NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Since 2008, Mr. Frei has been the executive director of FUNDES International, based in Costa Rica. Ulrich graduated with a master’s degree in pharmacy from the “Ecole Suisse de Droguerie” and an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He has considerable management experience in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Before that, Mr. Frei was the general manager of SENN CHEMICALS AG in Switzerland, where he led operations, including subsidiaries in France and the USA. Mr. Frei has occupied senior management positions in the Química Suiza S.A, Novartis A.G. and CIBA – GEIGY A.G., working in Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

Mr. Frei is determined and excited to use his for-profit experience to unleash the full power of business and wealth generation in service of human dignity.