Primary & Secondary Schools in Ascona/ TI
Studies in economics and political sciences at the Universities of Bern and Lausanne

Career

1970 – 1974
General Staff, Federal Department of Defence

1974 – 1976
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Entry into the diplomatic service, various assignments in Geneva, CSCE and Stockholm, Swiss Embassy

1976 – 1977
Warsaw, Swiss Embassy, Deputy Head of Mission

1977 – 1981
Geneva, Swiss Delegation to the EFTA and GATT
From 1980: Deputy Head of the Swiss Delegation

1981 – 1985
Bonn, Swiss Embassy
Head of the Economic Division

1986 – 09.1993
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Head of the Financial & Economic Division

10.1993 – 11.1999
Brussels, Swiss Mission to the EC
Ambassador, Head of Mission

12.1999
Rome, Swiss Embassy
Ambassador of Switzerland to Italy, Malta & S. Marino

Marital Status
Married 3 children

Languages
Italian, French, German, English

Member of the Board of the Foundation for Research in International Banking and Finance (FRIBF), California University, Riverside CA, USA (1987-1994)
Chairman of the Group of negotiations on financial services within the Uruguay Round (1990-1991)
Chairman of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (1991-1992)
Member of the Board of the College of Europe, Bruges (1994-1999)

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