Avril Benoît Email Address

Executive Director

Me(c)decins Sans Frontieeres (MSF) is a healthcare organisation which provides medical assistance to people affected by armed conflicts,disease epidemics, malnutrition crises and other emergencies.

I'm a humanitarian aid worker and executive leader working globally to battle indifference, inspire hope, cement engagement and provoke action. I've been working with the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders since 2006. Among other roles, I've worked as a director of communications and development, and as a country director and project coordinator managing operations that provided aid to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Mauritania, South Sudan and South Africa. Prior to this, I enjoyed a 20 year career as an award-winning journalist in Canada. Specialties: humanitarian action, leadership, strategy, senior management, political analysis, strategic communications, development, journalism.