Background
Lévy, Philippe Samuel was born on November 14, 1936 in Berne, Switzerland. Son of Georges and Denise (Weill) Lévy.
Trade promotion organization executive
Lévy, Philippe Samuel was born on November 14, 1936 in Berne, Switzerland. Son of Georges and Denise (Weill) Lévy.
Graduate in Business Administration and Economics, University St. Gallen, 1959.
With division commerce, Federal Department Public Economy (now Federal Office Foreign Economics Affairs), 1963;
EFTA secretariat, Geneva, 1965-1967;
participant, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development II, New Delhi, 1968;
deputy head EFTA section, Organisation for Economics Cooperation and Development, 1969-1972;
head General International Economics Policy section, Organisation for Economics Cooperation and Development, 1973-1975;
Swiss representative Committee International Investment and Multinat. Enerprise, Organisation for Economics Cooperation and Development, 1975-1984;
Swiss representative, United Nations Commision on Transnat. Corps., New York, 1975-1984;
head world economics issues section, Federal Office for Foreign Economics Affairs, 1976-1980;
minister plenipotentiary, 1977.
Head Swiss delegate Commision on Finance, Monetary, and Investment Questions, Conference International Economics Cooperative, Paris, 1976-1977. Ambassador, head of delegate Latin American and Caribbean countries, Governor for Switzerland, Interam. Development Bank, Swiss representative at United Nations Industrial Development Organization Industrial Development Board and 4th United Nations Industrial Development Organization General Conference, Vienna, 1981-1984.
Delegate Federal Department Public Economy to Coordinating Common for Presence of Switzerland Abroad, 1981-1984. Delegate Swiss Government for Trade Agreements, 1984-1988. Chief Executive Officer Messe Basel, 1988-1993.
Member steering committee World Organisation for International Fairs & Exhbns., Union des Foires International,1991-1993. Vice president European Major Exhibition Centers Association, 1991-1993. President Swissoffice for Trade Promotion, since 1992.
Advisor to Society General de Surveillance, the United Nations, the Swiss Government, other goverments.
Lieutenant colonel Swiss Army, 1956-1994.
Married Jeannette Dickenstein, May 31, 1943. Children: Carole, Barbara, Anne.