UPCOMING EVENTS
Swiss Community Events Calendar
Available for the first time, a comprehensive calendar to download with all Swiss events in the UK - from music concerts to art exhibitions to talks to just having a cuppa.
If you know of an event that is not listed on the calendar below of the PDF download, please do let us know so that we can keep it as up to date as possible:
Send us your eventA talk by H.E. The Ambasador of Switzerland Mr Alexandre Fasel
The talk will be followed by a reception.
Entrance is free but booking is essential. Register at info@newhelveticsociety.org.uk giving your name, the name of your guests, your address and telephone number.
Registration deadline: 20 January 2018. Booking must be made prior to the event. Download the flyer on the New Helvetic Society website http://www.newhelveticsociety.org.uk/
Alexandre Fasel has taken up his duties as Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom on 5 September 2017. For the last year he was Ambassadeur en mission spéciale after a spell as Deputy State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. From 2012 to 2016 he served as Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other International Organizations at Geneva. He also served as Special Representative of Switzerland to the Human Rights Council, as well as Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference on Disarmament.
From 2007 to 2011, he was Assistant State Secretary for United Nations and International Organizations at Headquarters. Between 2004 and 2007 he was the Director of Policy Planning in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
Alexandre Fasel is a lawyer. He studied at the Universities of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Oxford (United Kingdom). He is married with four children. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet Ambassador Fasel who started his tour of duty in London a few months ago.
Read the Ambassador's Welcome Statement here
