Stephen Cornish
General Director of MSF Operational Center Geneva, Doctors Without Borders
Stephen Cornish has been a dedicated member of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for over 30 years. His expertise in negotiating humanitarian access to vulnerable populations and resolving aid-worker abduction crises has been instrumental in MSF’s global operations.
Cornish, served on the board of directors of MSF Canada, before becoming its Executive Director. He also held significant roles with the Canadian Red Cross and with CARE Canada, before joining the David Suzuki Foundation as CEO. Since 2020 he has been the General Director of MSF in Geneva..
He has been involved in Impact and innovation for many years, founded the Transformational Impact Capacity of MSF, was Health advisor to the Mars impact fund and is currently Impact officer of YPO Alpine Geneva.
Cornish holds a master’s degree in Global Risk and Crisis Management and a post-graduate diploma in Conflict Resolution . His work has been published in academic and policy journals in Canada and around the world.