Felix Wittlin

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Felix Wittlin (1985)

Felix Max Wittlin (born October 19, 1929 in Basel ; † August 8, 2017 ) was a Swiss professional military man, personnel manager and federal civil servant.

Life

Felix Wittlin grew up in Basel, where he also attended schools, including grammar school. This was followed by a law degree in Basel and in Heidelberg , where he received his doctorate in 1953 with the writing referendums without legal basis . Wittlin began a career as a professional military man in the Swiss Army at an early age . He became head of section in the General Staff and then worked for 20 years as an artillery instruction officer in the rank of brigadier in western Switzerland. At that time, there were strong links between the army and business elites in Switzerland. In 1973 he decided to switch to industry. He was appointed Personnel Director at Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) in Baden AG . As an exception in the Swiss industry at the time, he was a member of the executive board as HR manager at BBC. His family moved to Baden in German-speaking Switzerland. Even before the BBC merged with the Swedish ASEA to form ABB , he took over the post of Armaments Chief of the Swiss Army in 1985, now at the Federal Office of Armaments ( armasuisse ) . During his tenure, important procurement decisions were made, such as the purchase of the American F / A-18 fighter jets and new armored personnel carriers. After retiring at the age of 62, he took on board memberships at the Agie Charmilles machine factory and at the telecommunications supplier Ascom . From 1994 to 2000 he was Chairman of the Board of Ascom at a time of upheaval.

Even while he was on the board of directors, his family lived in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information with photo. In: unil.ch, accessed on August 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Obituary. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , August 10, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Title entry of the dissertation , catalog of the German National Library , accessed on August 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Urs Tremp: Between Army and Economy. Obituary.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. NZZ on Sunday , August 13, 2017. Retrieved on August 13, 2017@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / epaper.nzz.ch  
  5. ↑ Bruno Lezzi: A Patron. Obituary. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 13, 2017. Accessed August 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Old armaments chief and Ascom board chairman dead. Cash online , August 12, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Wittlin, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wittlin, Felix M .; Wittlin, Felix Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss professional military, HR manager and federal civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2017