Felix Ruppanner

Felix Ruppanner is a seasoned global operations and medical devices executive who has gained vast experience in driving transformation and change programs, sales and marketing leadership, new business development, and business process improvements. With a strong focus on commercial strategy, he is renowned for inspiring and leading high-performance teams that execute strategies to outperform competition, achieving sustainable and profitable revenue growth and market share gain.

Ruppanner's career highlights include boosting EBITA by 50% and gaining competitive market share growth over a 5-year period, driving cost reductions by merging two subsidiaries in Austria and Switzerland, and enhancing organizational performance and employee engagement. He has also successfully developed and executed multiple go-to-market strategies in medical device and life sciences sectors as well as spearheading a successful re-launch of a pharmaceutical drug in the market.

With a speciality in B2B and B2C, bottom-line results, budget management, business development, change management, commercial awareness, cost efficiency, CRM, cross-cultural teams, go-to-market strategy, healthcare, international sales, key account management, medical device R&D, mentoring and coaching, negotiation, product development, regulatory compliance, and strategic execution, Ruppanner is a well-rounded and experienced professional.

Ruppanner is a graduate of Executive MBA, MBA, Executive MBA at ZFU International Business School, HF in Pharmazie at ESD Ecole Suisse de Droguerie, and BBA in Economics at Graduate School of Business Administration Zurich. He has held various executive positions such as General Manager - Country General Manager for Switzerland and Austria at GN Hearing A/S, National Sales & Marketing Director, Head of Operations - Key Account Management at ReSound, Marketing Director - Head of Corporate Marketing - Pharmaceuticals at Max Zeller Söhne AG, Business Unit Manager - Sales & Marketing Leadership - Pharmaceuticals at Organon Pharmaceuticals, Group Product Manager - Marketing Leadership - Go-to-market Strategy - Pharmaceuticals at Organon Pharmaceuticals, and Product Manager - Product Marketing Manager - Go-to-market Strategy - Pharmaceuticals at Organon Pharmaceuticals.