Hans-Peter Egler
Hans-Peter Egler has been Head of the Division for Trade Promotion of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs ‹SECO› since 2001 and is responsible for trade-relevant technical cooperation with developing and transition countries (trade, environment and social standards).
After studying economics and history, Hans-Peter Egler entered Swiss government service in 1988 at the then BAWI (Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs). Having started his career with the introduction of office information, he was next assigned responsibility within BAWI for bilateral economic relations between Switzerland and Latin America. He then worked in the Swiss Development Cooperation Office in La Paz, Bolivia, and until his appointment to his present post as Head of Division his work mainly focused on trade promotion in the area of investment funding measures and export financing in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
He has been a guest of the SIPPO advisory board since 2000 as contact partner at SECO for programme and project implementation.