Questions to the Cultural Council Monday, January 17th 2011
Jasmine Audemars is the great grand-daughter of Jules-Louis Audemars, co-founder of Manufacture Audemars Piguet in 1875. Having studied social science and economic history at Geneva University, she embarked on a career in journalism, rising to the position of editor-in-chief of Le Journal de Genève, then one of Switzerland’s quality French-language dailies. In 1992, she left the newspaper to take over from her father at the head of the Audemars Piguet board of directors. She is also chairwoman of the Audemars Piguet Foundation. Her main interests in addition to the watchmaking industry are international relations, economics and international trade. ■