Clemens Freytag
Principal
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Clemens is a principal in Oliver Wyman’s Zurich office and helped establish the firm’s life sciences team in Zurich.

With a PhD in psychology, he brings a distinctive perspective to complex business challenges, combining an understanding of people and decision-making with a structured, data-driven approach. Clemens and his team help clients cut through complexity, uncover meaningful insights, and translate them into practical solutions.

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Healthcare is entering a new era. As traditional pharma models come under pressure, digital ecosystems can reshape how value is created, with the potential to expand access, improve equity, and support a more sustainable future

In a consulting career spanning more than ten years, he has guided some of the largest global pharmaceutical and medical technology companies through sweeping transformations. He sees his role in identifying new opportunities for the healthcare industry at an early stage.

Currently, he is particularly concerned with digitalization, health equity and the transition to a carbon-free, climate-neutral economy. He also focuses on developing and implementing growth strategies, portfolio optimization, mergers and acquisitions.

Clemens advises life science clients across 18 time zones from San Francisco to Seoul. Working in a diverse, international environment never fails to excite him. With his quadrilingual family, he has lived on Lake Zurich for over ten years, where he found his adopted home after stints in Germany and Singapore. He finds balance and fulfillment in his work for development aid projects in Africa.