Members of the Executive Board (2009-2013 term of office)

Jacques-Simon Eggly

eggly@aso.ch

*1942, lic. iur.; journalist and history professor, MP Lib/GE from 1983 to 2007, President of the Parti libéral suisse (Swiss Liberal Party) from 1997 to 2002, since 1989 Member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad, from 1998 to 2007 Vice-President of the OSA.

Osnabrück/D
Vice-President of the OSA since August 2009

michel@aso.ch

*1948, nurse, medical center management, President Swiss society Osnabrück and ASO Deutschland, Member of the Executive Board of the OSA since 2001.

Basel

Vice-President of the OSA since August 2007

gysin@aso.ch

*1945, Dr. rer.pol., consultant, 1984-92 member of the cantonal government, MP SPS from 1995 to 2007, Member of the Executive Board of the OSA since 2001.

Montpellier/F

aeschlimann@aso.ch

*1941, Dipl. ing. agr., Dr. sc. techn. ETH, biologist/research scientist, President of the Union des Associations Suisses de France, Honorary Consul, since 1997 Member of the Executive Board of the OSA, Member of the "Swiss Review" Commission, 2003-2009 Vice-President of the OSA.

Milan/I

engeler@aso.ch

*1934, business consultant, Member of the Executive Board of the Scuola svizzera di Milano, President of the Collegamento Svizzero in Italia, Member of the Federal Commission for the Promotion of Training for Young Swiss Abroad, since 1989 Member of the Executive Board of the OSA, from 2001 to 2003 Vice-President of the OSA.

Cocoa Beach, FL/USA

violet@aso.ch

*1952, emigration to the United States in 1990, enterprise councelling/management consultant, Member of the Executive Board of the OSA since 1994.

Estavayer-le-Lac

meyer-kaelin@aso.ch

*1948, laboratory assistant, president of Estavayer-le-lac from 1991 to 1999, National Councilor in the Christian Democratic People’s Party from 1999 to 2011, Fribourg, founder of the Inter-Parliamentary Group “Swiss Abroad”, member of the OSA Executive Board since 2008.

Singapore

silberstein@aso.ch

*1954, secretary in foreign languages, emigration to Singapore in 1996, training as a museum guide, member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 1999, member of the committee Soliswiss from 2005 to 2009, member of the OSA Executive Board since 2009.