Anne Simon, appointed Secretary general of Secodev in May 2019, has more than 25 years of experience in management and global strategy consulting, spanning non-governmental, public and private sectors. She has steered various organisations in the implementation of strategies to run successful programs in the fields of international solidarity and development cooperation. She recently helped the Silvana Arbia Foundation to develop their program and strategy to combat the practice of using child soldiers in Africa and the Middle East.

As Executive director of the Soroptimists International European federation, an organisation of more than 80,000 women across 126 countries, Anne was responsible for advocacy at the United Nations. Previously, she had a long career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), where she headed up the Strategy and Intelligence Research division in the Middle East and the Global External Affairs division in New York.

Anne is now also involved as a technical commissioner for the Fédération genevoise de coopération (FGC), which brings together more than 60 associations. She continues her consulting activities with various foundations and non-profit organisations and is co-author of several publications, notably the Arab Women Leadership Outlook 2009-2011, a pioneering report on the issues and challenges faced by Arab women.

Leny Mora-Monteros holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied foreign languages and a master’s degree in International cooperation and multilingual communication from Stendhal University in Grenoble, France (2015).

Before joining Secodev, Leny worked in Grenoble and Geneva as a project manager in the field of development cooperation. He has also been involved as a coordinator of African and Latin American projects in a Geneva-based NGO.​

As Program manager at Secodev, Leny is responsible for planning, monitoring and evaluating African projects.

Actuellement, Leny, en tant que Responsable programme chez Secodev, assure la planification, le suivi et l’évaluation des projets en Afrique.

Olivia Gerig holds a master’s degree in International relations from the Graduate institute of international and development studies in Geneva. In 2004 she also obtained the specialist federal certificate in public relations.

Today, with a career spanning over 15 years in the field of corporate communication and public relations, Olivia oversees communication and fundraising for Secodev. Beyond this she also enjoys a writing career with four novels published to date: L’Ogre du Salève (Encre Fraîche, December 2014), Impasse khmère (Encre Fraîche, March 2016), Le Mage noir (L’Âge d’homme, June 2018) et Les Ravines de Sang (L’Âge d’homme, June 2020).