Philipp Metzger is the new head of telecom services at OFCOM
Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger has appointed Philipp Metzger as Deputy Director and the new head of the Telecommunications Services Division at the Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM). The 43-year-old lawyer, who previously served as Director of Trade Relations at EFTA in Geneva, will assume his new position on November 1, 2007.
Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger has appointed Philipp Metzger as Vice Director and new Head of the Telecom Services Division at the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM). The 43-year-old lawyer and former Director of Trade Relations at EFTA in Geneva will take up his new position on 1 November 2007. Within OFCOM, the Telecom Services Division is responsible for parliamentary, Federal Council and departmental business in its specialist area. The division also prepares and implements the decisions of the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom), such as the licensing of mobile operators, interconnection and, in the near future, unbundling of the last mile.
After obtaining the Bernese advocate's license, Metzger worked first in a Geneva and then in a London law firm. From 1996, he worked as a lawyer and then as director of trade relations at the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Brussels and Geneva, with a brief interruption in 2002 when he spent a year working for an American IT group in Amsterdam. Metzger holds a Master of Arts in European Studies from the Collège d'Europe in Bruges and Warsaw.
After obtaining the Bernese advocate's license, Metzger worked first in a Geneva and then in a London law firm. From 1996, he worked as a lawyer and then as director of trade relations at the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Brussels and Geneva, with a brief interruption in 2002 when he spent a year working for an American IT group in Amsterdam. Metzger holds a Master of Arts in European Studies from the Collège d'Europe in Bruges and Warsaw.
