Interim Client Director
Christian Fredrik Stray is Interim Client Director at Acapo Onsagers, responsible for the firm’s commercial work. He leads the team leaders across patents, legal and IP Management Consulting, with a focus on sales, client relationships and new business.
Christian Fredrik has more than 20 years of experience as a CEO and board member in healthcare, medtech, aviation, education and technology, and has served on more than 20 boards. He has led Biomet in Norway and the Nordics, doubled group revenue at MedEasy, and was co-founder and CEO of Hy5. There they built a portfolio of 19 granted patents and raised around NOK 100 million in private and public funding. He therefore understands the value of intellectual property from both a management and a client perspective. He served on the board and audit committee of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA from 2015 to 2020.
2026 – present: Interim Client Director, Acapo Onsagers
2015 – present: CEO, interim manager, board member and investor, Apriori Group
2021 – 2025: CEO, MedEasy Group AS
2015 – 2021: Co-founder and CEO, Hy5Pro AS
2011 – 2014: Regional Vice President Northern Europe, Biomet Nordic
2008 – 2011: Managing Director, Biomet Norway
2003 – 2008: Product Manager, Marketing Manager and Sales & Marketing Director, Biomet Norway
2015 – 2020: Board member and member of the audit committee, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA
2008 – 2017: Supervisory board, Bank Norwegian and Norwegian Finance Holding
2015 – present: CEO, interim manager, board member and investor, Apriori Group
2021 – 2025: CEO, MedEasy Group AS
2015 – 2021: Co-founder and CEO, Hy5Pro AS
2011 – 2014: Regional Vice President Northern Europe, Biomet Nordic
2008 – 2011: Managing Director, Biomet Norway
2003 – 2008: Product Manager, Marketing Manager and Sales & Marketing Director, Biomet Norway
Selected board positions:
2022 – present: Chair, Forskerfabrikken2015 – 2020: Board member and member of the audit committee, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA
2008 – 2017: Supervisory board, Bank Norwegian and Norwegian Finance Holding
2015: Global Strategy, Copenhagen Business School
2011: Global Leadership Program, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business
2005 – 2006: Executive MBA, ESCP-EAP, Paris, and BI Norwegian Business School
2005: International programme, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
1999 – 2003: BSc in Biomedical Engineering (cum laude), Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
2011: Global Leadership Program, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business
2005 – 2006: Executive MBA, ESCP-EAP, Paris, and BI Norwegian Business School
2005: International programme, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
1999 – 2003: BSc in Biomedical Engineering (cum laude), Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Norwegian and English (native), Swedish and Danish (good)