Functional Skills

Product Strategy
Business Planning
Financial Due Diligence
Go-to-market Strategy
Digital Marketing / Advertising

Certifications

PharmDDoctor of Pharmacy

Sector Experience

Healthcare
Manufacturing
Business Services
Life Sciences & Pharma

Languages

English
German
French
Spanish
20
years

Years of Experience

7/20

Member Since


Big 3 Consulting (MBB)
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks
Fortune 500
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

 
MAKVIA Management Consulting
Managing Partner
01/2019 - Present
-Managing Director and Principal Consultant
-Boutique consultancy focusing on life sciences strategy, due diligence and valuation

UBS Corporate Strategy & Development
Executive Director, European Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Equity Research
01/2016 - 12/2019
▪ Lead analyst for European biopharmaceutical stocks (UCB, Ipsen, Lundbeck,
Genmab, Galapagos) with IPO experience (Polyphor)
▪ Focus on pharmaceutical market access, pricing and reimbursement; authored the
team’s most widely read thematic publications
▪ Developed drug sales forecasting and stock segmentation methodologies,
incorporating the paradigm of pharmaceutical market access (budget impact,
affordability, payer hurdles, patient consumerism, etc.)

Amgen Corporate Strategy & Development
Head of Medical Strategy
01/2012 - 12/2016
▪ Developed and implemented marketing strategies for three inline brands, achieving
outstanding year-over-year volume-driven sales growth
▪ Led cross-functional launch teams (marketing, medical affairs, market access, health
economics, regulatory affairs) for two pipeline products
▪ Conceived a patient support program (AMGENcareTM) that was subsequently rolled
out to other therapeutic areas and European countries
▪ Affiliate digital strategy lead
▪ Job rotation as sales representative

Amgen Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Manager, Strategic Planning & Operations
01/2009 - 12/2011
▪ Advanced cross-functional strategic planning, e.g., established scenario planning
▪ Worked with the International Strategy Committee towards defining strategic priorities and resource allocation across brands and countries
▪ Led cross-functional strategic and operational projects: implemented a commercial excellence initiative and developed a systematic approach

Booz Allen Hamilton Management Consulting
Project Leader
01/2006 - 12/2008
Pharma strategy projects in Europe and the US, e.g.
▪ Global market entry and launch strategy for a biologic drug
▪ Innovative pharma-payer partnerships and contracting models in Germany
▪ Rx-to-OTC switch in the UK: strategy development and implementation preparation

Bain & Co Management Consulting
Consultant
01/2005 - 12/2005
Primarily strategy projects in Europe, e.g.
▪ Biotech company and pharmaceutical R&D services provider: full potential program
▪ Consumer and industrial goods: portfolio transparency and optimisation
▪ Consumer electronics: development of a health and wellbeing strategy