SFUVET Executive Committee
The SFUVET Executive Committee is comprised of the SFUVET Director General and five national division heads (one seat currently open). The SFUVET Executive Committee sets objectives in accordance with the strategy devised by the SFUVET Board. It also decides how SFUVET's basic training, continuing training and R&D activities are organised.
The SFUVET Director General reports to the SFUVET Board and is responsible for managing operations and representing SFUVET in external relations.
since 2020 | Director General of the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET |
2014-2020 | Head of the Department of Social Work and Vice Rector of the University of Applied Sciences of St. Gallen (FHSG) |
2008-2014 | Member of the Executive Committee of the ZHAW School of Social Work, Department Head and Director of Studies for the Bachelor’s degree programme in Social Work |
2001-2008 | Teaching/Research Assistant at the Institute of Education, University of Zurich |
1996-2004 | Social Educator and Group Leader at the Rötel Centre (social education for children and families) |
1989-1996 | Application Programmer at Credit Suisse in Zurich and Lausanne | PhD in Social Education, Social Psychology and Philosophy |
2005–2010 | Chairman of professional organisation AgriAliForm (which covers agriculture and related occupations) |
2002–2010 | Secretary for various VET/PET-related committees and conferences |
1994–2002 | Project manager for Prométerre Association |
1993 | Master's degree with distinction in economics, University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) |
Since 2020 | National Head of Basic Training Division – Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET |
2020 | Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) |
2016–2020 | First Deputy Secretary and Political Secretary – National education and youth policies, Swiss Trade Union Federation (SGB) |
2017 | Supervisor-Coach, Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education |
2011–2016 | Head of Professional Education Section, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) |
2009–2011 | Head of Higher Education Personnel and Funding Unit, Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) |
2010 | Master of Public Administration (MPA) |
2006–2009 | Deputy General Secretary, Swiss University Conference for the French-Speaking Region of Switzerland (CUSO) |
2005–2006 | Head of IT project, Office of Education Statistics and Information Technology (OSIS), Canton of Neuchatel |
2005 | PhD in Computer Science |
2004–2009 | Private lecturer, University of Lucerne, Department of Sociology |
2007–2009 | Project advisor for research methods, Swiss Federal Surveys of Adolescents (ch-x), Zug University of Teacher Education |
2004–2007 | Research assistant, University of Zurich, Institute of Sociology |
2001–2004 | Research assistant, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Institute of Technology History |
2000–2001 | Deputy Head of Personal Reporting Division, Credit Suisse | PhD in sociology |
Since August 2021 | National Head of Services Division |
2013- 2021 | Head of Administration and Controlling at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering |
2000- 2013 | Commercial representative/general agent with Basler Versicherung and AXA |
1989- 2000 | Product/project manager and deputy head of branch for a bank |