Stefan Meister

Stefan Meister is Vice-Chairman and non-executive member of the Board of the Waypoint group, a business enterprise for the managers and advisers of the funds and investments associated with the Bertarelli family.

Before taking up this role at the start of 2021, he spent close to a decade as Waypoint’s Group Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of the Haniel Group, before which he was a member of the Executive Management Board of Celesio Group. He began his career in 1991 at Novartis AG (Switzerland), holding various positions including Head of Controlling for the Pharma Division. Stefan Meister is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Leadership and Value in Society at the University of St. Gallen, a Member of the “Schweizer Dialog” and an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Family Business Community. Until May 2016, he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss group, Straumann. Stefan Meister is Swiss and holds a degree in economics from Basel University