Presidents of the SFAO

Pascal Stirnimann has been Director of the SFAO since 2022.

Pascal Stirnimann

President of the SFAO

On 27 April 2022, the Federal Council appointed Pascal Stirnimann as Director of the SFAO. He trained as a business economist and chartered accountant, and is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and licensed audit expert. Before joining the SFAO in summer 2022, he worked in the private sector, at the Federal Audit Oversight Authority and in the Federal Administration. Pascal Stirnimann headed the Auditing Section of the Federal Office of Transport from 2015 and was the man behind the investigations into the accounting irregularities at PostBus.

Former President of the SFAO

2014 – 2022Michel Huissoud
1998 – 2013Kurt Grüter
1993 – 1998Peter Probst
1981 – 1993Gottlieb Schläppi
1960 – 1981Eduard Lehmann
1955 – 1959Armin Jeker
1945 – 1954Frédéric Rüedi
1927 – 1944Hans Ryffel
1893 – 1927Franz Siegwart
1888 – 1893Gustav Pillichody
1882 – 1888Bendicht Peter
1877 – 1882Edmond de Grenus