Mario Schäfer

Having lived in different cultures and having a mixed technical-economic background, I find it very interesting to build-up international partnerships. In the last years I have worked in business development projects for startups, medium-sized-businesses and multinationals.

Have enjoyed much the experiences made in business-to-business partnering in the highly regulated industries of pharmaceuticals, biotech and medtech. Partnering with another company is a very serious decision to take in this regulated framework. Development timelines are long and expensive. Each change will take considerable time.

In this setting, getting partnerships right is a must, rather than an option. The value proposition of the partnership has to be very solid. Business partnering works with well defined processes and a good sense for interpersonal relations.

I enjoy to pass on my knowledge and see created partnerships flourish. In this context I would like to make useable my experience in international business development.