{"id":3559,"date":"2023-08-17T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/?page_id=3559"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:20:06","slug":"foundation-board-and-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/foundation-board-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Board and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n  <h2 class=\"block block-heading text-center col-xxl-10 mx-auto layout-header\">The FIFDH is a foundation steered by a Board comprising a minimum five members tasked with shaping the Festival\u2019s strategy and overseeing its ongoing growth. Two advisory circles and a thematic committee also play integral roles in sustaining the Festival\u2019s existence.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n  <h2 class=\"block block-heading text-center layout-section\">Foundation board<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chairman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yves Daccord&nbsp;<\/strong>Executive Chairman of the Edgelands Institut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deputy-Chairmen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Shirin Heidari &nbsp;<\/strong>Researcher at the Gender Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute, specialising in sexual and reproductive rights and gender issues<br><strong>Rachel M&#8217;Bon<\/strong> Journalist and filmmaker, founder of the NWAR association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Secretary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sonia Franquet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treasurer <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S\u00e9bastien Eisinger&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Managing Partner&nbsp;of the Groupe Pictet and co-head of the Pictet Asset Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Members <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cyril Troyanov<\/strong>  Lawyer and Partner at Eversheds Sutherland<br><strong>Karine Tissot<\/strong> Art historian, curator and art critic<br><strong>Josiane Tistounet <\/strong> Expert in Finance and Management<br><strong>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maendly<\/strong> Financial expert and head of business development at K2 Integrity Switzerland<br><strong>Vincent Pfammatter&nbsp;<\/strong>Attorney-at-law, Partner at sigma legal SA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n  <h2 class=\"block block-heading text-center layout-section\">Honorary President<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Leo Kaneman<\/strong>&nbsp; Founder of the Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n  <h2 class=\"block block-heading text-center layout-section\">Support<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIFDH Patronage Circle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasmine et Arthur Caye<br>Karin Sinniger<br>Luc Th\u00e9venoz<br>Adam Said<br>Antonella Notari et Bernard Vischer<br>V\u00e9ronique Barbey<br>Mich\u00e8le Claudel <br>Anonymous donors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman Yves Daccord&nbsp;Executive Chairman of the Edgelands Institut Deputy-Chairmen Dr. Shirin Heidari &nbsp;Researcher at the Gender Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute, specialising in sexual and reproductive rights and gender issuesRachel M&#8217;Bon Journalist and filmmaker, founder of the NWAR association Secretary Sonia Franquet Treasurer S\u00e9bastien Eisinger&nbsp;&nbsp;Managing Partner&nbsp;of the Groupe Pictet and co-head of the Pictet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5027,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3559","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3559"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44758,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3559\/revisions\/44758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}