Fournier received an
M.D. from the
Université d'Auvergne in
Clermont-Ferrand,
France, and holds a
degree in
tropical medicine,
epidemiology and
biostatistics. He has worked as a
doctor or
head of mission in field projects in
Burundi,
Uganda,
Honduras and
Chile, as well as conducting emergency exploratory missions in
Mexico and
Venezuela. In 2000, he became MSF's operations manager, working in the
United States, and managing field programs in
Guatemala,
Haiti,
Nigeria,
Sudan,
Cambodia,
Myanmar and
Thailand. He became president in December 2006. ==References==