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 ABOUT US 

The Humanitarian Pilots Initiative was founded in Autumn 2015 by a small team of friends and acquaintances who share a common passion and goal. Since then, the foundation has expanded and currently has more than 25 individuals working with HPI on a voluntary basis. Everyone brings their unique expertise and experience to HPI. Together we carry out our operations in a professional and successful manner.

HPI is registered as a foundation in the Swiss commercial register. We are a non-profit organisation.

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 OUR TEAM 

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Fabio Zgraggen

President of the board

Pilot | Founder

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Pascal Stadelmann

Chief Project Officer

Pilot

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Elis Schneider-Pintér

CEO/ CFO

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Manos Radisoglou

Project Manager CM Ops/ Project Lead Sea Shepherd

Pilot | Boardmember

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Olivier Wilmart

Head of Operations

Pilot

Operations Manager SVAS

Pilot

Damien van Oost
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Leonie Meier

Fundraising

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Omar El Manfalouty

Operations Manager Central Med

Pilot | Boardmember

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Arnd Rafflenbeul

Chief Flight Instructor

Pilot

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Sophie Schüler

Head of Communications

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Mirko Strugar

Head of IT

Deputy Operations Manager SVAS

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Franz Coester

Accountant / Controlling

Nadja Busch

Legal

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Romano Zgraggen

Deputy CEO

Boardmember

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