Franziska is the Co-Head of the Macroeconomic Support Division within the Swiss State Secretariat’s Economic Cooperation and Development department (SECO). The division promotes sound economic framework condition by assisting SECO partner countries in sound public financial management and a stable financial sector. She also headed SECOs Economic Cooperation and Development office in South Africa.
Prior to SECO, she has held teaching and research roles at the University of Zurich, and worked as an Economist in the private sector (real estate analysis and financial sector).
Franziska holds a Master’s degree in Political Science, Economics and Social and Economic History from the University of Zurich as well as an Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics from the ETH Zurich.