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Peter Grüter

Peter Grüter, ad interim Chief Strategy Officer, has been Head of Group Strategy at the Swisscom group since 2008. Peter Grüter studied in Freiburg (Germany) and Paris, and has obtained his PhD from Ecole Nomale Superieur, Paris. He worked at McKinsey & Company in Berlin from 1997 to 2005, with focus on Telecommunication, IT, Software and Media. Peter Grüter was responsible for the strategy of Swisscom Fixnet from 2005 to 2008 as a member of the extended executive board.

Ueli Dietiker

Ueli Dietiker joined Swisscom in autumn 2001 and initially held the position of Head of Strategic Growth & Related Businesses, before later becoming Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO of Swisscom Ltd. Dietiker was also interim CEO of the former Group company Swisscom Fixnet Ltd. Dietiker is a certified public accountant and previously worked at ATAG Ernst & Young and Motor Columbus and was CEO of Cablecom until 2001.

Dominique Mégret (Head of Swisscom Ventures)

Dominique joined Swisscom in 2002 as head of the Group Strategy unit before starting Swisscom Ventures three years later. He has a background as a entrepreneur in the UK, Germany and France (co-founder of Kick-Start Ventures). In addition, Dominique has worked as strategy consultant and manager in the IT industry. Dominique graduated from Insead (MBA).

Pär Lange (Investment Officer)

Before joining Swisscom Ventures in 2005, Pär was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of a Stockholm based advisory firm with focus on early stage investments in the ICT area. Prior to this, he co-founded a mobile operator which successfully obtained a 3G license in Sweden. He started his career as an R&D engineer, designing RF and microwave circuitry followed by a three year assignment in sales and marketing of cellular systems for Ericsson in Japan. Pär has an M.Sc. in Physics, and an MBA degree from INSEAD.

Stefan Kuentz (Investment Officer)

Stefan joined Swisscom in 2003. Prior to Swisscom Ventures, Stefan held positions as Head of Professional Services and Business Development. Under his responsibility new units were built, e.g Security, managed Contact Center services. From 2007 - 2010 Stefan was based in Silicon Valley to scout new technologies and introduce innovative businesses into Swisscom, e.g. cloud services. Stefan has a degree as Certified Expert in Information Technology and was for many years at IBM, heading IT Strategy consulting in his last position.

Carlo Grassi (Financial Manager)

Carlo has been working for many years in different financial and participation management positions at Swisscom and related companies. At Swisscom Ventures, he manages the financial and administration part, where he can leverage his experience in the incorporation, financing, accounting and participation management of start-up companies.

Ursula Oesterle (VP Innovations)

Since 2003, Ursula has been managing Swisscom’s open innovation and scouting activities out of Silicon Valley. She was based in Singapore from 2007- 2009 to build up the Asia Pacific network. Prior to Swisscom she worked in a start-up in semiconductor lasers in Switzerland and was Program Manager of a Swiss National Science Program spinning technology out from academia. She holds a PhD in physics from EPFL and has a business degree from IMD in Lausanne.

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