Bakom with new deputy director
Philippe Horisberger has been appointed by Federal Councilor Doris Leuthard as deputy director and the new head of the Supervision and Radio Licenses Division at the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom).
The 52-year-old electronics engineer Philippe Horisberger has been employed by OFCOM since 1993, as announced by OFCOM on Tuesday. In 1997, he led an internal reorganization project to prepare the Office for the liberalization of the telecommunications market and to integrate the tasks of the former PTT. Since 1998, he has headed the Frequency Planning Section in the Frequency Management Department; in this function, he has had the opportunity to lead the Swiss delegation at international conferences, among other things.
The position had to be filled as the previous holder, Véronique Gigon, took on the role of Deputy Secretary General of the Federal Office for the Environment in March.
