Oliver Reich is the director of santé24, the telemedicine provider of the SWICA Health Organisation, which is one of the largest health insurance companies in Switzerland. Before, he held various positions at the Helsana Group including head of health sciences, health economist and in the area of managed care. In 2000 he started to work with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a consultant. He studied economics and graduated with diploma. This was followed by a postgraduate course in health service management in St. Gallen and a Ph.D. with a focus on public health. Furthermore he obtained his "venia legendi" for the subject health services research from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zurich and acts as a lecturer. Oliver is a current member of the board of the association fmc Swiss Forum for Integrated Care and is on the board of directors of Spitex Zürich Limmat AG.