SRF: Patrik Wülser is the new head of the foreign editorial office
The editorial board of Radio SRF has elected Patrik Wülser as the future head of the foreign desk. He will succeed Martin Durrer, who will remain a member of the foreign editorial team and will be responsible for journalism on the Iberian Peninsula, among other things.
Patrik Wülser has gained extensive experience at SRF radio. He started in 1994 as an editor at the regional journal Bern-Freiburg-Wallis. He later worked for the consumer program "Espresso" before moving to the domestic editorial team and then to the Federal Parliament. Patrik Wülser has been SRF's Africa correspondent based in Nairobi since 2011, covering almost fifty African countries from there. The 52-year-old from Bern studied biology and then worked as a research assistant at the University of Bern and as a teacher. Later in his career, he was an advisor on the staff of Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger and then of Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard. Patrik Wülser will take up his new position in late fall 2017. His successor for the post of correspondent in Africa will be appointed in the coming months.
