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Melanie Schwendimann

Chief of Staff at Oviva

Zurich, Zurich

Overview 

Melanie Schwendimann is currently serving as the Chief of Staff at Oviva, following successful roles at Picus Capital and McKinsey. With a background in business innovation and experience at top consulting firms, she has excelled in strategic leadership and operational management, specializing in sectors such as Human Capital, EnergyTech, and FinTech.

Work Experience 

  • Chief of Staff

    2024 - Current

    Oviva is the European digital health market leader for weight-related diseases. We rapidly scale across CH, DE & the UK, with >500.000 patients treated & backed by Europe's leading VCs.

  • Vice President

    2023 - 2023

  • Senior Associate

    2022 - 2023

    Picus is a global, early-stage venture capital firm with >1bn USD AUM and a long-term investment philosophy. I personally focused on Healthcare & Biotech 🏥💊🚀

  • Associate

    2022 - 2022

  • Fellow

    2020 - 2022

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Intern

    2019 - 2020

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Intern

    2019 - 2019

  • Project Consultant

    2018 - 2019

    Design Thinking Consultant for Human-Centred Design The project resulted in a FinTech entering the F10 accelerator

  • Intern Strategy & Management

    2018 - 2018

    D2C Eyewear startup (investors incl. Eight Roads, Swiss Startup Capital)

  • Assistant Head of Broker Underwriting (Ø 30%)

    2015 - 2017

  • Administrative Assistant

    2014 - 2014

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