My name is Sandra Chawla-Gantenbein; I'm the Swiss Association's Representative from the Swiss Embassy of Singapore.

It is a great pleasure for me to have come to Singapore.

I arrived in mid August 2007 and have taken up my new position as Head of the Consular Section of the Swiss Embassy. Having started my career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996, I did an initial training in Stockholm followed by two years of short term assignments at Swiss representations in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bangkok, Delhi, Manchester and Sofia.  Thereafter I was posted to the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi for five years and then transferred to Abu Dhabi where I was working as a Deputy Head of Chancery from 2005 to July 2007.

I am married and have two children, Julian (6) and Andrea (5), who both attend the Swiss School in Singapore.

Arriving from the desert in the United Arab Emirates my family and I are particularly enjoying the greenery of this city and we are in the process of settling in our new home and getting familiar with the new host country.

I am looking forward to meet the Swiss Community in Singapore and hope for a good cooperation.