His Excellency Mr Stéphane Rey is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Pakistan and Afghanistan. He previously served as Swiss Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Deputy Head of the Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and Deputy Head of Mission in Tehran. Earlier, he led the peace and security team at the Swiss Mission to the United Nations in New York, worked as a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, and served with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics.