Claude Suard

Part of Compass Group Plc, Compass Group (Schweiz) AG operates restaurants and catering services. The company is based in Kloten, Switzerland.

Defi Gestion SA (Defi Gestion) is the private equity advisor, founded in 1990, which was acquired by management following an MBO from Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (SW: BCVN) of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland in 2006. Headquartered in Lausanne, the firm is structured into buyout and venture capital teams which provide advisory services and private equity portfolio management for Swiss and European private and institutional clients, including Banque Cantonale Vaudoise.

HPL (High Power Lithium) SA focuses on the development of nano-structured metal oxides and novel electrolytes for use in next generation Li-ion batteries. The company was founded by Michael Gratzel and Ivan Exnar and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Picodrill SA provides micromachining techniques for production of hole structures in glass and dielectric materials. The company was founded by M. Eric Lucien, Jean-Pierre Rosat, and Christian Schmidt on October 5, 2007 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Plumettaz SA develops, manufactures and supplies cable-laying machines and accessories. Its cable laying products include cable jetting, cable laying with conduit snake, fibre optic sensing, underground cable laying, overhead line construction and cable laying accessories. The firm’s tailor made products include industrial applications, railway industry and winches for building maintenance units. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Bex, Switzerland.^^

Diagnoplex SA develops molecular diagnostics for colon cancer. It lead product, Colox is a minimally-invasive blood test developed for the systematic screening and detection of early and advanced colorectal cancer. The company was founded in April 2005 by Stavros Therianos, Curzio Roberto Maria Rüegg, Jacques R. Essinger and Jean-Pierre Rosat and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Renaissance Management SA (Renaissance) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1997.

Anergis SA develops allergy vaccines. It is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of novel, proprietary allergy vaccines that target commercially attractive indications and the firm’s vaccines are based on its IP-protected Contiguous Overlapping Peptide technology.The company was founded by Francois Spertini in August 2001 and is headquartered in Epalinges, Switzerland.