Team - circleg.world

Team

Our team consists of designers, engineers, and business and finance specialists with a shared vision to transform the prosthetic sector in the East African region. We believe in the collaborative power of people with different backgrounds and perspectives to co-create great solutions together.

Fabian

Co-founder and industrial designer. Co-driving R&D, supply chain and communication. He spends his free time hiking, biking and camping.

fabian@circleg.world

Angela

Co-leading business development with many years of experience in the medical device industry in the East African region. Whenever Angela is in the room, her grounded energy spreads to the entire team.

angela@circleg.world

Laura

Co-founder and bio-mechanical engineer. Responsible for regulatory affairs and co-driving business development. She is a yogi, fluent in more than six languages and loves traveling the world.

laura@circleg.world

Shammah

Business developer and partnership manager. The first employee in our African Hub in Nairobi with a passion for music and creativity.

shammah@circleg.world

Nicole

Co-founder and economist. Co-driving business development and finance. She loves reading, movement in all forms and exploring the world.

nicole@circleg.world

Simon

Co-founder and industrial designer. Co-driving R&D and communication. He loves good food, doing sports and travelling.

simon@circleg.world

Kevin

Co-leading communication with expertise in PR and communication management. He knows how to tell a story and has always a joke in store to make us laugh.

kevin@circleg.world

Daniel

Co-founder and mechanical engineer. Co-leading R&D and supply chain. He’s a passionate all-rounder, skydiver, a master of synthesizer and an all-weather cyclist.⁠

daniel@circleg.world

James

Co-leading supply chain with extensive experience in production and logistics. His calm nature grounds our entire team and in his spare time, James challenges his friends on the basketball court.

james@circleg.world

Max

Bio-mechanical engineer and lead of FEM simulation. With his interconnected thinking and his proactive nature, he is pushing the product development. In his free time he loves to play Smolball.

max@circleg.world

Céline

Business Manager and co-driving Operation and Administration. She is an early bird, has a passion for social impact and likes to do sports and discover new countries all over the world.

celine@circleg.world

Evelyne

Operation & Administration Manager in our African Hub. She makes sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. As an avid marathon runner, she brings a lot of energy to team Circleg.

evelyne@circleg.world

extended team

Circleg community

Experienced prosthetic experts with extraordinary knowledge and everyday exposure support us daily. Our Swiss and East-African prosthetists, physiotherapists and amputees make up our extended team.

Charly

Activist for people with disabilities, part of the Amputee Selfhelp Network in Uganda and one of the first circleg user. Find out more about her in our story.

Alex

Founder of the Amputee Selfhelp Network in Uganda and one of the first circleg user. Find out more about him in our story.

Beat

Paralympics champion and part of the circleg development and testing team. Beat was our athlete at Cybathlon 2020 representing Team circleg. Read more about him in our story.

Andre

As a sporty all-rounder with a great technical understanding he is part of the circleg development and testing team. Andre was our lead athlete at Cybathlon 2020 representing team circleg. Read more about him in our story.

Thomas &
Martin

As trained and experienced prosthetists, they are part of the circleg development and testing team. Both have worked in prosthetic workshops all over the world. Read more about them in our story.

Advisory Board

Advisory board

We are bolstered with an extensive network of advisors with versatile personalities from the fields of prosthetics, design, engineering, business and international cooperation. This broad know-how and wide-ranging experience support us in further developing our vision and ensuring coherence in strategic decisions.

Marc Grünenfelder

CEO of the Zindel Group AG and our first Advisor and Mentor since the start of circleg. Marc is an experienced and former corporate lawyer supporting us on a wide range of issues such as general management, leadership, financial and legal matters.

Ariane Waldvogel

Executive Director of the Pro Victimis Foundation and part of the Advisory Board since 2021. Ariane advises us on topics related to fundraising & donor relations, social enterprise development and international cooperation.

Emmanuel Mayakah Onduso

Nairobi based Senior Prosthetist with over 15 years experience and in the Advisory Board since 2021. Emmanuel currently serves as the National Secretary General for the NAOTK (National Association of Orthopaedic Technologist’s in Kenya), a professional platform that brings together all practitioners in the Prosthetics and Orthotics industry.

Isabella Martini

Community Manager at Wyss Zurich Translational Center and part of the Advisory Board since 2020. Isabella is a seasoned international and multilingual 25 years experienced professional with a passion for Impact, Sustainability and Innovation. She provides us wise counsel on fundraising, business models, financials and broader strategic decisions.

Collaborations

The power of collaboration

We are very grateful and proud to have so many incredibly motivated partners on board who support us every day with expertise and drive our vision forward.