Over 25 years of senior leadership experience at Novartis. Senior positions included:
Member of the Novartis Executive Committee
Group Head Quality Assurance & Technical Operations, Novartis International
CEO Sandoz (Generics Division of Novartis)
Global Head Technical Operations, Novartis Pharma
Member of the Boards of Directors of AstraZeneca, Alvogen and Xellia Pharmaceuticals
M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. in Pharmacy
Over 25 years of senior leadership experience in commercial operations at Sandoz. Senior positions included:
Head Cluster Netherlands & Nordics at Sandoz
Head Commercial Operations EUMEA at Sandoz
President and CEO of Sandoz US
President and Secretary of the European Generic medicines Association (EGA)
Extensive experience in Generics (EU and US), Marketing & Sales and Portfolio Management
M.Sc. degree in Clinical Chemistry
Over 20 years of healthcare practice experience at InterPharmaLink and McKinsey. Key fields of experience include:
Corporate Development and M&A Advisory
Market Entry and Partnering Strategies
Manufacturing Network and Supply Chain Optimizations
Due Diligence and Operational Improvement Programs
Extensive experience in international project and program management and steering
M.Sc. degree in Engineering and Ph.D. in Economics
Over 25 years of senior leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Senior positions included:
VP Global Quality Operations at CSL Behring
Global Head HSE and BCM at Novartis Pharma
Site Head of Novartis Pharma Stein
Head of Global Quality Assurance at Sandoz
Extensive experience Technical Operations, Quality, Health Safety and Environment, and Business Continuity Management
M.Sc. degree in Pharmacy
Over 25 years of experience in Manufacturing and Quality Assurance within pharmaceuticals and biotech. Skilled in operational excellence, capacity expansion, regulatory compliance, and GMP operations. Successfully led global improvement projects, authority inspections (FDA, EMEA), and remediation activities.
Over 30 years of experience in the Generics-, Biosimilars- and Originator Industry, from within the Industry and Consulting. He holds a diploma (BA) in Business Economy from Frankfurt, Germany.
Within the industry, he worked in Senior positions at Sandoz (Head M&S WEMEA), Biogen (GM Germany and Head Biosimilars D/A/CH), Accord Healthcare (GM Germany), Cipla (Head Europe) amongst others, in consulting he worked at EY, Cap Gemini Strategy and a Boutique Consulting Company.
His focus of work is on Commercial Strategies, Market Entry, Portfolio Strategy as well as Commercial Operations/ Commercial Excellence.
