ICVA Humanitarian Financing working group meeting

Elise was previously an independent consultant and founder of the Nigeria PLRCAP program, providing capacity strengthening support to Nigerian NGOs in humanitarian contexts. She brings over 22 years of experience in the humanitarian sector, including 19 years at the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies where she held several roles including: General Counsel, global Director of Policy, Strategy and Knowledge and Funding/Capacity strengthening advisor for African West Coast Regional Office.

As a consultant she has worked with ICVA on pooled funds, CHS Alliance on scaling of the verification processes, World Vision on advancing locally-led action in South Asia, The Geneva Learning Foundation, on scaled online peer learning. Through the PLRCAP program she has developed and led numerous research and capacity strengthening initiatives with NGOs in the Lake Chad Basin. She has a Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law and attended both the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and St Anselm Colleges in the United States.

Manon joined ICVA in 2022 as Humanitarian Finance Policy Officer, her work focuses on Quality Funding and Partnerships in addition to other humanitarian finance topics.

Over the past seven years, she has worked with several NGOs in the humanitarian sector in advocacy, policy analysis and research. Prior to joining ICVA, she worked with MSF International as well as country-level NGOs such as Lebanon Support and INSAN in Lebanon.

Manon holds a bachelor’s degree in War Studies and a master’s in International Peace and Security from King’s College London University.