Advisory Board

The Advisory Board advises Helvetas on development policy issues. It comprises (predominantly) federal parliamentarians from a broad spectrum of parties. 
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Regula Rytz
Member of the Advisory Board and Board of Directors since 2021
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Vice President
Peter Niggli
Member of the Advisory Board and Board of Directors since 2015
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Sibel Arslan
Member of the Advisory Board since 2016
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Mario Fehr | © Theodor Stalder
Member of the Advisory Board
Mario Fehr
Member of the Advisory Board since 2011
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Laurent Wehrli | © Keystone/ ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE
Member of the Advisory Board
Laurent Wehrli
Member of the Advisory Board since 2016
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Claudia Friedl | © Keystone/ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE
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Claudia Friedl
Member of the Advisory Board since 2020
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Franziska Roth | © Keystone/ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE
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Franziska Roth
Member of the Advisory Board since 2024
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Niklaus-Samuel Gugger
Member of the Advisory Board since 2024
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Member of the Advisory Board
Giorgio Fonio
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Helvetas is a leading Swiss organization for development cooperation and humanitarian response – denominationally neutral and politically independent.

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