is the founder and managing partner of admedicum GmbH (2015) and admedicum Business for Patients GmbH & Co KG (2016), Cologne. He has 26 years of professional experience, initially in the pharmaceutical industry (medical science information, clinical studies, drug development, international marketing) and then in patient organizations as managing director of Mukoviszidose eV (2002-2014) and the Mukoviszidose Institut gGmbH (2006– 2015).