BIOGRAPHY

François Ventura was born in 1967 in Vevey, Switzerland. He spent his childhood in La Tour de Peilz, where he completed his entire schooling. He continued his studies at the University of Lausanne, where he obtained a Doctorate in Medicine and a Master of Business Administration. He currently works as an intensivist and anaesthetist in Geneva, and as an emergency doctor for helicopter rescue operations in the Valais Alps.
A former medical director of a Swiss Medtech company and an expert in the field of sepsis, he is pursuing research in this area.
A mountain enthusiast, he has photographed the ascent of many of the finest Alpine peaks. The Matterhorn, Mont-Blanc, Mont-Rose, Grand-Combin, Dent d'Hérens,...