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Basel, Switzerland

Selected to create new chief of staff function reporting directly to externally hired global President & CEO, tasked to drive consumer health division to global leadership. Part of managment team that transformed business from $3.5 to $6 billion revenue through organic growth and acquisitions. • Directed successful change management activities behind Merck Consumer Health business, one of the largest acquisitions in Bayer’s history. Record time between announcement and closing (5 months)… Show more Selected to create new chief of staff function reporting directly to externally hired global President & CEO, tasked to drive consumer health division to global leadership. Part of managment team that transformed business from $3.5 to $6 billion revenue through organic growth and acquisitions. • Directed successful change management activities behind Merck Consumer Health business, one of the largest acquisitions in Bayer’s history. Record time between announcement and closing (5 months), full integration only 15 months after announcement (1800 employees across 35 countries), significantly over- achieved $200 million bottom line synergy targets.• Managed external consultants to develop more aggressive 5 year strategic plan which included first time portfolio management strategy and increased emerging market investment• Designed new governance model to drive faster decision making further down into organization. • Six month assignments in Shangai, China and Basel Switzerland to establish executive support and results delivery functions. Show less

Whippany, New Jersey

Selected to create new function needed, due to acquisition of global Roche OTC business, to merge the best marketing capabilities from Bayer and Roche into an industry leading marketing training platform. Position also oversaw all global marketing services activities. • Managed global advertising/media/market research agency contracts ($400 million annual advertising spending), generated $20 million average annual cost avoidance through global campaigns.• Oversaw development of… Show more Selected to create new function needed, due to acquisition of global Roche OTC business, to merge the best marketing capabilities from Bayer and Roche into an industry leading marketing training platform. Position also oversaw all global marketing services activities. • Managed global advertising/media/market research agency contracts ($400 million annual advertising spending), generated $20 million average annual cost avoidance through global campaigns.• Oversaw development of approximately 200 local ad campaigns across 10 global brands leading to sustained share growth.• Developed state of the art in-house global marketing processes and on-line training tools, with minimal out of pocket expenses. Suite of tools later expanded throughout the whole company and became Bayer Marketing Excellence Academy, overseen by corporate cross-division council Show less