Marina Wyss

Marina Wyss Ross is a Fellow with UNIDIR’s Security and Technology Programme. She has served as a Swiss diplomat since 2008 and is currently on leave to pursue her PhD, examining the interplay between security policy and foreign affairs, as a Guest at the Albert Einstein School of Public Policy at ETH Zurich.

From 2022 to 2026, Marina served as Head of Arms Control, Disarmament and Cybersecurity at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in Bern. Before returning to the capital, she was posted to Vienna as Deputy Head of the Swiss Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and to Brussels at the Swiss Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Over the course of her career, Marina has held a range of positions in Bern and abroad, including in the FDFA’s Middle East Division and at the Swiss Embassy in Tel Aviv. She also served as Gender Advisor to the Swiss Foreign Minister.

Marina began her career at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining before joining the Foreign Service. She holds an MA in International Relations from the Geneva Graduate Institute.