Daniela Stoffel (born 1968) is a Swiss diplomat and State Secretary for International Finance at the Federal Department of Finance since 1 March 2019. [1] [2]
Daniela Stoffel (born 1968) is a Swiss diplomat and State Secretary for International Finance at the Federal Department of Finance since 1 March 2019. [1] [2]
Daniela Stoffel studied philosophy, economics and linguistics at the University of Zurich and completed her studies in 1996. [3] Two years later she joined the diplomatic service of the Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). In the following years she took on leadership roles in Washington, D.C., Berlin and Paris. [4] From 2015, Stoffel worked for the State Secretariat for International Financial Affairs, where she most recently headed the political staff. From 2016 she also worked as a diplomatic advisor to the head of the EFD department.
Daniela Stoffel has a daughter. [5] She lives in Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich. [6]
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