Switzerland
Daniel Neuenschwander has been the head of the Swiss Space Office and head of the Swiss delegation to ESA since July 2009. In his function he chairs a number of national bodies linked to space, so as the board of directors of the Swiss Space Center. The licensed airline pilot and holder of a degree in physical geography from the University of Freiburg, also attended a higher education business programme at the HEC in Paris. Daniel Neuenschwander focused his professional activities up to 2001 on aviation. In 2002, he joined the space sector and held from mid-2006 to mid-2009 the position of permanent delegate to the European Space Agency (ESA).