Swiss national, aged 87, Director/Member of the Audit Committee
Appointment at Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A.: First elected on 4 May 1995. Re-elected on 25 April 2007 for a three-year term.
Offices held in governing and supervisory bodies of large public or private, Swiss or foreign corporations, foundations or institutions at 31 December 2010: None
Education: Degree in economics and business administration and Docteur Honoris Causa from the University of Lausanne.
Career history: Pierre Languetin began his career in Paris at the Secretariat of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation, from 1949 to 1954. He then moved to Bern, where he worked for the Department of Economic Affairs from 1955 to 1976. He was Ambassador Delegate of the Federal Council for International Trade Agreements from 1966, and a member, then Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank from 1976 to 1988. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the BIS from 1985 to 1988.
