Rachel Salzmann (born 8 December 1981) is a Swiss businesswoman and politician.
Having obtained a
Master of Business Administration
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...
from the
Bern University of Applied Sciences specialized in Public Management, she worked at the
from 2012 to 2018, where she served as a personal advisor to
Federal Council member
Doris Leuthard. She then became head of Public and Regulatory Affairs at a
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse Group AG (, ) was a global Investment banking, investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. According to UBS, eventually Credit Suisse was to be fully integrated into UBS. While the integration ...
subsidiary, the Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG, before becoming chief of staff to the CEO of Swiss health insurance company
CSS.
She was named
Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland by the Federal Council on 8 March 2024 and replaced
Jörg De Bernardi on July 1, who held the role ''ad interim'' after the election of
Viktor Rossi
Viktor Rossi (born 31 October 1968) is a Swiss politician and civil servant. A member of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, Green Liberal Party, he became Federal Chancellor of Switzerland, Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland on 1 May 2019. On 13 ...
as
Federal Chancellor of Switzerland
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.
References
Living people
1981 births
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