Peter Brey

Peter Brey has a long professional background strongly linked to the values Initiatives of Change stands for. He directed the Leenaards Foundation from 2012 to 2023, a philanthropic foundation which seeks to stimulate creative dynamics in the Lake Geneva region and supports initiatives that anticipate, question, and accompany changes in society in the fields of the arts, ageing and health. Previously, he was Director General of Terre des hommes Foundation, a major Swiss INGO with operations in over 30 countries, and Director General of a Dutch scientific research institute in the field of biopsychosocial medicine. At the same time, he was a member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Solidarity Foundation and a consultant to the International Council of Amnesty International. From 2015 to 2022, he was also Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of SwissFoundations, the umbrella organisation for Swiss philanthropic foundation. He currently is a member of its senior experts network. Peter lives in Martigny (Valais). He is married and has two grown-up children.