Scouting report · IDIA.SW
Arno Groenewoud
Ex-PwC international tax manager; Idorsia CFO since June 2024
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Scouting sheet
as of 24 Sep 2026Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design—no proxy read yet
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
- In the role
- 2 yr
- Promises scored
- 0
- Hit rate
- —
- Dodges / 100 answers
- —
- Airtime on calls
- —
Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet
What to weigh
Watch 3
- Liquidity is thin: CHF 89m at 2026-06-30 plus CHF 100m undrawn on the Pharmakon loan, against 2026 guidance of a ~CHF 120m non-GAAP operating losssrc
- The CEO changes around him (Muller, Gupta, Clozel interim, Wandeler from 2026-10-01) make him one of the continuity figures on the Executive Committeesrc
- No pay or shareholding recorded: the 2025 annual report (compensation and governance reports) was located but idorsia.com is egress-blocked; whether his pay is itemised there is uncheckedsrc
Career
- 2024-06 – now
- 2017 – 2024Idorsiasrc
Head of Global Finance & Procurement
The 2024 release calls him the current Head of Finance and Procurement; the 2017 start year comes only from WS-theorg - 2014 – 2017
- 1997 – 2014
Not located: Every pre-2024 line rests on one search summary (a profile aggregator), not on a company document; the Idorsia annual report bios were out of reach
Achievements
- Promoted from inside: head of finance and procurement since the 2017 spin-out, CFO when Muller moved up to CEO in June 2024src
- CFO through the 2025 convertible-bond restructuring and share offering, and the 2026 Pharmakon secured term loan (up to CHF 250m at a fixed 7%) that repaid the New Money Facility and removed near-term maturitiessrc
- Reaffirmed full-year 2026 guidance (non-GAAP opex about CHF 330m, non-GAAP operating loss about CHF 120m) at H1 2026src
Education
- University of Amsterdam, Not stated Not stated (1997)src
Background
- Family No family relationship to other officers or directors disclosed in the sources read; the annual report governance section was not reachablesrc
- Other Listed in the Swiss commercial register as from the Netherlands, in Basel (result title only)src
- Other A tax specialist rather than a capital-markets CFO by background: 17 years in PwC international tax before running tax at Actelionsrc
The promise ledger
No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.
Sources
6- Filing Idorsia ad hoc announcement (Art. 53 LR) 'Idorsia announces changes to Idorsia Executive Committee and Board of Directors', GlobeNewswire copy on Yahoo Finance · 2024-05-21
- Filing Idorsia H1 2026 results release 'QUVIVIQ sales increased 62% year-on-year...', GlobeNewswire copy on Yahoo Finance · 2026-07-30
- Filing Idorsia ad hoc announcement (Art. 53 LR) 'Idorsia appoints Roland Wandeler as Chief Executive Officer', GlobeNewswire copy on Yahoo Finance · 2026-07-01
- Web search result WebSearch: Arno Groenewoud career (PricewaterhouseCoopers 1997-2014, International Tax Manager then Senior International Tax Manager; Actelion Head of Tax / Global Head of Tax 2014-2017; Idorsia Head of Global Finance & Procurement 2017-2024; University of Amsterdam 1990-1997). Summary of results, apparently from The Org; page not fetched, egress-blocked · 2026-09-24
- Web search result WebSearch: Moneyhouse commercial-register listing 'Arno Groenewoud in Basel from Netherlands'. Result title only; page not fetched · 2026-09-24
- Web search result WebSearch: Idorsia Annual Report 2025 (compensation and governance reports). Located but not fetched, idorsia.com egress-blocked · 2026-09-24