Hugh Aprile

Hugh Aprile has spent over 20 years working with communities in Africa, the Caribbean, Central, and South America. Hugh leads Mercy Corps’ growing portfolio of operations in the Americas Region, which includes programmes in Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, the Caribbean, as well as in the United States.

Hugh joined Mercy Corps in 2018 as the Country Director in Colombia, overseeing the implementation of impactful solutions at scale for marginalised and at-risk populations including smallholder coffee farmers, internally displaced persons, and Venezuelan refugees. He is grateful for his colleagues throughout Mercy Corps who challenge him to be better every day.