Mrs. Anne Lugon-Moulin, born 2 December 1971, was appointed by the Federal Council of Switzerland as designated Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro on 1 March 2024.

Since September 2019, she has served as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Switzerland in Côte d’Ivoire, with secondary accreditations in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso. During this time, she also hold the position of President of the International Cocoa Organisation during two years.

From 2013 to 2019, she was Ambassador and Head of the Sub-Sahara Division within the Political Directorate of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in Berne. Before that, she headed the Division for CIS countries within the Directorate for Development and Cooperation of the FDFA during four years. From 2008 to 2009, she led a non-profit research institute, the Basel Institute on Governance/International Center for Asset Recovery, in Basel. From 2004 to 2008, she was Deputy Head of the Governance Section at the FDFA, with focus on the Western Balkan region.

Anne Lugon-Moulin joined the FDFA in 2003. After completing her Master’s degree in Economic Development at the University of Nottingham, she was first employed by the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, then by Transparency International Switzerland and later worked with the UN World Food Programme in Rwanda during 2,5 years.

She speaks fluent French, German and English. She has written several articles on anti-corruption and asset recovery. She also has published two fiction books.