jean-Marc Crevoisier, born in 1961. Between 1985 and 2001, he worked for several media, including the Journal de Genève, for which he was the parliamentary correspondent.  He participated in the creation of the newspaper Le Temps, responsible for the Swiss section. He then moved to Zurich, where he was deputy editor-in-chief of the Migros magazine “Construire”. The years of political communication came after that, with commitment to the Federal Offices of Economy, Interior and Foreign Affairs in succession. Jean-Marc Crevoisier was the Head of Communication for Federal Councillors Pascal Couchepin (2003-2009), Didier Burkhalter (2009-2017) and Ignazio Cassis (2017-2019). In 2019, he joined the Swiss Mission to the UN in New York. There, he was responsible for the communication of the last phase of Switzerland’s candidacy to the UN Security Council. Switzerland was elected on June 9, 2022. On August 2, 2022, Jean-Marc Crevoisier took up his position as GESDA’s Director of Communication and Marketing.

Ms. Muñoz is Director of Strategic Partnerships at GESDA (Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation), a Swiss public-private foundation that anticipates future scientific and technological developments to maximize benefits to society.

 She previously served as a diplomat, being Minister Counselor and Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Throughout her career, she has held regional leadership positions at the United States Development Agency, The Nature Conservancy, the United States Department of State, Singkee Consulting and AVINA Stiftung.  

Ms. Muñoz has more than 25 years of experience in the multilateral and international arena, working in areas related to sustainable development, human well-being and international security, promoting dialogue and action-oriented collaboration, always with a future-oriented vision. She is passionate about the links between science and diplomacy, especially as it relates to global governance and anticipating science to maximize its positive and inclusive impact.

Mr Giuliani holds an MBA from the University of Zurich and a Master of Advanced Studies in development and cooperation from ETH Zurich. From 1999 to 2009, he worked for the Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation, a Swiss educational charity, most recently as head of its international programmes and member of its Board of Directors. He joined Jacobs Foundation, a leading global not-for-profit organization that funds projects in the field of early learning, as Programme Manager in 2009 and then served as Managing Director and Delegate of the Board from 2013 to 2019. He currently serves on the boards of the Jacobs Foundation, the Jacobs University Bremen and the Roger Federer Foundation. Until 2020, he served on the boards of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo in Italy as well as on Barry Callebaut’s Sustainability Council. Mr Giuliani joined GESDA in April 2020. 

Gérard Escher has a diploma in Biology from the University of Geneva, and a PhD from the University of Lausanne. He joined the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow and research associate. After his return to Switzerland (University of Lausanne), he led a research group working on synapse formation. In 1999, he became scientific advisor to Secretary of State for Education and Research, Charles Kleiber. He became assistant director at the State Secretariat for Education and Research in January 2005, in charge of science policy and forecast. In 2008 he moved to EPFL, where he acted as senior advisor to President Patrick Aebischer (2008 – 2017) and Martin Vetterli (2017 – 2021). 

Sophie Gilbert manages the GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar®, an annual report anticipating the next advances in science and technology over the next 5, 10 and 25 years.

She joined GESDA from the Wellcome Trust, the world’s second-largest not-for-profit organisation dedicated to science and public health, where she managed a multi-million pound research portfolio in the clinical and discovery sciences. Before joining Wellcome, Sophie worked in academia, gaining her PhD in biochemistry from the University of Oxford.

Following this, she spent time at Imperial College London and later University College London as a postdoctoral research associate, with research interests relating to stem cell development and genetics.

Sophie has a keen interest in translating scientific discoveries to a wide audience: she has authored an illustrated book on genetic modification for children and has received a number of awards for outreach and communication during her time as an academic.

Dr. Marga Gual Soler has been one of the pioneers in building science diplomacy as a field of research, policy and education worldwide. Prior to joining GESDA she founded SciDipGLOBAL, a purpose-driven advisory, strategy, research and training firm helping governments, universities, international organizations and scientific institutions strengthen the role of science in global policy. She serves as a senior science diplomacy advisor to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research and is a member of the Scientific and Diplomatic Taskforce of the Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO).

She previously served as senior project director at the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy, where she built a global education and training program in science diplomacy and promoted scientific exchanges between countries under political strain – notably helping rebuild scientific cooperation between the United States and Cuba following the diplomatic normalization of 2015. She also served as a high-level science diplomacy advisor to former EU commissioner for Research & Innovation Carlos Moedas, was a member of the S4D4C Horizon 2020 project and is a founding member of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance.

Marga holds a bachelor and master’s degree in biology from the University of Barcelona (Spain), a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of Queensland (Australia) and executive education certificates in leadership and public policy from Georgetown University and Harvard Kennedy School. In 2019 she participated in the largest-ever women in STEM expedition to Antarctica to elevate women’s leadership in global sustainability and climate action, and in 2020 was recognized as a ‘Young Global Leader’ of the World Economic Forum.

Marieke is the Executive Director Impact Translator of GESDA. She joined the foundation at its inception in 2019. Her role is to implement the most advanced science diplomacy solutions ideated by GESDA, working towards their spin-off as independent institutions. This involves prototyping real-world activities, framing their governance and securing their funding. Marieke led the incubation of the Open Quantum Institute, culminating with its launch in March 2024 as part of CERN with the support of UBS.

Marieke’s expertise covers emerging science and technology, futures and foresight studies, practice-led multilateral governance, start-up and corporate innovation. Before joining GESDA, Marieke worked for 10 years for the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs. In her latest position, she headed the business section of the Embassy of Switzerland in London, where her projects focused on artificial intelligence and data-driven technology with applications in the financial sector, life sciences and performance engineering. Marieke holds Master’s Degrees in Business and in Dynamics and Economic Policy from the Sorbonne University and EMLyon Business School.

Dr. Catherine Lefebvre is Senior Advisor for the Open Quantum Institute at GESDA.  

She has years of experience in building strategic relationships as well as research & innovation partnerships in global quantum and artificial intelligence ecosystems. 

Until recently, Catherine was Vice President Global Policy and Partnerships at PASQAL, a full-stack quantum computing company. She was also convenor of a European Committee for Standardization working group, on the topic of quantum computing and is co-chair of an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standard Association working group on quantum computing.

She previously worked as Innovation Ambassador US & Canada at M Squared Lasers, Scientific Advisor in quantum technology for the Quebec Government, Scientific Liaison Officer in artificial intelligence for the National Bank of Canada and for the startup ElementAI (acquired by ServiceNow).

Catherine has a background in research and holds a PhD in molecular physics and theoretical quantum chemistry from Université Paris-Sud and Université Laval. She then pursued research as postdoctoral fellow and research associate for almost a decade, at the Université de Sherbrooke, the Canadian Space Agency and the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.

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Mr Müller has a long experience working at the interface between science, science policy and diplomacy. After an initial stay in academia and completing a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering, Mr Müller joined SwissCore – the Swiss Contact Office for Education, Research and Innovation (ERI) – in Brussels and worked at the interface of science, science policy and diplomacy, first as a research advisor and then as co-director. In this role, he helped shape the involvement and safeguard the influence of Swiss ERI organizations with respect to the European Union, its institutional bodies and related organisations, at a critical time in Swiss-EU relations. In addition, Mr Müller held leadership roles in pan-European science organizations, such as chair of the Science Europe working group on Horizon Europe, the EU’s €80 billion research and innovation programme, and coordinator of a large pan-European initiative on strategic planning and funding for research facilities. He joined GESDA in September 2019 as Executive Director of the Academic Forum. 

Daria Robinson studied astrophysics at the University of Geneva and began her career with the European Space Agency where she set up the external relations department at the time of ESA’s first human spaceflights with Russia. She then ran strategic planning consulting businesses in the US and Switzerland to help academia, governments, international organizations, and businesses jointly develop global science and technology initiatives.

Daria joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2015 to present the global business efforts to Ministers at COP21. She arranged at that occasion for a Call to Earth – A Message from the World’s Astronauts to COP21 to be delivered to the Ministers to sensitize the audience on the fragility of Spaceship Earth. Daria stayed on to set up the strategic partnership directorate at WBCSD.

In 2018, Daria joined the Antenna Foundation, a Geneva-based NGO, to manage the leadership transition bringing safe, affordable technology to developing countries in the areas of health, agro-ecology, water, hygiene, energy, and nutrition.

Daria was invited to join GESDA shortly after its creation at the end of 2019 as Executive Director of the Diplomacy Forum. In the following year she focused principally on developing the engagement methodology between the academic, diplomacy, impact and citizen communities – the Anticipatory Situation Room. This methodology ensures GESDA to be both a Do Tank and Think Tank at the service of multilateralism. The name of the Anticipatory Situation Room was chosen to underline the urgency to think and act together at the highest level. The Open Quantum Institute (OQI) is the first GESDA Solution born out of this early work. Daria is now Deputy to the CEO and runs the Solution Accelerator, the pipeline of future possible solutions emerging from the Science Breakthrough Radar®.

She serves on several boards, including XPRIZE Europe, a strategic partner of GESDA.

Daria is also a passionate space and science “interpreter”, building awareness of their importance to society by sharing her professional and personal experience through public speaking.

Dr. Marianne T. Schörling is an open innovation professional, building multi-stakeholder collaborations. She completed her MPhil and PhD in Sociology in Austria, Argentina, and Germany and explores what collaborations need to thrive and how to best implement impact-oriented solutions to complex problems.

Since 2004 she works at the intersection of sociological research, strategy consulting, community management and international development. She started her career with one of the leading strategy consulting firms, working with business and governments on large-scale projects to foster technology innovation. She acquired further experience on innovation policy development with projects for the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, regional governments in Canada, and start-ups in Europe. She also worked with NGOs, start-ups, and the United Nations on innovative solutions to global challenges in the areas of health, environment, and human rights.

In 2019, Marianne joined as Head of Stakeholder Engagement the Geneva Macro Labs, a do tank focused on the potential of emerging technologies for a more sustainable future where she has built a community of 2400+ professionals. She joined GESDA early 2023.

Ms Seguin holds an MBA from the French business school E.S.S.E.C.  She began her career at the family owned commodities trading house Louis Dreyfus in Paris, where she supported the implementation of back-office functions’ centralization and navigated several teams towards the new organizational objectives. Ms Seguin moved to Geneva in 2009 where she held operational roles as corporate and regional finance manager for commodities trading houses. Her specialty has been to setup operations, processes and tools with best practices in mind and aligning interests of multiple internal stakeholders in multinational environments. In 2018, Ms Seguin moved to Budapest to join the Hungarian Pikler-Lóczy Association as Co-President of the non-profit organisation responsible for preserving, practicing and disseminating the early childhood pedagogical approach of Dr. Emmi Pikler– her grandmother. Steering the association towards sustainability remains her way to care for the legacy.  Ms Seguin joined GESDA as Head of Operations in September 2022.