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David de Pury (died 27 December 2000) was a Swiss businessman and diplomat. He served as the Swiss Trade Ambassador, representing Swiss interests at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and at the Inter-American Development Bank. He served as the Chairman of ABB Group and as Chair and publisher of Le Temps.

Biography

De Pury was a delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements in Switzerland and served as Switzerland's Trade Ambassador,[1] and representing the country at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1987.[2][3]

De Pury succeeded Fritz Leutwiler as the Co-Chairman of ABB Group, serving in that capacity from 1992 to 1996.[3][4][5] He later served as the Chairman of BBC Brown Hoveri.[6][7] He held a number of government offices, including working in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern.[8] He represented Switzerland in The Hague, Brussels, and Washington, D.C..[8] In the 1980s he served as the Governor for Switzerland at the Inter-American Development Bank.[8] He was a board member of Nestlé, Ciba-Geigy and Zurich Insurance and Chairman and publisher of Le Temps.[8][9] In 1996 he co-founded the wealth management firm de Pury, Pictet, Turrettini.[8][10]

De Pury was Vice President of the Lucerne Classical Music Festival.[8]

In 1995 he called for a liberalization of the Swiss economy and was criticized for trying to "dismantle" the welfare state.[8][11]

In April 1993 he spoke to university students at the Harvard Kennedy School about governmental and commercial issues.[6] He was chosen to speak at the school due to his active role in the annual International Management Symposium in St. Gallen, Switzerland.[6]

De Pury died from cancer on 27 December 2000 at a hospital in Zürich.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Europe Awaits US Trade List". May 25, 1989 – via Christian Science Monitor.
  2. ^ "Agreement on trade and tariffs" (PDF). www.wto.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. ^ a b [1][dead link‍]
  4. ^ "ABB announces record results for 1995". UPI.
  5. ^ Turrell, Mark (July 18, 1996). Lloyd, Peter; Whitehead, Roger (eds.). Transforming Organisations Through Groupware: Lotus Notes in Action. Springer. pp. 39–45. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3052-9_4.
  6. ^ a b c "Business Must Work for Trade | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
  7. ^ "Nexus Bilderberg article back matter".
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Swiss industrialist and diplomat, David de Pury, dies". SWI swissinfo.ch.
  9. ^ Rattner, Steven (July 18, 2000). Promoting Sustainable Economies in the Balkans: Report of an Independent Task Force. Council on Foreign Relations. ISBN 9780876092675 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Geneva WM reveals how being an ESG pioneer paid off".
  11. ^ Pury, David de; Tribune, International Herald (August 23, 1995). "Opinion | The New Multilateral Trading System Needs Urgent Attention" – via NYTimes.com.
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