Marcus Baeder

Marcus Baeder was born and raised in Switzerland. His parents shared the gospel with him at a young age, and he decided to follow Jesus when he was 10 years old. He moved to the USA, where he studied biology (BA) and public health (MPH, Epidemiology). He then spent 3 years in breast cancer research at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center, particularly in the area of molecular genetics and epidemiology. Marcus and his lovely wife, Jen, joined SIM in 2005 and moved to Burkina Faso in 2007, where Marcus worked with HOPE for AIDS as Technical Advisor for 5 years. He also served as HOPE for AIDS International Coordinator from 2011 to 2017. In 2014, Marcus and his family moved to South Africa, and started serving as the SIM International Projects Coordinator and Southern Africa Zonal Coordinator for a few years, before filling in as Interim Regional Director for Southern Africa, and later as Acting Regional Director for Pacific Asia. He is serving as SIM Regional Director Europe since 2020, working alongside country directors, their teams and boards in 6 countries, and contributing as a member on SIM’s International Leadership Team. Marcus enjoys cooking, mountain-biking, and snowboarding, as well as listening to and playing music. Marcus and Jen have a 16-year old son, Silas, and 7 year old boy, Elias.