Daniela Stoffel

State Secretary for International Finance - Federal Department of Finance

Daniela Stoffel took up her role as State Secretary for International Finance at the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) in March 2019.

Ms. Stoffel entered the diplomatic service of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in 1998 where she held several roles including Head of Public Relations and Culture at the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C., Head of Economic and Financial Affairs, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Berlin. In 2015, she assumed a staff function in the General Secretariat of the OECD in Paris.

From 2015, Ms. Stoffel was on detachment to SIF with the title of Ambassador, latterly as Head of Political Staff. From 2016, she was also the Diplomatic Advisor to the Head of the Federal Department of Finance (FDF). In these functions, she was involved in safeguarding and dealing with current financial policy issues and challenges and in the corresponding international negotiations and contacts.

Ms. Stoffel graduated from the University of Zurich with a degree in Philosophy, Economics and German Linguistics.