Before starting his career in strategy consulting with the Boston Consulting Group in Munich (Germany), Dr. Leewe had already worked 9 years in the industry. He was the head of Finance and Controlling of Fresenius Medical Care Latin America based in Miami (USA). Originally, he was a member of Lufthansa Cargo's high potential program "Pro Team" in Frankfurt (Germany) and Atlanta (USA). Dr. Leewe has spoken at numerous conferences on the European health care market, strategy development, the health care logistics market and frequently acted as an expert and evaluator on startup companies. He is a co-author of one of the leading medical technology books.

Dr. Leewe founded Novumed Life Science Consulting in 2004. He studied European Business Administration at ICADE in Madrid (Spain) and at the ESB in Reutlingen (Germany). He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Loughborough University (UK).

Dr. Bayrhoffer's experience spans the diverse areas of strategic and financial advisory, market research and business analysis, clinical development, and business development. He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he worked primarily in the Life Sciences Practice. He has helped clients with organizational change, business re-engineering, and commercialization strategies. Dr. Bayrhoffer has also worked in an advisory and PE firm focused on the mid-size market and leadership positions in clinical development organizations and imaging core labs. Recently he led US client engagements for a global commercial analytics and consulting organization focused on the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr. Bayrhoffer is a physician by training with a MD from the University of Mainz (Germany) and also holds a MBA from the Simon School at the University of Rochester, NY (USA).

Dr. Löwe provides the full range of health care experience ranging from positions in a university hospital, in the pharmaceutical industry, in top-tier strategy consulting and in health care advertising: Initially, she worked as a physician at the Charité, Berlin, where she also set up research and training projects. Then, she joined Fresenius Biotech GmbH as project leader and led the clinical development of a biologic in oncology. At the Boston Consulting Group in Munich she supported the reorganization and rationalization of a Biotech company before developing and implementing a national marketing and communication strategy of disease management programs on behalf of the German market leader in health insurances. She pursued her interest in medical communications and assumed responsibility as representative managing director at a health care advertising agency. Finally, she worked as an independent professional in medical interim management, medical communications and medical writing. Dr. Löwe is a member of the European Medical Writers Association.

Dr. Löwe is a physician by training with a MD and doctoral degree from the University of Münster (Germany) and medical internships at the schools of medicine in Cardiff (UK) and Columbia-Missouri (USA).

Dr. Fortmann began his career in the health care industry as a surgeon in emergency medicine.  During his time as a surgeon, he also performed cutting-edge research in microbiology, and since then he has more than 10 years of consulting experience including four years with the Boston Consulting Group in Berlin.

Dr. Fortmann worked as an independent consulting professional and coach and was a manager at another prestigious health care strategy consulting firm.  His broad consulting experience includes process reorganization in University hospitals, the development and implementation of managed-care programs for payors, and the development of sales strategies for global medtech companies.  He has also assessed market entry possibilities for pharmaceutical companies, completed due-diligences for financial investors, and established change processes for public organizations.

Dr. Fortmann is a physician by training with an MD and a doctoral degree from the University of Berlin (Germany) and research experience from the University of Heidelberg (Germany), the Walter Reed Navy Team at Washington Hospital Center (US) and INNSZ (Mexico-City).

Madhusudhan has more than 15 years of multifaceted experience in the life science industry. Initially, he has worked in various roles of increasing responsibility in sales and marketing with different global pharmaceutical companies, including JohnsonJohnson and Pfizer, where his major exposure was in the Oncology division. Then, he joined a global commercial analytics and consulting firm focused on the pharmaceutical industry, where Madhusudhan led various analytics and consulting projects for clients in the US and in Europe. Recently he played a pivotal role in establishing and growing clinical research organization in India, where he held senior managerial positions as Director, Business Development and later was promoted as CEO.

Madhusudhan holds a MBA from IBMR, Bangalore and a BS degree in life science form Bangalore University.