Jeniffer Macheso
Operations Coordinator
jeniffer.macheso(at)ngomanager.org
Jeniffer is a micro finance specialist with 15 years experience in micro finance-banking and training, in the private sector in Nairobi, Kenya. She is also a certified Trainer of Trainers in Micro Finance and Financial Literacy for Families. While working in the micro finance sector, she worked in operations and credit departments, with six of the years being in management leading teams in the bank and in the field. She holds a masters degree in Communication Skills and Bachelors of Commerce degree in Marketing.
Jeniffer’s passion is in impacting others lives positively through sharing knowledge and ideas.
At NGO Management Association Switzerland, Jeniffer serves as the Operations Coordinator. Jeniffer lives in Geneva.
Nana Afari
Operations and Administration Officer
nana.afari(at)ngomanager.org
Nana has over seven years experience in the youth and education sector in the United Kingdom. She has worked for various youth organizations advocating and supporting, disadvantaged young people in schools and in poor communities, in the area of employability and personal development.
Nana has a BSc in Psychology. At NGO Management Association Switzerland, Nana serves as the Operations and administration Officer. She is a Swiss national and lives in Geneva.
Cecilia Ona
Accounting
cecilia.ona(at)ngomanager.org
Cecilia has six years of experience in accounting at the Ministry of Public Finances of Ecuador. She has a diploma in commerce and administration and is currently completing her education as a certified accountant in Switzerland.
Cecilia lives in Lausanne.
Marco Kirschbaum
Representative of NMA board
mkirschbaum(at)ngomanager.org
Marco has worked on human rights and humanitarian issues since 1986. As a student, he worked for the protection of refugees and detainees. After an MA in Chinese studies in Berlin in 1991, Marco started working for the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), first in Sri Lanka, then in the Philippines, Djibouti and Israel as a delegate, head of mission and coordinator. At the ICRC’s HQ in Geneva, he served as head of sector for Protection for the Middle East from 1998-2003, and for Asia from 2003-2007.
He co-founded the NGO Management Association in 2001 and its NGO Management School in 2009, and served as its executive director until joining the OSCE in Ukraine in 2014. He currently serves as president of the board of NMA.
