Dr. Stephan Rietiker, born on November 26, 1956, is a Swiss citizen who qualified as a medical doctor at the Medical School of the University of Zurich and then spent 5 years in medical practice before moving into the Healthcare industry. He held various positions with increasing responsibility in marketing / general management with Roche, Boehringer Mannheim and Schering Plough before becoming Vice President and General Manager Europe for Covance Central Laboratory Services. In 2001, he was appointed President and CEO of Sulzer Medica (later Centerpulse) and was instrumental in resolving a landmark legal settlement in a major U.S. litigation as well as substantial business problems which threatened the existence of the company. Prior to taking on the role of Executive Director and CEO at IMI Intelligent Medical Implants in 2004, he was CEO and Director at the Swiss medical technology start-up company, Pendragon Medical AG. Since 2005 Dr. Rietiker has been a Senior Advisor of Brown Brothers Harriman’s Corporate Finance Team. Moreover, he serves as Director of Contract Farming India AG and Inovio Biomedical Corporation. In 2007 he founded AurigaVision AG based in Zug, Switzerland, which serves as a platform with the ultimate goal to turn visions and technologies into successful businesses.