Neal Keny-Guyer

Mercy Corps moves past politics and crosses geographical boundaries to provide humanitarian aid and bring sustainable development to countries stricken by war, poverty or natural disasters.

With more than 3,700 employees, Mercy Corps now reaches nearly 16.7 million people in more than 40 countries, providing them with microfinance services, disaster response, trauma relief and agricultural development.

CEO Neal Keny-Guyer credits his mother with inspiring his passion. She instilled in him the belief that everyone has a responsibility to make the world a better place. From a young age, he (often with her alongside him) has been involved in service projects.

In his 16 years as CEO of Mercy Corps, Keny-Guyer has helped make it one of the most effective humanitarian and development organizations in the world. After the massive earthquake in Haiti last January, Mercy Corps was one of the first organizations to set up relief and recovery operations in Port-au-Prince—a city that had all but been cut off from the rest of the world.

Mercy Corps also developed Indonesia’s Bank Andara, a so-called “bank of banks” in 2008. It has become the first commercial bank in Indonesia created exclusively to serve the country’s large but fragmented microfinance sector.

Keny-Guyer’s leadership has helped Mercy Corps see philanthropy and aid as investments in innovative and sustainable development worldwide.

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