Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Chemovateq Swiss AG Investments
Stephen Pearce is recognized across a number of industries as an expert practitioner in strategic sourcing, global direct and in-direct procurement, business development, M&A integration, and alliance development.
Steve has spent more than 25 years in senior roles in life science, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. For the last 10 years he has focused exclusively on transformational procurement, strategic sourcing, post-acquisition integration, and leveraging supply chain relationships to develop strategic alliances.
He has managed purchase ledgers of $1 billion to $3.5 billion with the associated global teams supporting these activities. His former roles have included Global Head of Procurement for Arysta Lifescience, Head of Global Sourcing Novartis AG, Director Biotechnology Research Business Development, Sygen PLC. Steve is one of the founding Directors of AWP Associates Limited, which is an organization with over 100 associates worldwide dedicated to enabling and supporting companies in profitability improvement and business transformation. Steve is also an investor and COO of Bancella Limited, a company dedicated to delivering crop solutions to growers and food companies across Africa and also leads supply chain alliance development activities.