State Secretary Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch (*1961), Attorney, MBA, SECO Director and Director of the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate since 1 April 2011. From 2007 Federal Council Ambassador and Delegate for Trade Agreements, Switzerland's chief negotiator at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as well as member of the SECO Board of Directors and in addition to the WTO responsible for the OECD and free trade agreements as head of the World Trade Division in the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate. Previously, from 1999 to 2007, head of the WTO sector. From 1995 head of section in the WTO section of the Federal Office of Foreign Economic Affairs FOFEA. 1992/1993 she worked at the World Bank (Washington D.C., USA) as assistant to Switzerland's Executive Director's. From 1990 to 1995 scientific adviser in the Legal Service and International Investment and Technology Transfer Service in the FOFEA. 1989 gained her MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, F). 1988 Junior Consultant at McKinsey in Zurich. 1987 gained her law degree at the University of Berne qualifying as an attorney.

Ambassador Eric Scheidegger (*1961), Dr. rer. pol., head of the Economic Policy Directorate since 01.02.2012 and SECO Deputy Director since 01.02.2007. Before this head of the Promotion Activities Directorate from 01.10.2003 untill 31.01.2012. Previously head of SECO's Location Promotion Division from 01.06.2002 untill 30.09.2003. Prior to that, economic policy consultant to Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin from 1998. Member of the NZZ economic editorial staff and correspondant for economy from 1994 to 1998. Issue Management in the «Gesellschaft zur Förderung der schweizerischen Wirtschaft» (association for the development of the Swiss economy) from 1992 to 1994.

Ambassador Eric Jakob, (*1962), Dr. phil., Head of the Promotion Activities Directorate since 01.12.2012. Previously General Manager of Regio Basiliensis and the Intercantonal Coordination Office at Regio Basiliensis in Basel. 1995 to 2003 Assistant General Manager of this organisation. From 1993 to 1995 Swiss Adviser to Infobest Palmrain, an information and advisory body for cross-border matters in Village-Neuf (France). Prior to that Senior Project Leader within the framework of the PTT Initiative at that time «Communication and Model Community Basel», also worked as a journalist.

Pascal Richoz (*1963), lic. ès lettres, Head of the Working Conditions Division since 1 September 2008. In the six months prior to that he acted as head of the Asylum Procedure Division at the Federal Office for Migration. Between 1990 and 2002, he was deputy head of section, then head of section and deputy head of division within the Stay and Return Division of the Federal Office for Refugees. Between 1989 and 1990, he assisted and advised the Delegate for Refugees. Between 1987 and 1989, he served on the staff of the Cantonal Aliens' Registration Office in Fribourg before becoming deputy head of section.

Dominique Babey (*1950), lic. ès. sc. éco., since 01.07.2008 Deputy head of the Labour Directorate. Head of the Labour Market / Unemployment Insurance Division of the Labour Directorate since 01.07.1999. Prior to that, head of the same division in the FOEA from 1998. Dep. head of the FOEDL's Labour Market Division between 1992 and 1998. Engaged in the private sector between 1987 and 1992 at Gesplan and as a Director of Swipar Holding AG. Employed in the former FOEDL from 1976 to 1987.

Peter Gasser (*1960), Attorney, head of the Free Movement of Persons and Labour Relations Divison in the Labour Directorate since January 1st 2008. As from 1997 head of the Basics and Analysis Unit in the Labour Market/ Unemployment Insurance Division. From 1992 to 1997 head of the International Labour Affairs Service in the Labour Market Division of the former FOEDL, Deputy Head of Bilateral Negotiations with the EU concerning Free Movement of Persons. Entrance into FOEDL as Scientific Collaborator in the Labour Market Division on June 1st 1989.

Ambassador Christian Etter, (*1953), Dr. rer. pol., Federal Council Delegate for Trade Agreements; head of the Special Foreign Economic Service Division in the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate. Previously he was head of the EFTA/Free Trade Agreemetns Division in SECO/IO (from 2000). From 1996 to 2000 he was head of the Division for Financial, Economic and Trade Affairs at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. with the title of a diplomatic Minister. From 1991 to 1996 he was head of the International Services Division of the former Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs. He joined the FOFEA in 1985 as an economist.

Ambassador Didier Chambovey (*1961), Dr. oec.,  Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements,  Head of the World Trade Division in the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate since 1st September 2011. From 2006 to 2011, he was Deputy Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). From 1998 to 2006 he served as Deputy Head of the Swiss Permanent Mission to the WTO and EFTA in Geneva. Before his appointment as Section Head in the WTO Division in 1993, he worked in the field of economic cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Didier Chambovey joined the Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs (FOFEA) in 1987 as scientific adviser in the GATT Division.

Ambassador Beatrice Maser Mallor (*1961), Dipl. Arch. ETHZ, postgraduate studies on developing countries, Head of the Economic Development and Cooperation Division in the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate and Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements since 1 December 2008. Between 2004 and 2008, head of Export and Investment Promotion in the Promotion Activities Directorate. Between 2001 and 2004 seconded to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. Entered the Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs in 1995; previously at FUNDES in La Paz. Between 1989 and 1994 worked at Swiss Bank Corporation in Zurich and New York.

Ambassador Remigi Winzap (*1961), lic. iur., from 1 August 2012, head of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA (ECE/UNO, UNCTAD, ITC) in Geneva. Previously head of the World Trade Division in the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate of the SECO. From 2001 to 2006 Embassy Counsellor with the Swiss Mission at the EU in Brussels. From 1997 to 2001 head of the Trade Promotion Division. In 1993 and 1994 Mr. Winzap worked at the Swiss Embassy in Paris. 1990 entered the Federal Ministry of Foreign Economic Affairs (International Services Section). Prior to that he spent six years working for the Swiss Bank Corporation in Geneva, New York and Basel.