Philippe Sanchez is IPA's Senior Director, Global Operations. Philippe has close to twenty years of extensive experience in all aspects of global operations, from procurement to safety and security, from compliance with donor requirements to risk management. He has extensive work experience in Africa, the Middle East, and Central America, and he is fluent in French and English, with basic knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese. He started his career as an auditor, and then took on operations and programmatic roles in various organizations such as Sterling International Group and FHI 360. Most recently, he was the Global Director for Operations and Compliance at Invisible Children.