Marie is currently Siddhartha’s Intent Europe Chair and Communications. Buddhist since her teens, she met Chögyam Trungpa in the late 70’s and lived three years at Karmê Chöling in the mid 90’s. For some thirty years, she pursued a career as a journalist and publishing activities in French-speaking Switzerland. Marie met Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in Bhutan in 1992, who appointed her as Siddhartha’s Intent Europe Chair and Communications at the end of 2019.

Marie is also the Switzerland Representative for Khyentse Foundation, is the main contact for French speakers, coordinates translations into French, and serves as a link between Khyentse Foundation and Siddhartha’s Intent Europe. Marie also  coordinated the planting of the Peace Vase Project vases in Switzerland and Italy.