Frederic Wohlwend

Before founding Forestay Capital, Fred spent over 25 years in Technology as Chief Digital Officer of large and global high-tech corporations. He designed from scratch and successfully implemented the entire digitization of the value chain at Serono (one of the largest Biotech companies in the world), covering research, development, regulatory, manufacturing, supply chain, marketing & sales, finance, legal, HR, Communication and IT, in support of an exponential business growth. After the acquisition of Serono by Merck (a 40K+ employee global leader in Science & Tech), Fred was named Chief Digital Officer of the Group (CDO) reporting to the CEO in charge of the global business transformation; he re-engineered the full digital tech stack across 60 countries and 4 divisions. His track and business contribution were recognized by KPMG in 2006 as Biotech CDO of the year and again by EY as Swiss CDO of the year in 2013. Fred has supported more than a dozen founders in the design of their growth strategies and execution capabilities set-up and is recognized as a strong board influencer. Swiss citizen, married, two children, born in Afghanistan, grown in Thailand and Italy; speaks fluently French English and Italian. Two years in the Swiss Army (Tanks Commando) – Promoted Officer (Lieutenant) in 1987. Degree in Business Management from the HEC University of Geneva, has followed executive trainings at Babson in Boston, IMD in Lausanne, Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) in Chicago, HKUST Hong-Kong and INSEAD Paris.