Leadership

SFIVET Executive Committee

(FLTR) Prof. Dr. Carmen Baumeler, Head of R&D Division; Jean-Pierre Perdrizat, Deputy Director/Regional Head of SFIVET Lausanne/Head of Centre for the Development of Occupations/Head of Continuing Training Division a.i.; Dr. Barbara Fontanellaz, Director General; Dr. Laura Perret Ducommun, Head of Basic Training Division
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The SFIVET Executive Committee is comprised of the SFIVET Director General and five national division heads (two positions currently vacant). The SFIVET Executive Committee sets objectives in accordance with the strategy devised by the SFIVET Board. It also decides how SFIVET's basic training, continuing training and R&D activities are organised. The SFIVET Director General reports to the SFIVET Board and is responsible for managing operations and representing SFIVET in external relations.
Dr. Barbara Fontanellaz – Director General
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since 2020 Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET
2014-2020 Head of the Department of Social Work and Vice Rector of the University of Applied Sciences of St. Gallen (FHSG) 
2008-2014 Member of the Executive Committee of the ZHAW School of Social Work, Department Head and Director of Studies for the Bachelor’s degree programme in Social Work
2001-2008 Teaching/Research Assistant at the Institute of Education, University of Zurich
1996-2004 Social Educator and Group Leader at the Rötel Centre (social education for children and families)
1989-1996 Application Programmer at Credit Suisse in Zurich and Lausanne | PhD in Social Education, Social Psychology and Philosophy
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Jean-Pierre Perdrizat – Deputy Director, Regional Head of SFIVET Lausanne, Head of Centre for the Development of Occupations (CdO), Head of Continuing Training Division a.i.
2005–2010 Chairman of professional organisation AgriAliForm (which covers agriculture and related occupations)
2002–2010 Secretary for various VET/PET-related committees and conferences
1994–2002 Project manager for Prométerre Association
1993 Master's degree with distinction in economics, University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC)
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Dr. Laura Perret Ducommun – National Head of Basic Training Division
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Since 2020

National Head of Basic Training Division – Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
2020

Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)

2016–2020

First Deputy Secretary and Political Secretary – National education and youth policies, Swiss Trade Union Federation (SGB)
2017 Supervisor-Coach, Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education

2011–2016

Head of Professional Education Section, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

2009–2011

Head of Higher Education Personnel and Funding Unit, Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
2010

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

2006–2009

Deputy General Secretary, Swiss University Conference for the French-Speaking Region of Switzerland (CUSO)

2005–2006

Head of IT project, Office of Education Statistics and Information Technology (OSIS), Canton of Neuchatel

2005

PhD in Computer Science
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Prof. Dr. Carmen Baumeler – National Head of SFIVET's R&D Division
2004–2009 Private lecturer, University of Lucerne, Department of Sociology
2007–2009 Project advisor for research methods, Swiss Federal Surveys of Adolescents (ch-x), Zug University of Teacher Education
2004–2007 Research assistant, University of Zurich, Institute of Sociology
2001–2004 Research assistant, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Institute of Technology History
2000–2001 Deputy Head of Personal Reporting Division, Credit Suisse | PhD in sociology
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