Philippe Lasserre was born in 1933 and his wife Elisabeth is Swiss. He held both French and Swiss citizenship. He obtained a BA in French and German from the University of Paris-Sorbonne before devoting his whole time to the work of MRA/Initiatives of Change. He was a member of the Board of Initiatives et Changement (IofC in France). From 1972-2002 he was assistant editor of the monthly magazine 'Changer international', and for many years in charge of the interpreters at the IofC conference center in Caux, Switzerland. He worked in many parts of the world including the USA, India, and the Pacific. After 1980 he has had lay responsibilities at both local and regional levels with the French Reformed Church. He died in 2019.
