Barnabé Delarze
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About me

Rower, sailor, builder.

I'm Swiss. I rowed for Switzerland for nine years, through two Olympic Games, then swapped the boat for the America's Cup, starting again as a beginner in a new sport. In between I did an MBA at Oxford and won the 2022 Boat Race.

Today I work in health-tech as Head of Growth at Bewe Lab, and I'm studying wine in my spare hours. What I care about across all of it is the same thing: how a group of ambitious people tell each other the truth, and keep going.

Based in Lausanne and Barcelona · French (native) · English (fluent) · German and Swiss German (fluent) · Spanish (basic)

Barnabé Delarze sitting on a harbour wall

Projects

What I'm building now, and what came before.

Now · 2025 to present

Bewe Lab

Head of Growth

Bewe Lab makes a mobile app that uses short, gamified, neuroscience-based training to help people reduce food cravings. It reaches people directly and through health insurers, employers and healthcare providers.

I lead growth: go-to-market planning, B2B and B2B2C partnerships in the health sector, and preparation for a launch to consumers in the US.

bewe.com ↗
Barnabé Delarze cooking in a professional restaurant kitchen

Now · studying

Máster en Sumillería e Innovación en el mundo líquido

Master's in sommellerie and innovation in the liquid world · Basque Culinary Center

Wine is my other long-running obsession. I'm studying it properly, after taking the WSET Level 2 award in 2024.

Before

2019 to 2022 · Lucerne

WAU Clothing

Co-founder and CEO

A sports-inspired fashion and activewear brand. I led it from concept to launch and drove traction with an omnichannel communications strategy.

Instagram ↗

2018 to 2019 · Zurich

Aerow Training

Co-founder and coach

An online and on-site rowing training platform. I built the brand identities and designed training programmes for audiences from the general public to CrossFit Games athletes, and ran workshops.

Facebook ↗

2024 · Barcelona

WSET Level 2 Award in Wines

Qualification

My first formal step into wine, completed while based in Barcelona.

Media kit

Three careers, one thread.

Rowing

Professional athlete for Swiss Rowing, 2012 to 2021

  • Olympic Games Rio 2016: 7th, quadruple sculls
  • Olympic Games Tokyo 2021: 5th, double sculls
  • World Championships 2018: silver, double sculls
  • Two-time U23 World Champion, 2013 and 2014. The 2013 title was the first U23 title for a Swiss crew
  • Junior World Championships 2012: bronze
  • The Boat Race 2022: winner, rowing for Oxford
  • Medals at several World Championships, World Cups and European Championships

In the press

The Oxford crew rowing in the Boat Race
The Boat Race, Oxford
The Oxford crew celebrating with the trophy, in black and white
Boat Race 2022
Rowers carrying a boat
Training

Sailing

Alinghi Red Bull Racing, 2022 to 2024 · Barcelona

  • Captain of the cyclors, the crew who generate the boat's power by pedalling, in the Campaign for the 37th America's Cup
  • Semifinalist of the Louis Vuitton Cup, America's Cup Challenger Series 2024
  • Responsible for representing the team's brand and values, with a key role in sponsor and media relationships and in team leadership
  • Started as a beginner in the sport, as an adult, inside an elite team

In the press

The Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailing team posed on stairs
Alinghi Red Bull Racing
An America's Cup boat sailing off Barcelona
Barcelona
The crew aboard the boat at speed
On board

Public speaking

Talks, panels and stage time

  • Be-Athletes: The Human Edge in the AI Era. EU Business School, AI Summit Barcelona, September 2026
  • Presenting at EPFL, at a Corporate Connections event

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Barnabé Delarze speaking at the EU Business School panel
EU Business School, Barcelona
A panel of speakers seated in front of an audience
Panel, AI Summit Barcelona
Barnabé Delarze presenting on stage at EPFL
EPFL