Beat Nobs, Ambassador, Federal Office of the Environment, Forestry and Landscape, Switzerland

 

Curriculum Vitae of
Ambassador Beat NOBS

Federal Office of the Environment, Forestry and Landscape, Switzerland


Personal
Ambassador Beat NOBS
Baden/Switzerland, 21/06/1954
married to Dr. Irene Knöpfel Nobs
father of three sons
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
3003 Bern
Tel. +4131 322 93 23
Mobil +4179 687 11 68
Fax  +4131 323 03 49
e-mail: beat.nobs@buwal.admin.ch

ProfessionalExperience  

Ambassador, Head of International Affairs Division, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), Bern,Switzerland
Head of Swiss delegations at international negotiations in the field of Environment  since 1997
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland Nairobi/Kenya
Deputy Permanent Rep of Switzerland to UNEP 1993 – 1997
Desk Officer for South Eastern Europe and Mediterranean,
Federal Dep. of Foreign Affairs, Bern/Switzerland 1990 – 1993
3rd Secretary at the Embassy of Switzerland, San José / Costa Rica  1988 – 1989
Diplomatic Officer at Multilateral Section,
SDC, Federal Dep. of Foreign Affairs, Bern/Switzerland  1988
PROFESSOR for History and English at College Level  1979 – 1980
     and 1982 – 1988
EMPLOYEE of Forwarding Dept.of Asea Brown Boveri, Baden/Switzerland 1974 - 1975

Education and Training
Training as a professional diplomat, Swiss Dep. Foreign Affairs 1988 – 1990

Studies in History, English and Media Science: 1978 - 1988
University of Zurich/Switzerland
University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., Canada
Diplomas:
Lic. phil 1986 
Dr. phil 1987
College Professor degree 1988

Swiss Federal Maturity (Economics)    1976 - 1978
Commercial Apprenticeship with Asea Brown Boveri, Baden/Switzerland   1971 - 1974
Primary and High School in Ennetbaden and Baden/Switzerland 1961 – 1971

Languages
Swiss German, German, French, English and Spanish

 

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