Pierre Arnold

Pierre Arnold is a head of undertaking Suisse born the November 22nd 1921 with Ballaigues (Canton of Vaud, Switzerland), deceased the March 25th 2007. Pierre Arnold is a man of action and reflection who, by his qualities of contractor out of the commun run, deeply marked the economic life, social and cultural of the second part of the 20th century in Switzerland.

Formation

Pierre Arnold studied the vine growing with Carcassonne (France) and agriculture with Cernier (Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland). After having worked several years in agriculture and cheese dairies, it resumes its studies and follows the courses of the federal Polytechnic school of Zurich. In 1947, it obtains a diploma for the occupation of agricultural engineer.

With the service of the agricultural companies

It continues its professional path with the dairy Union of Vaud, the Union of the French agricultural cooperatives and the Federation of the companies of agriculture of the French-speaking Switzerland from which he becomes the president.

Migros

In 1958, it enters to the Migros, becoming director of the Federation of the co-operatives. Of 1976 with 1984, date of its departure to the retirement, it will occupy the functions of managing director of the Migros co-operatives.

He will be the promoter of the center pre-green of the Signal of Bougy.

It sits at the board of directors of the CF

After the retirement

He is member of the direction of the clock making group SMH.
Seat with the board of directors of and Swissair.
It chairs the company which transforms the Palais of the congresses of Zurich,

Distinctions

Doctorate honoris causa of the University of Lausanne, 1985
Legion of honor, 1991

Works

a life of passion , Freiburg, 1988
When triumph the injustice: Jürg Stäubli vis-a-vis the enquiry of Vaud , Moudon, 2004

External bonds

'' Vidéo: '' Pierre Arnold in 1969, is expressed on the development of the Shopping malls, a file of the French-speaking Switzerland Télévision.

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