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      Personal data

      Name:
      • Thomas Stephan Bubendorf
      Profession:
      • Agricultural Economist (Dipl. Ing.-Agr. ETH)
      Coordinates:
      • Internet: http://www.bubendorf.ch
        email: thomas@bubendorf.ch
      Birth Date:
      • 17.03.1965
      Marital Status:
      • married, 2 children (born 1995 and 1997)
      Nationality:
      • Swiss

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    • Languages

   

  	Writing/Reading	Speaking/Understanding
  German:	mother tongue	mother tongue
  English:	fluent	fluent
  French:	fluent	fluent
  Russian:	knowledge	reasonable
  Spanish:	basic	basic

   

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    • Education
      1986-1993
      • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich
        Studies of agriculture (Dipl. Ing.-Agr. ETH).
        Diploma as an engineer (equivalent to a Master of Science). Major in agricultural economics.
      1986-
      • Different courses in rhetoric, group leading and managing, languages (Russian in St. Petersburg, English in Bournemouth/England), computer applications etc.
      1971-1985
      • High school (gymnasium) in Basel finishing with the leaving certificate; Secondary school in Allschwil; Primary education in Schönenbuch

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    • Professional Experience
      2005-
      • Nestlé Iran P.J.S.Co., Tehran
        Supply Chain Manager of Nestlé Iran.
      2004
      • Nestlé Romania, Bucharest
        Mission to set up the Purchasing Department of Nestlé in the Romanian Market.
      1998-2003
      • Nestlé Suisse SA, Vevey, Switzerland.
        Collaborator in the Department of European and Agricultural Affairs, responsible for milk supply and agricultural policy developments, European, trade and export policy issues. Then Raw Material Buyer in the Purchasing Department; and then Head of Raw Material Purchasing for the 7 factories of Nestlé in Switzerland.
      1994-1998
      • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Agricultural Economics (Prof. Dr. P. Rieder), Zürich
        Research Fellow and Assistant (project on Czech agriculture)
      1995
      • Swiss Office for Collaboration with Eastern Europe, (DEZA-AZO), Bern.
        Evaluation of an agricultural project in Poland
      1993
      • Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), Zürich and Ameropa AG, Binningen
        Six-month consulting assignment for two kolkhozes (collective farms) in Samara and Angarsk (Russia)
      1991-1995
      • Freelance journalist for different agricultural newspapers and journals
      1991-1992
      • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Agricultural Economics (Prof. Dr. B. Lehmann), Zürich
        Assistant
      1990-1991
      • Australia (farms, research stations, departments of agriculture)
        Work experience (six months), a.o. at ABARE, Canberra and Dept of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture of Western Australia, South Perth
      1990
      • Dept of Grassland Science, Agricultural University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
        Work experience (five months)
      1989-1993
      • Responsible editor of the faculty journal "Agrobulletin" and member of the Editorial Board of the "Agricultural International Magazine" (AIM) of IAAS (International Association of Agricultural Students)
      1988-
      • Active participation in numerous events (seminars, study tours) of IAAS and EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists) in various countries
      1985-1992
      • Four months work on the parental farm (after having grown up on the farm); several temporary jobs in different industrial sectors; six months of practical work as part of the studies on a typical Swiss farm in the French speaking part of Switzerland

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    • Publications
      1995
      • "Possible Agricultural Policies of the Czech Republic subject to Different Environmental Programs". Paper presented at the 41th EAAE Seminar, Budapest/Gödöllö
        "Agricultural Economic Implications of a Swiss Accession to EU". Paper presented at the Conference "Agricultural Prospects", Agricultural University, Prague
      1994
      • "Implications of Environmental Programmes on Czech agriculture". Paper presented at the Conference "Agricultural Prospects", Agricultural University, Prague (available in PDF format)
      1993
      • Thesis on "Agri-Tourism in Slovakia", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Agricultural Economics, Zürich
      1990
      • Research report "The growth of Lolium perenne under varying conditions", Dept of Grassland Science, Agricultural University of Wageningen (NL), supervised by Prof. Dr. J. Nösberger of ETH Zürich

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    • References
      • Available on request

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