Fabio Fagagnini becomes CEO of Healthcare Holding Schweiz AG
The Swiss Fabio Fagagnini has been appointed CEO of Healthcare Holding Schweiz AG by the Board of Directors with immediate effect. The leading service provider and distributor of medical technology in Switzerland was founded in 2021 by the Winterberg Group as an acquisition holding company and has so far acquired four medium-sized companies.
When the three fellow students Beat Brägger, Lukas Gayler and Fabio Fagagnini decided to take over the ailing Mikrona Technologie AG after successfully completing their MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau near Paris in 2014, they could hardly have imagined the development that awaited them. After getting the well-known Swiss manufacturer of orthodontic treatment units back on track, they acquired the Swiss market leader for orthodontic consumables Ortho-Walker AG in 2019 and successfully sold the resulting Mikrona Group AG under the leadership of Fabio Fagagnini to Healthcare Holding Schweiz AG last year.
Just under 6 months later, the St. Gallen entrepreneur received an offer from the investors to lead the entire Healthcare Holding in order to oversee both the management team and the integration of the Group. He will take on this position in addition to his management of the Mikrona Group and will work closely with the investors' boards of directors.
"Fabio is the ideal candidate for us. He gained his first experience by managing and selling the family business Fagagnini AG and then wrote an impressive success story at Mikrona and Ortho Walker. Fabio also has over 20 years of international experience in the medical technology industry and a broad network in the Swiss healthcare sector. We are very pleased that he will now lead Healthcare Holding in its ambitious acquisition and integration strategy," explains Fabian Kröher, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Healthcare Holding.
The appointment comes at the right time - Healthcare Holding was only recently able to attract further investors and raise a mid double-digit million euro amount to finance further growth steps.
"I am very much looking forward to this new challenge," adds Fabio Fagagnini, "We have the unique opportunity to build the undisputed Swiss market leader in the distribution and service of medical technology and to establish new approaches and technologies for the entire industry. We will make a decisive contribution to continuously improving the supply of medical devices in Switzerland and equip Swiss hospitals, medical practices and care facilities with leading and innovative products."
The group of companies is currently endeavoring to be a pioneer in other ongoing acquisition processes and expects to successfully complete further acquisitions in the near future.
Source: www.healthcare-holding.ch
