Dr. Alex Fässler began his industrial career at Ciba-Geigy, later Novartis, where he held various positions in preclinical Research in Basel, New Jersey and England. He joined Bachem AG in 1998, and thereafter served as Head of Production in the US subsidiary, site manager and finally as regional COO for the Americas. After his return to Switzerland in 2013 he was appointed COO of Bachem Europe, and from 2017 to 2018 he held the function of COO of the Bachem Group, and was a member of the Corporate Executive Committee.