EKAS: Carmen Spycher elected as new managing director
At its meeting on December 4, 2014, the Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety FCOS elected 46-year-old Carmen Spycher as its new managing director. She will succeed Serge Pürro, who will retire next summer, on June 1, 2015.
Carmen Spycher studied biology at the University of Bern and earned her doctorate at the Zoological Institute of the University of Fribourg. She later trained as a safety engineer and occupational hygienist. Since 2007, the biologist has been working as an occupational safety and health specialist at Suva's headquarters in Lucerne. Prior to that, Spycher worked as a scientific assistant at the Federal Office for the Environment and as managing director of the federal government's Biotechnology Contact Point, among other positions.
Farewell after 19 years
Carmen Spycher will take up her post as managing director of the FCOS on June 1, 2015. She succeeds Serge Pürro, who is retiring next summer. Pürro joined the EKAS in 1996 and has headed the office since 2006. During these 20 years, the world of work has changed rapidly - and with it the challenges to occupational safety and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. Serge Pürro worked with great commitment to ensure the coordination of prevention measures, the areas of responsibility in enforcement and the uniform application of regulations. The FCOS would like to thank him sincerely for this.
