H. C. Willy Michel

Biography

 Dr. h.c. Willy Michel co-founded Disetronic in 1984. Dr. Michel served as the Chief Executive Officer of Ypsomed Holding AG since August 2011 until June 2014. Dr. Michel is the Owner of several companies, including companies involved in the fields of art and gastronomy. He obtained a broad range of experience with several industry and pharmaceutical companies in the fields of development, sales & marketing. He was responsible for the development, production, distribution and sale of Disetronic products at Disetronic. Prior to Disetronic, he obtained a broad range of experience with several industry and pharmaceutical companies in the fields of development, sales & marketing and he was the head of Novo-Nordisk Switzerland from 1978 to 1984. He has been the Chairman of Ypsomed Holding Ltd. since 2003. He served as the Chairman of Ypsomed Holding AG (Formerly, Ypsomed Ag). He has been the Vice Chairman of the Board of BV Holding AG since 2001. He served as Chairman of Adval Tech Holding AG since June 19, 2012. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Disetronic Group. He has been a Director of Adval Tech Holding AG. since 2007. He served as a Director of Ypsomed Holding AG since 1984. He served as a member of the city council of Burgdorf from 1998 to 2001. In 2005, he was declared the “Master Entrepreneur of the Year“ for his overall business performance by Ernst & Young AG and in 2006 was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Economic and Social Science Faculty of Bern University (Dr. h.c.) and a graduate of INSEAD in Fontainebleau (MBA).

Research Interest

 Business