Oliver Zihlmann
Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung
Head of joint investigation team
Oliver Zihlmann, 43, Switzerland, is head oft the joint investigation team of Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung, two Sunday newspapers in the French and German parts of Switzerland. He focuses with his team on Dataprojects and Investigations on subjects like fiscal fraud, terrorism, money laundering and crime. The team did the main reporting in Switzerland on Swissleaks, Luxembourg Leaks, China Leaks and Offshore Leaks.He began his professional career in national television SRF and worked later as corespondent for SonntagsZeitung in Berlin, where he wrote a book on a diplomatic scandal of the Swiss ambassador. He studied in Basel, Zurich and Bologna, has a Master in Economics and Sociology and a Ph.D. in History.