Who we are

* Benzli Opprecht was a member of the Board of Trustees until 2024

Board Member

The Foundation Board defines the strategy and supervises the operational activities of the Foundation. The members of the Foundation Board perform their services on a voluntary basis.

Markus Kramer

Chairman

Noëlle Opprecht

Board Member

David Schneider

Board Member

Caroline Bärtschi

Board Member

Beat Zürcher

Board Member

Management

Willi Helbling

CEO

Daniel Matter

Design & Education

Rainer Mattiello

CFO

Country managers

Alice Nkulikiyinka

Country Director Rwanda

Adrian Borter

Country Director Nicaragua

René Luchsinger

Country Director Mongolia

Daniel Matter

Country Director Uganda

Thomas Lauwiner

Country Director Kyrgyzstan

Chris Langenegger

Country Director Georgia

BPN Switzerland

Caroline Flück

Philanthropy Manager

Paul Urusov

Executive Expert Kyrgyzstan & Philanthropy

Matthias Staudenmann

Philanthropy, HR & IT

Marc summer

CRM & IT

Relevant vested interests of the members of the board

Noëlle Opprecht is also a trustee of the Titus Foundation, which has a similar purpose to the BPN Foundation.

Markus Kramer is on the board of directors at the BPN branch in Mongolia.

We are not aware of any other relevant vested interests of the members of the Board of Trustees.

BPN AG

BPN AG (founded in 1999) has not been active since 2005.

Subsidiaries of the BPN Foundation

The following companies are subsidiaries of the BPN Foundation and are consolidated in the financial statements. All local BPN companies are audited in the respective countries:

Georgia

BPN Georgia Ltd.

Kyrgyzstan

BPN Academy Ltd.
BPN CA Leasing Ltd.

Mongolia

BPN Foundation CH Branch
Titus Mongolia AIGmbH

Nicaragua

Foundation BPN

Rwanda

BPN Rwanda

From the financial statements of BPN countries only the liquid assets and loans to entrepreneurs are consolidated. Other assets such as furniture and vehicles are not included in the Swiss balance sheet and are recorded as program expenses.