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Lawyer by training, graduated from the University of Nancy – France (Master’s degree in public and European law in 1995) and the University of Paris II (diploma of advanced studies in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in 1996).
Besides my family (my wife Caroline, also a diplomat, and our 4 beautiful children Thea [17], Baptiste [15], Tristan [10] and Antoine [7]) and my work, reading and writing, sports (swimming, biking and running), guitar, singing and, recently, following my imagination and my instinct, especially through video making.
Lives in Canberra – Australia.
Founding of the communication and consulting agency OPEN.
Head of EU Coordination in the Europe Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - FDFA, Bern. Management of 4 sections and about 20 staff members covering all Swiss-EU relations.
Deputy Head of Mission and Head of the Political Division (composed of about 10 persons) of the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union, Brussels.
Head of the Human Rights Section (a five person team), at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, Geneva.
Legal Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, New York.
Diplomatic agent at the Directorate of Public International Law of the FDFA, Bern.
Diplomatic internship at the Swiss Embassy in Jakarta and at the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research).
Legal Officer at the Directorate of International Law of the FDFA, Bern.
Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Butare, Rwanda.