Our Strategic Leadership
Gregor Frei brings over four decades of unparalleled expertise to the global healthcare sector. Having served as the CEO of the Swiss Red Cross and Executive Director of Swiss Health, he has held numerous senior leadership roles within premier medical institutions. His consultancy specializes in the high-level strategic, conceptual, and operational advancement of hospitals, clinics, and non-profit healthcare organizations. He is a distinguished expert in interim and permanent executive management for complex international medical facilities.
Professional Background Highlights:
- International Committee of the Red Cross: Diplomatic Delegate in Geneva, Beirut, and Baghdad
- Greenpeace Switzerland: Chief Executive Officer overseeing Finance and HR
- Swiss Red Cross Blood Transfusion Centers: Chief Executive Officer
- Alpine Children’s Hospital Davos: Managing Director (100 beds/150 staff)
- University Hospital Basel: Executive Board Member and Director of Surgical. Departments (450 beds/1,500 staff)
- State Hospital Limmattal, Zurich: Chief Executive Officer (350 beds/1,200 staff)
- Geriatric Hospital Zurich: Chief Executive Officer
- Geriatric Hospital Zug: President of the Board
- SEEAK (Swiss Association for Children with Asthma and Allergies): Vice President
Consultative Expertise:
Mr. Frei offers strategic guidance on diverse global mandates, including the conceptual and operational planning of modern clinical infrastructures. His portfolio encompasses advisory roles on supervisory boards, the international promotion of healthcare industries, and academic leadership as a Professor for Health Politics and Hospital Management at the University for Applied Sciences. Through these roles, he drives efficiency and excellence in healthcare delivery systems worldwide.
Gregor Frei
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Lucien Ghanem possesses three decades of multifaceted leadership across the Middle Eastern, Gulf, and Swiss healthcare landscapes. He has built a distinguished career by fostering growth for consumer health enterprises in sectors ranging from Medical Devices to Hospital Infection Control. As a strategic advisor, he has provided high-level consultancy to prominent governmental bodies like the Dubai Health Authority, focusing on medical education, organizational restructuring, and comprehensive human capital development.
Professional background higlights:
- 2002: Co-founded the Swiss Business Council Lebanon in collaboration with the Swiss
Ambassador to Lebanon.
- 2011: Appointed by the Swiss Ambassador to the UAE as a Senior Consultant for the Swiss Business Council of Dubai & Northern Emirates.
- 2012: Served as elected Executive Committee Member and inaugurated the chairmanship of the Swiss Health Care Group.
- 2014: Chaired the inaugural MENA Geriatric Summit in Dubai, a landmark event partnered with Swiss Business Council, DHA and local medical partners.
- 2015: Appointed as CEO of Swiss Midde Easterna Alliance, Lebanon.
- 2017: Appointed as Chairman & CEO of the Swiss Lebanese Hospitals & Clinics Holding.
- 2020: Appointed as Secretary General of Helvetia Fair HealthAssociation, Switzerland.
Professional Development:
- Strategic Talent & Succession Management
- Organizational Workforce Architecting
- High-Performance Team Dynamics & Cultural Integration
- Psychological Frameworks for Leadership Impact
- Innovation Strategy & Change Management
- Advanced Healthcare Leadership Systems
- Ethical Complexities in Geriatric Care (Harvard Medical School)
- Clinical Hypertension Management (Harvard Medical School)
- Advanced Public Policy (University of Virginia)
- 1 Million Prompters (Dubai, UAE)
Dr. Lucien Ghanem, Ph.D
Chief Operating Officer
Professor Dr. med. Peter Messmer is a distinguished medical leader with more than 35 years of clinical and academic experience. A Swiss Board-certified specialist in General Surgery and Accident Surgery (FMH), he serves as a Titular Professor of Surgery at the University of Basel. His career has been largely dedicated to Level I Trauma Centers, with a particular focus on complex musculoskeletal trauma.
Professional background highlights:
- Head of Trauma Center, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium (EU)
- Vice Chairman, Division of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
- Vice Chairman and Senior Consultant, Trauma Unit, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
- Senior Consultant and Director of Orthopedic Trauma and Research, SKMC Abu Dhabi.
- Senior Consultant, Emergency and Trauma Center, Rashid Hospital, Dubai.
- Consultant, Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
- Independent Trauma Surgeon with private practice, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Visiting Surgeon for complex cases in Manama (Bahrain), Amman (Jordan), Luxembourg. City (Luxembourg, EU), and Rheinfelden (Germany, EU)
- Pelvic Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA
- Upper Extremity Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston, USA
- Registrar in General and Vascular Surgery, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, U.K
- Expert in Insurance Medicine, Center of Competence, Swiss Accident Insurance (Suva),
Lucerne, Switzerland
Over the course of his career, Professor Messmer has performed approximately 9,600 surgical operations.
Prof. Dr. Peter Messmer
Group Chief Medical Officer
With more than five decades of professional experience and clinical practice in over 30 countries spanning five continents, Dr. Raymond H. Hamden is an internationally recognized Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, consultant in Political Psychology, Behavioral Health, Organizational Psychology, and Crisis Intervention. His career has focused on strengthening the psychological health of individuals, organizations, governments, and communities while integrating behavioral science into healthcare leadership and public policy.
Professional Background Highlights:
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences: Fellow (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
- Association for Psychological Science: Life Member
- International Society of Political Psychology: Life Member
- Human Relations Institute & Clinics, Dubai: Founder and former General Manager
- The Foundation for International Human Relations, Washington, DC: Chairman
- U.S. Soldiers’ & Airmen’s Home, Washington, DC: Chief of Psychology Services
- Center for Population Health, Xavier University: Advisory Board Member
- International Council of Psychologists: Life Member
- American Psychological Association: Life Member
Consultative Expertise:
Dr. Hamden provides high-level guidance on forensic profiling, organizational functionality, and behavioral health strategy. His notable projects include consulting for the European Space Agency on human psychology in space, developing pathways to functionality for dysfunctional corporations, and establishing international clinical infrastructures. A prolific author and academic presenter, he drives global excellence in mental health systems through strategic advocacy and evidence-based psychological frameworks.
Dr. Raymond H. Hamden, Ph.D
Chief Medical Officer,
Behavioral and Population Health
Dr. Patrick Dümmler is a strategic advisor with over 25 years of international consultancy experience across Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA. As the former Executive Director of Swiss Medtech, he is a recognized authority in the life sciences sector, having provided high-level expertise at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. His work centers on navigating the intersection of medical device innovation and public administration. Currently Dr. Duemmler is a Swiss politician, acting Mayor of Zollikon Municipality.
Professional Background Highlights:
- Senior Fellow & Executive Management, Avenir Suisse Think Tank, Zurich
- Cluster Manager & Executive Management, Health Tech Cluster Switzerland
- Knowledge Partner, Roy C. Hitchman, Zurich
- Chief Officer Home Market, Hocoma, Volketswil
- Managing Director, Medtech Switzerland, Bern
Core Competencies:
- Management of NGO's / Public administration
- Strategy development and implementation
- Main topics: Climate / Energy Transition / Geopolitical Challenges / Swiss Agricultural. Policy / Life Science / Health Technology Industries esp. Medical Devices
Consultative Expertise:
Dr. Dümmler leads complex mandates including strategy deployment, the development of pioneering business models, and organizational change management. His specialized focus on cluster management excellence and data-driven market research ensures that healthcare organizations remain competitive and operationally resilient in evolving global markets.
Dr. Patrick Dümmler, Ph.D
Chief MedTech Officer
Validated Clinical & Leadership Excellence
Board Certifications
Distinguished credentials in clinical surgery, accident prevention, and public health policy from premier European and American boards.
Leadership Impact
Successful strategic overhauls of complex hospital networks, driving clinical efficiency and institutional excellence globally.
Strategic Advocacy
Bridging innovation and regulation through life science advocacy, behavioral health expertise, and cross-cultural geriatric frameworks.
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