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\n President of the SFAO <\/h2>\n
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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.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Former President of the SFAO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2014 – 2022<\/td>Michel Huissoud<\/td><\/tr>
1998 – 2013<\/td>Kurt Gr\u00fcter<\/td><\/tr>
1993 – 1998<\/td>Peter Probst<\/td><\/tr>
1981 – 1993<\/td>Gottlieb Schl\u00e4ppi<\/td><\/tr>
1960 – 1981<\/td>Eduard Lehmann<\/td><\/tr>
1955 – 1959<\/td>Armin Jeker<\/td><\/tr>
1945 – 1954<\/td>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric R\u00fcedi<\/td><\/tr>
1927 – 1944<\/td>Hans Ryffel<\/td><\/tr>
1893 – 1927<\/td>Franz Siegwart<\/td><\/tr>
1888 – 1893<\/td>Gustav Pillichody<\/td><\/tr>
1882 – 1888<\/td>Bendicht Peter<\/td><\/tr>
1877 – 1882<\/td>Edmond de Grenus<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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