ICVA Humanitarian Financing working group meeting

Elise brings over 24 years of experience in the humanitarian sector, including 19 years at the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies (IFRC) and 5 years as an entrepreneur and consultant specialised in strengthening not for profit organizations. At IFRC she served as General Counsel and Global Director of Policy, Strategy and Knowledge. After a move to Nigeria, she worked in an advisory capacity to strengthen and enhance the funding capacities of the Red Cross Societies in the West Coast of Africa.

She is the co-founder of the Nigeria PLRCAP program providing capacity support to Nigerian NGOs and the author of numerous reviews and studies including on pooled fund mechanisms, scaling of the CHS verification processes, and several pieces related to advancing locally-led action. Elise began her career as a corporate lawyer with the law firm of Coudert Brothers in their New York and Paris offices, specialized in project financing. She holds a Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law and attended both the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and St Anselm Colleges in the United States. She is French/American, based currently in Geneva, Switzerland.

Manon joined ICVA in 2022 as Humanitarian Finance Policy Officer, her work focuses on Quality Funding and Partnerships in addition to other humanitarian finance topics.

Over the past seven years, she has worked with several NGOs in the humanitarian sector in advocacy, policy analysis and research. Prior to joining ICVA, she worked with MSF International as well as country-level NGOs such as Lebanon Support and INSAN in Lebanon.

Manon holds a bachelor’s degree in War Studies and a master’s in International Peace and Security from King’s College London University.