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MANAGER PROFILE
Interim CRO and troubleshooter for life sciences companies

Interim CRO and troubleshooter for life sciences companies

  • CRO in the life sciences sector
  • Sales Directorate Pharma, Medical Technology and Laboratory
  • Crisis management in disruptive times

"As interim CRO, I act as a troubleshooter for life sciences companies"

Qualifications

Studies: chemistry, physics, medicine, business administration - sales process consultant - systemic and hypnotherapeutic coach - foreign languages: English, French, Croatian

Stations

Synlab - McKesson - Merck - ThermoFisher

More about the interim manager

Over the years, the interim manager has developed into a restructuring specialist in the life sciences sector. The basis of his thinking is natural science. His practical experience is in sales organization in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry as well as in routine medical laboratories. His core competence is now a different one: a feel for organizations in transition, for people in troubled and uncertain waters. His personal blend of a steady and firm hand as well as his knack for people and organizations in crisis distinguish him as a person and manager.

After basic scientific training in chemistry, physics, medicine and business administration, the interim manager switched to the pharmaceutical sales force. After his first career steps as a sales manager, he founded a consulting firm. In the first few years, he worked on behalf of commercial banks, savings banks and credit unions as a freelance insolvency practitioner and reorganizer. in 2004, he returned to the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry in order to combine his experience and knowledge in the fields of science, sales, restructuring and reorganization. Since 2005, he has worked primarily as a temporary manager in various companies. His mandates include SMEs as well as corporations - with sales and profit responsibility up to the double-digit billion range.

The interim manager is quick to analyze and synthesize. They combine expert knowledge with common sense. His speed results from his ability to focus on the key drivers of success. He is used to being under fire, makes decisions quickly and takes responsibility. Those around him appreciate him for his intellect and his shirt-sleeved, unconventional manner.

The interim manager makes an impact on his employees through transparency, a democratic culture of discussion and the willingness to make unpopular decisions as a manager - as an expression of the firm conviction that the primary goal of a manager is to safeguard the company. His maxim: benevolence, transparency, consistency.

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Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

Articles
by this manager

Restructuring of the German subsidiary of a world market leader for laboratory equipment

The German subsidiary of a global market leader in laboratory equipment had rested too long in its market-dominating role. The life science company in the field of laboratory equipment (analyzers, OEM) seemed outdated. The structures had not kept pace with the consolidating market...

Interim CRO at a laboratory service provider in Switzerland

The Swiss subsidiary of a European laboratory services provider primarily characterized by M&A activities had run into troubled waters. Contribution margins were falling and customers were being lost. Turnover was declining and the workforce was fluctuating beyond normal levels...

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