Dr. Thomas W. Schrepfer - Switzerland
Dr. Thomas W. Schrepfer holds law degrees of the University of Berne (Dr. iur., M Law) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.) as well as business degrees from the Rotman School of Management, Toronto (MBA) and the University of St.Gallen (EMBA-HSG). For his academic and scientific work in law and business he received prestigious awards such as the Professor-Walther-Hug Prize and the Roger N. Wolff Prize as well as a scholarship of the Swiss National Fund. From 1985 he worked for several years as commercial lawyer specializing in international transactions, M&A, corporate, and tax law and became senior partner in a Zurich law firm. He also served as executive chairman and board member on the board of directors of pharmaceutical, IT, medical device and leisure industry companies. In 1999 he founded a medical device company and built it up from scratch to a company being at the cutting edge of technology in the diabetes field. Thomas is currently the managing partner of PMIC Advisors Group Ltd., an independent Swiss based company that specializes in the provision of Corporate Finance and M&A services for small and medium sized enterprises.