My approach

As an independent external advisor, I work closely with your internal teams to provide structure, insights, and guidance. Whether as a project team member, coordinator, or oversight provider, my role is tailored to your specific business needs. I help drive efficiency, clarity, and strategic direction, ensuring that your projects are well-framed and effectively executed.

 

Sectors: Life Sciences, Therapeutics, MedTech & Diagnostics

Project support

Strategic Advisory

I work on strategic and financial assessments to support decision-making and business planning for start-ups and scale-ups, acting as a trusted advisor or interim Chief of Staff to C-level executives.

Additionally, I manage life sciences assets in VC portfolios and serve as a board representative to drive growth and value creation.

 

Example projects:

  • Supporting early business planning and roadmapping with key value inflection points
  • Market and competition analysis for product target market prioritization and selection to maximize a product's commercial opportunity
  • KOL and industry expert interviews for business case development
  • Help establishing a framework for drug target evaluation and selection to build a commercially strong product portfolio with a well balanced risk-reward profile
  • Help evaluating how AI, human-based models and large data can add value to your R&D
  • Strategic sparring partner or interim Chief of Staff roles to C-level executives in start-ups
  • VC life sciences portfolio assessments 
  • Acting as representative in the board of directors and monitoring committees

Business Development

I provide strategic support for transactions and partnerships, including due diligence, market research, expert engagement, business case development, pitch deck drafting and identifying potential strategic partners.

 

Example projects:

  • Help formulating a partnering strategy
  • Pitch deck drafting 
  • Identifying potential strategic partners
  • Coordinating and actively contributing to partnering reach-out (e.g. pharma) 
  • Coordinating and facilitating due diligence for buy-/sell-side opportunities 
  • Supporting deal negotiation and transaction execution

Fundraise support

I help businesses define their USP and value proposition, develop and execute fundraising strategies, and support NewCo creation.

From crafting compelling pitch decks to managing investor outreach, negotiations, and financial planning, I ensure a smooth and successful fundraising process.

 

Example projects:

  • USP and value proposition formulation
  • Supporting management teams in rolling-out a roadmap for NewCo creation and fundraise
  • Preparatory work for a planned fundraise
  • Creating a compelling pitch deck
  • Leading and/or coordinating a fundraise
  • Defining fundraising strategy, target investors and desired valuation, update financial model
  • Managing the outreach to investors and negotiating deal-terms

I would be glad to tell you more about potential projects I can work on. Feel free to reach out to discuss your business needs.