Fidel Strub:
Lived Experience. Expert Knowledge. Global Voice.
Photo: Kostas Maros
They judged and labelled me before they listened. It shaped me in ways words can’t express.
They judged and labelled me before they listened.
It shaped me in ways words can’t express.
Today, I channel that formative experience into professional, compensated Strategic Advisory, Global Advocacy, and Public Leadership.
My expertise is rooted in a fundamental understanding of Dignity, Agency, and Ethical Communication. Not as abstract concepts, but as lived realities.
I am a Global Health Strategist, TIME100 Health Honoree, and Founder of two distinct professional institutions:
Fidel Strub Forum (advocacy, governance, public leadership) and ETHOS FIDELIS (forensic consulting for MedTech and Biopharma).
Based in Switzerland, I work internationally in English, (High) German, Swiss-German, and French.
Global Roots, Single Conviction
I was born in 1991 in Ouagadougou and grew up in Switzerland. My roots lie in Burkina Faso.
My home is Switzerland.
What shapes me is not origin, but conviction and attitude.
I work to ensure that origin does not determine impact for myself, and for the communities I represent.
The Foundation of Expertise
For years, I fought for acceptance of my appearance and identity. Noma changed my face and fractured my sense of self.
It left questions that stayed with me for decades:Why me?
Why does this disease exist?
Why do systems fail the people they claim to protect?At the age of three, I fell ill with Noma.
These experiences inform how I see the world. Not as my centre, but as my compass.
In 2010, I began to engage with the topic.
Only after a life‑threatening event in 2014, I realised something essential:Pity helps no one.
Change begins when we choose not just to be affected but to act.
From Insight to Structure
Today, I work through Keynotes, Masterclasses, and Strategic Advisory engagements with NGOs, Academic Institutions, Media, and Global Health Organisations.
My work is not about being affected; it is about Dignity, understanding, and the spaces we shape for others.
Fidel Strub Forum and ETHOS FIDELIS emerged from this tension:
between visibility and structure, between quiet knowledge and institutional responsibility.
Fidel Strub Forum is my survivor‑led platform for Advocacy, Governance, and Public Leadership.
ETHOS FDELIS is my forensic consulting firm for MedTech and Biopharma, where I design ethical, patient‑aligned systems and stress‑test scientific strategy.
Founding Elysium Noma Survivors Association showed me what visibility can achieve.
Today, I continue structurally, independently, and strategically - building institutions that do not outsource impact, but embody it.
Where to Go From Here
Curious how this stance translates into impactful formats, strategic advisory, or public leadership?
Explore Fidel Strub Forum for advocacy and speaking, or visit ETHOS FIDELIS for forensic consulting.
Both paths lead to the same foundation:
Ethical Impact, Structural clarity, and Survivor‑led Expertise.