Marine Buissonniere

Marine Buissonnière is deputy director of the Open Society Institute Public Health Program.

From 2003 to 2007, Buissonnière served as secretary-general of Médecins Sans Frontières, where she oversaw coordination and cooperation between the 19 sections that make up the MSF movement. In that capacity, she was a member of the steering committee of MSF’s campaign for access to essential medicines. Previously she was head of mission of MSF in Seoul; operations director for MSF in Tokyo (where she oversaw MSF’s campaign to promote access to essential drugs for HIV, TB, and malaria); head of mission in Gaza City and East Jerusalem; and administrator of MSF in Beijing.

She is a member of the board of MSF and of SOFT (Solidarités Franco-Tchétchènes). Buissonnière holds a master's in public policy (international relations) and a health and health policy certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, as well as a master's in international management from the MBA Institute in France. She is fluent in English, French, and Mandarin.