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Charles Depasse

Charles Depasse

Partner

Cognos Switzerland

Geneva

Charles Depasse is a result driven multicultural executive with M&A, Operations and Human Resources experience in the Healthcare Industry.

Experience

Before joining the Cognos network, Charles worked as EVP Global Operations for Nycomed, as EVP Human Resources at Takeda, and was a Partner for five years at AVP in Zurich, Switzerland, now part of the Roland Berger Company.

During his twenty-five years in industry, he gained extensive expertise in the areas of Operations, Supply-chain and People Management.

Since he retired from Takeda in 2013, Charles has been involved in many M&A transactions and actively involved in portfolio companies for Private Equity firms such as Avista Capital Partners, Nordic Capital and Athyrium Capital Management.

Education

Charles is a graduate of the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Brussels Free University, and MBA alumni from New York University, Stern Business School.

Life drives and passions

In his spare time, Charles is a private pilot and an avid skier.

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