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Dr Francis (Frank) Peel
Switzerland
Specialist in US politics and US-Europe relations.
TV talkshow host, lawyer, professor, politician. French and English
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Biography/Resume:
London-born, Frank Peel is an American lawyer and TV personality who hosts the first English program on Swiss TV, a talk show with international guests ranging from musician Phil Collins to US Ambassador Madeline Kunin. Frank started as a Wall Street lawyer and also held senior public positions as Chief of Planning and Chief of the African Field Office of the ILO. Deputy Director-General of the World Wildlife Fund and Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce in Washington. He was elected delegate to three presidential conventions, a member of the Democratic National Committee and Issues Advisor in the Carter-Mondale presidential campaign. No longer an active Democrat, he is not a Republican but an independent. He has also been a professor of politics and has lived and travelled worldwide. His universities were: Cornell, Columbia, London School of Economics, the Sorbonne and Innsbruck.
Subjects:

  • Relations between US and Europe

  • World Politics

  • Switzerland

  • The Media.

  • American Politics

  • The Indian Ocean - Seychelles, Mauritius

  • The Twenty First Century
Popular Presentation Titles:
In English and in French

  • Does Europe Really Exist?

  • Seychelles: Islands of Love

  • How Did We Get Into The Kosovar Mess - and How Do We Get Out?

  • The Next President of the United States

  • Will Switzerland Survive the 21st Century?

  • The Twenty First Century - Clean Sheet or Blank Sheet?

  • Television: Wasteland or What?

Speaking Experience:
In French and English at universities worldwide, on television, on board ships QE2, Royal Viking Sun, Sagafjord, Silver Cloud, Vistafjord and for US Government (in French) in Belgium, France, Tunisia and (in English) in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Slovakia and the Ukraine.