Background
Peiry, Katharina Kummer was born on January 22, 1960 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Peiry, Katharina Kummer was born on January 22, 1960 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Master of Laws, University of Zurich, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, University of London, 1994.
Research and teaching assistant University of Zurich, Zurich, 1985—1987. Law clerk District Court of Horgen, Switzerland, 1987—1988. Consultant, associate program officer United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya, 1988—1990, consultant Geneva, 1991—1994.
Program officer, senior program officer Federal Agency of Environment, Forests and Landscape, Bern, Switzerland, 1994—1997. Head of section environmental affairs Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, 1997—1999. Director Kummer EcoConsult, Villars-sur-Glane, Switzerland, since 2000.
Lecturer University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, since 1999.
Member of Swiss Association for Environmental Law, International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission on Environmental Law, Business and Professional Women.
Married Alexandre Peiry, June 22, 2001.