I am passionate about empowering individuals and organizations to navigate complexity, and to drive meaningful transformation with purpose and confidence. I am building on >10 years of international experience in different roles in industrial and academic settings.

Current and previous roles

I consider myself as generalist always eager to learn and develop, and to explore new territories. Currently I am working in a global role as Head of Collective Knowledge at Takeda.

In this role I am:

• Leading the transformation of the organization into a knowledge- and data-driven entity, emphasizing the cultivation of knowledge as critical asset and effective utilization of data for operational efficiency.
• Leading a global team of data- and knowledge management professionals, establishing robust systems and processes for collecting, storing, sharing and leveraging tacit and explicit knowledge and deploying data applications for advanced analytics.

Prior to this role, I was leading the digital and data transformation journey across the organization as well as the Europe-based Digital Lab team where we have conceptualized, developed and implemented innovative digital solutions to enable digital CMC. Before, I was leading global drug development and lifecycle programs and I was working on a Viennese based plasma fractionation plant in the team of the plant manager and was assigned to multiple projects and activities around site development, business excellence and production related optimization projects.

Background

I hold a PhD in technical sciences and a MSc in biotechnology and look back to five years of academic research with research stays in Norway, Belgium, and Denmark. My research focus was on enzyme technology, protein engineering and carbohydrate chemistry and resulted in several peer-reviewed articles and one patent. See my Google Scholar page for a full list of publications.

Working style

I am very structured and organized with strong analytical skills, a getting-things-done mentality, and a passion for life-long-learning. To get some additional insights into my working style, check out my personality traits: The Architect (Myers Briggs) and Reformer (Insights Discovery).

Private life

In my private life I very much enjoy being with my family, especially outdoors, and running. Besides, I like to pursue life-long learning and enjoy reading, especially around the intersection of technology and society, and in being engaged in thought-provoking discussions.