Christopher has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries.
He has worked at all organisational and hierarchical levels (subsidiary, regional, HQ) with extensive C-suite experience. His curiosity has led him to work across the pharma/biotech value chain (from R&D to marketing and sales). In Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, he has led teams of up to 100 people and businesses with revenues in excess of €100m. He has successfully managed major organisational changes and product launches in Europe.
As a Swiss and Belgian citizen, he has lived, studied and worked in the USA and several European countries. He has developed a keen sense of cultural differences and is always looking forward to meeting and working with new people.

Professional background

Christopher began his career as a management consultant with McKinsey in Switzerland.
He then joined Medtronic International as Head of Business Development and later as Brand Manager.
He continued his career at Merck KGaA as Head of R&D Portfolio Management and later as Head of Corporate Strategy.
He then joined UCB as Head of Marketing Europe (Immunology) and headed the Immunology Business Units in France and Germany (DACH).

Education and qualifications

Christopher holds an MBA (Marketing, Finance), J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Law License, Geneva University

Personal

Christopher enjoys cooking, ski trekking and golf.