Hans Kaufmann

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Hans Kaufmann (born 13 June 1948) is a Swiss politician and business consultant. He was a member of the Swiss National Council from 1999 to 2014.

Political career[]

He was born in Ettiswil.

Hans Kaufmann

He was first elected to the Swiss National Council in 1999 as a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) of the Canton of Zurich. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Taxation (CEAT), the Finance Committee (FC), and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CE) in Strasbourg.[1] In 2003, Hans Kaufmann was elected with 123'317 votes for the second time. In 2011, he was re-elected for his third term in office.[2] In May 2014, he resigned from the national council due to the "unedifying collaboration with the federal council and some backers on matters related to the Swiss financial center".[3][4]

Work life[]

Between 2011 and 2018, he was member of the Board of Directors of Zürcher Kantonalbank.[5][6] Between 1999 and 2018, Hans Kaufmann was the President of the Board of Directors of . He consults on several other boards, particularly within the pension fund sector. Kaufmann was a member of the board of . Prior to that he was employed as Director and Chief Economist at Bank Julius Baer, where he was responsible for investment strategies in Switzerland.[7] From 1986 to 1997 he headed the Department of Swiss Company Research. In addition to his work in this area, Hans Kaufmann has had extensive experience with a variety of brokers, such as Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, and Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York. He began working with Bank Julius Baer in 1980, after having served as a financial analyst with the Zurich Cantonal Bank (Zürcher Kantonalbank) since 1974. Hans Kaufmann began his career in 1973 as a gold mining analyst in Johannesburg. He has a master's degree in economics from the University of Zurich (lic.oec.publ.).

Private life[]

Since 1976, he is married to Jana Kaufmann with whom he has two adult children.[8] Since 1994, Hans Kaufmann has lived and worked in the village of Wettswil am Albis, Switzerland. He is the nephew of the organ player Eduard Kaufmann.

References[]

  1. ^ Swiss National Council: Hans Kaufmann accessed 13 January 2019
  2. ^ Anzeiger Bezirk Affoltern accessed 13 January 2019
  3. ^ SVP-Nationalrat Kaufmann hat genug. In: srf.ch vom 4. März 2014
  4. ^ Hans Kaufmann tritt zurück Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed 19 January 2019
  5. ^ Tagaes Anzeiger: Hans Kaufmann im ZKB-Bankrat accessed 19 January 2019
  6. ^ Press release ZKB accessed 19 January 2019
  7. ^ Bloomberg: Hans Kaufmann accessed 19 January 2019
  8. ^ SVP Schweiz: Hans Kaufmann accessed 19 January 2019

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