Bilgé Ögün Bassani is the Chief Executive Officer of the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud

Association François-Xavier Bagnoud

Association François-Xavier Bagnoud is an international organization aimed at providing support for children affected by AIDS and poverty and was founded in 1989 by Albina du Boisrouvray.-Name:...

 (FXB International), a Swiss-based Foundation and NGO whose stated mission is to fight poverty and the spread of HIV/AIDS, among other things.

Bilgé Bassani was born in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, Turkey. Prior to joining FXB, she worked at the United Nations

United Nations

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 for more than 20 years, most recently as Deputy Executive Director and Director of Programmes for the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP)

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP)

The United Nations Fund for International Partnerships was established in March 1998 by then-Secretary-General Kofi Annan. UNFIP is responsible for administering and developing partnerships between UN agencies, departments, and programmes and the private sector...

. UNFIP was established by the United Nations Secretary-General to work with the UN Foundation for channeling Ted Turner

Ted Turner

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's $1 billion USD contribution to support UN causes. After joining the UN in 1983 she served as UNICEF Representative in Kigali

Kigali

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, Rwanda, and as the Deputy Regional Director of the Geneva Regional Office. Prior to that, she worked with Save the Children

Save the Children

Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...

USA as the Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East.