Andrea Fiori takes office as secretary-general of MSF Korea

[Financial News] Andrea Fiori, an Italian, took office as secretary-general of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Korea on the 1st.
According to MSF on the 9th, Secretary-General Fiori had led the Russian office in Moscow since July 2023. In the early stages of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, he also served as field manager for Russia and Belarus.
He began working as an administrator in Uganda and Somalia in 2005. In South Sudan, Thailand and Myanmar, Haiti, and elsewhere, he was responsible for financial and human resources management and project coordination. From 2008 to 2009, he served as director of the Italian branch.
In 2014, as field manager in Kenya, he ran a center supplying relief goods to East Africa. He later oversaw medical programs in Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, including clinical trials for tuberculosis and visceral leishmaniasis.
Results from the tuberculosis clinical trial TB-PRACTECAL, conducted in three countries including Uzbekistan, provided the basis for the World Health Organization (WHO) to add a six-month oral regimen to its 2022 treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Secretary-General Fiori completed an integrated bachelor’s and master’s program in the humanities at the University of Bologna in Italy and earned a master’s degree in humanitarian assistance and international development studies. At Hanoi University in Vietnam, he taught Italian language and culture and designed the curriculum for the Italian Studies department. In Bologna, he co-founded AIPI, a cooperative focused on children’s education, and ran educational programs for vulnerable children.
The Korea office opened in 2012. Korean aid workers had been involved in medical relief since 2004, before the office opened. To date, around 75 people, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and administrative staff, have worked in places such as South Sudan, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
MSF Korea was recognized as an independent association within the international organization in 2025. The association sets the direction and strategy for the Korean organization’s activities, while the office handles operational work such as fundraising, recruiting and dispatching aid workers, and public relations.
In remarks on taking office, Secretary-General Fiori noted that many places still need medical assistance because of armed conflict, the climate crisis and infectious diseases. He said, “MSF will continue to provide medical assistance in accordance with the principles of independence, neutrality and impartiality. The Korea office, too, will continue to strengthen its role as a bridge connecting crisis zones around the world with Korean society.”
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