Dr. Paeger is a seasoned leader in healthcare with over 30 years of experience in running inpatient medical care. Dr. Paeger currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the AMEOS Group, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, which is today among the leading healthcare providers in Europe. The AMEOS Group owns and runs 85 hospitals and polyclinics and additionally 23 long-term elderly care and long-term mental care facilities. 19,300 employees serve about half a million patients per year. While the AMEOS Group generates about one third of its revenues from its psychiatric hospitals, it is the market leader in psychiatric inpatient care in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region, a region in Europe with a combined GDP approaching $6 trillion. The AMEOS Group is also a major provider of inpatient neurological care. Dr. Paeger started his career as hospital manager subsequent to gaining several years of clinical medicine experience in hospitals. He worked for Pacific Health, Inc. in the U.S. and for Asklepios Kliniken GmbH in Germany, before founding AMEOS as a start-up company in 2002. The AMEOS Group is today among the leading healthcare providers in Europe. Dr. Paeger holds degrees in medicine (MD), in business administration (MBA), and in business informatics (MBI).