Fred Schaebsdau

Dr. Schaebsdau has over 15 years of executive level experience in the CGM, Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) and insulin delivery industries, which started in 2004 during his tenure with Abbott Diabetes Care, where he was a member of the M&A and post-merger integration teams responsible for the acquisition of TheraSense and its FreeStyle Navigator CGM. From September 2016 until January 2019, he was the General Manager of Dexcom Germany, which during his leadership became the fastest growing organization in Dexcom’s history achieving triple digit revenue and new patient growth every year. Two generations of CGM, G5 and G6, were successfully launched and negotiations with public insurers completed, which resulted in full reimbursement for >85% of the German population. From 2009 until August 2015, at Roche Diabetes Care, he was Senior Vice-President, Head of Global Strategy and Business Development, completing several strategic acquisitions, partnerships and licensing deals. In September 2015, he founded his own firm as exclusive distributor in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for UniStrip®, the world’s first generic blood glucose test strip. Since September 2015, he is a member of the Advisory Board of Peppermint Venture Partners. Dr. Schaebsdau studied Medicine at the University of Giessen and completed residencies in urology and surgery at the University of Chicago, University of Hannover and University of Freiburg. He is licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. and Germany. During his residency at the University of Hannover he conducted primary research in neurophysiology with a grant from the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and completed his PhD. In 1993, he received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.