2020 – date

State Secretary at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Bern, and Switzerland's chief negotiator with the EU

2018 – 2020

Ambassador of Switzerland to France and Monaco

2013 – 2018

Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements, Head of Bilateral Economic Relations, Member of the Executive Board of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), Bern

2009 – 2013

Ambassador of Switzerland to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran

2006 – 2008

Head of the Political Affairs Division Africa/Middle East, FDFA

2004 – 2006

Deputy Head of Division, Political Affairs Division Africa/Middle East, FDFA

2003

One-year parental leave

2002

Deputy Head of Division, Political Affairs Division Americas, FDFA

1998 – 2002

Deputy Head of Mission, Swiss Embassy in Egypt, Cairo

1994 – 1998

Embassy Secretary and Counsellor at the Swiss Observer Mission to the United Nations, New York

1991 – 1994

Diplomatic assistant in the UN section, FDFA

1989 – 1991

Diplomatic days in Bern, Paris and Geneva

1989

Concours Diplomatique and entry into the Diplomatic Service of the FDFA

1988 – 1989

Trainee lawyer in Zurich