Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 3, 2000
EDGARD ZWIRN is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
Unilabs SA. Mr Zwirn is a graduate of the Free University of Brussels,
where he received a degree in Economics and a degree in Political
Science in 1970. He had various senior management positions with
Belgian companies, principally in the areas of computer software for
medical applications and technical equipment leasing. In 1987, he was
elected a Director of IESA Investissements, a Swiss financing company
headquartered in Geneva, specialising in financial investments and
taking investments in various companies. In 1987 also, along with a
group of investors, he formed Unilabs Holdings, which subsequently
acquired the Swiss clinical laboratories of MetPath Inc., and he was
elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unilabs Holdings. In 1989,
Unilabs SA was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilabs Holdings,
and he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Member of
the Executive and the Audit Committee. Unilabs SA has been quoted on
the Swiss Stock Exchange since April 1997. Profile
a description of the position of the company today?
Mr. Zwirn: Unilabs is a Swiss company headquartered in Geneva, and
