Thomas Kerscher

Thomas Kerscher is a seasoned Commercial Leader in the Healthcare industry with a remarkable 20-year track record in Global, Regional, and Local Commercialization. His expertise lies in fostering the success of Start-ups through his active involvement as a Business Angels Switzerland Member, facilitating capital raising for emerging ventures. Thomas has held key leadership roles like Region Head, General Manager, Therapeutic Area Head, Head of Marketing, and Head of Sales.

His core competencies include steering large multifunctional teams to surpass goals under his tenure as General Manager, ensuring stellar profit and loss outcomes. Thomas drives customer excellence by tailoring commercial programs to meet global customer needs, successfully launching and managing brands throughout their life cycles, and overseeing portfolio strategies and life cycle management.

Thomas excels in maximizing Market Access through Global pricing strategies and reimbursement tactics, incubating and improving strategic partnerships, identifying and nurturing talent within organizations, and building diverse portfolios across healthcare segments from Specialist/Orphan diseases to Immuno-Oncology and General Practitioner markets.

Educationally, Thomas pursued a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) and Chemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, rounding out his strong industry knowledge with solid academic foundation.

His professional journey includes successful roles like Head of Europe Commercial at Aspen Pharma Group, Head of Commercial at Aurteen, Partner at Healthcare Shapers, CEO and Founder at Business-Impact GmbH Switzerland, General Manager DACH at Aspen Pharma Group, Head Of Business Operations at Beo Therapeutics, Head of Marketing & Financial Strategy at Hi-D Imaging, VP at Shire, Vice President International Franchise Leader at Shire, among other distinguished positions at Novartis, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.