Since 1.3.12 Assistant State Secretary and Director General of

Middle East and North Africa Division,

Swiss Foreign Ministry, Berne

Deputy Head of the Task Force "Middle and Near East Policy"

2008-2012 Swiss Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi

2003-2007 Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne Head of Human Rights Policy Section and

Head of the Task Force "Human Rights Council"

1999-2002 Swiss Embassy in London: Cultural Counsellor

1996-1998 Swiss Embassy in Sarajevo: Counsellor

1992-1995 Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne Private Secretary to Flavio Cotti, Minister of Foreign Affairs

1987-1991 General Secretariat of the Christian Democratic Party of Switzerland