Guillaume Scheurer received his Law degree from the University of Neuchâtel and did his post-

graduate studies in International Security Policy at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in 

Geneva, Switzerland. His early career included working at a law practice in Neuchâtel, where he was 

called to the bar and from 1990 to 1992 as a lawyer at the general directorate for a large private 

insurance company near Zürich.

Prior government service included:

• Ambassador to Ukraine and to Moldova (2015-2019)
• Deputy Head of the Delegation to the Swiss Delegation to the OSCE (2013-2015), including for the Swiss Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014;
• Deputy Head of the Swiss Embassy, Washington, D.C. where he was also the head of the Political and Legal Section (2009-2013)
• Deputy Head of the political Division for Human Security, Peace Promotion and Human Rights
  at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berne (2005-2008);