Background
Gysin, John Max was born on January 22, 1935 in Westcliff-on-Sea, England. Son of Max and Constance Marguerite (Chesswas) Gysin.
Diplomat German and French translator
Gysin, John Max was born on January 22, 1935 in Westcliff-on-Sea, England. Son of Max and Constance Marguerite (Chesswas) Gysin.
Employee, Schaub & Company, Hamburg, Germany, 1956-1958; management trainee, Fatstock Marketing Corporation, London, 1958-1960; buyer, salesman, Millbourn Fraser, Hamburg, 1960-1962; market officer, British Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1962-1969; commercial officer, British Embassy, Berne, Switzerland, 1969-1970; vice consul, British Consulate General, Zurich, 1970-1997.
With Royal Air Force, 1953-1956. Member Royal Air Force Association, Old Cranleighan Society, Rugby Club Zurich, Zurich Comedy Club, British Business Lunch Club (honorary secretary).
Married Ute Irmgard Festing, 1968 (divorced 1973). 1 child, Geoffrey Oliver. Married Elisabeth Anna Rainer, September 9, 1978.
Children: Timothy Andrew Charles, Jennifer Corinne.