Jacques Pitteloud
Jacques Pitteloud is a Swiss diplomat and former head of the Swiss Intelligence Service (FIS). He served as the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States from 2019 to 2024. He has previously served as Ambassador to Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and the Seychelles from 2010 to 2015.
Pitteloud was born 12 November 1962 in Sierre, Switzerland, to Jean-Jacques Pitteloud and Anne-Lise Pitteloud. His paternal grandfather, Cyrille Pitteloud, was a member of the Grand Council of Valais from 1917 to 1928. He studied Law at the University of Zurich where he completed a Master's degree as well as a Doctorate in 1989. He also pursued post-graduate studies in security policy at the University of Geneva.
Pitteloud is married to Rwandan-born Angélique Pitteloud, who belongs to the Tutsi ethnic group, whom he met during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, when he was assigned there. They have one daughter.