Партнеры 2021

Niels Hessmann was born in Belgium and studied economics at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). Mr. Hessmann began his career at Schering in 1992 as Market Research Manager (later the company was merged by Bayer).

Since 1996, he headed the marketing and sales department at Schering in Romania and Moldova. In 1999, he took over as CEO of Schering in Kazakhstan, and was responsible for the development of the company in Central Asia.

In 2001, he was appointed as CEO of Schering in Greece, and in 2007 he started his assignment in the Netherlands, where he served as General Representative of Bayer HealthCare. During this period, Mr. Hessmann was responsible for the integration of Bayer with Schering. From November 2011 to February 2015, he was CEO and General Representative of Bayer HealthCare in South Korea.

In March 2015, Niels Hessmann joined Bayer AO.

Natalia Kolerova was appointed Country President of Novartis Group Russia in September 2019

Natalia joined Novartis in 2008 as the Head of the Specialties Business unit. Subsequently, Natalia served as the Head of the Market Access function and was responsible for ensuring the availability of drugs in the oncological portfolio of the company.

Prior to joining Novartis, Natalia held senior positions in Abbott Lababorats (Abbott Lab SA) and Sanofi-Aventis (Sanofi-Aventis).

Natalia graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University majoring in Pharmacy, as well as Lomonosov Moscow State University, majoring in Sociology. Natalia also holds a MBA degree.

Anthony Wong is Regional Vice President for AbbVie’s business in Russia and the CIS region. From 2008, until AbbVie’s spin off from Abbott in 2012, Anthony was the General Manager of the Pharmaceutical Division of Abbott in Russia.

 Anthony has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, having previously held positions in manufacturing, finance and general management. Before his roles in Abbott and AbbVie, Anthony served as General Manager for Schering Plough for 8 years and 5 years as a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in M&A and Strategic Advisory Services in Russia.

 Anthony’s experience includes 20 years of General Management experience for three Fortune-500 pharmaceutical companies.

 For the past 7 years, Anthony has served on the Board of AIPM, the Association of International Pharmaceutical Companies.

Anthony earned his B.S. Degree in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University and his MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University.

Sean Reilly joined GSK Pharma Russia as VP & General Manager on August 1, 2020. Sean reports to Luis Arosemena, SVP Emerging Markets Global Pharma Executive, and leads Russia`s RLT team.

In his role, Sean is responsible for leading Russia's growth agenda across CEP, Respiratory, HIV, Vaccines, and Oncology. He will continue working on "Firebird", Russia accelerated development program, which aims to triple GSK business growth in Russia.

Sean was born in Ireland.

At 22 he moved to Colombia and began working in the pharmaceutical industry as a Medical representative. Later Sean held various positions in sales and marketing. Having worked for GSK for 24 years, Sean has strong experience  and expertise in pharmaceutical industry. 14 years ago he was appointed to the position of General Manager GSK Colombia.

Before moving to Moscow, Sean held position of General director GSK Mexico.

Started her career with Johnson & Johnson back in 2001. Throughout her 19-year career in the company, Katerina held various positions of increasing level of responsibility in sales, marketing, quality and market access departments, and consistently demonstrated integrity and strong results. Katerina has been a member of Janssen Russia board of directors since 2010 and was appointed Country Manager Russia in 2015; she was promoted to the position of Managing Director Janssen Russia & CIS in 2017. In April 2019 she was appointed Director General Johnson & Johnson LLC.

Vice President & General Manager, Novo Nordisk Russia & Belarus

Hans Duijf has been appointed as Vice President and General Manager of Novo Nordisk in Russia and Belarus in September 2017.

Mr. Duijf has an extensive and diverse experience of working in Novo Nordisk headquarters and regional branches in Europe, South-East Asia and Latin America. Mr. Duijf began his career within Novo Nordisk more than 20 years ago in sales and marketing. Over the years Mr. Duijf proved himself as an effective manager in positions such as Marketing Director, Business development Director, General Director and Vice President.

Maxim Kuznetsov has been appointed Market Leader Philips Central Eastern Europe & Russia (CEER) in January 2021. In this role, Maxim is responsible for managing the market consisting of 30 countries including Poland, Czech Republic and Romania with the team of over 1 600 employees. He also holds a position of Head of Philips Research Russia Labs in Skolkovo.

Maxim started his career in Electrolux and joined Philips in 2005. Over the last 16 years, he held various sales, marketing and market management positions. In 2012, he was appointed General Manager & Commercial Leader Consumer Lifestyle of Philips Ukraine. In 2014, he became Sector Market Leader Philips Consumer Business Russia and the CIS. In 2017, he took over the role of Market Leader RCA being responsible for business in Russia, CIS countries and Philips Innovation Labs “Skolkovo”.

Under Maxim’s leadership Philips healthcare business grows and develops. With his direct involvement, innovative medical products appeared on the markets of Russia and the CIS. Under the leadership of Maxim Philips official online store for healthcare products has been launched in Russia, as well as new business models have been developed including healthcare consulting, direct contracts for medical equipment supply, public-private partnerships, and medical technology services (MTS) deals. Moreover, a strong focus was put by Maxim on the further development of locally relevant products and solutions for Russia.

Maxim is directly involved in the development of scientific research in Philips, thanks to which Philips Research Russia Labs in Skolkovo keeps launching new projects. The lab scientists focus on the AI-based computer vision technologies for medical image processing and analysis. On top of this, the lab is working on solutions for Radiology workflow optimization and building clinical decision support systems.

Philips has also made significant progress in the promotion and sales of consumer devices. Maxim was involved in the introduction of new Philips consumer products as well in the launch of Philips official online store, which allowed to expand the products distribution system in the region.

Maxim is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of International Medical Device Manufacturers Association (IMEDA) and a member of the Association of European Business. The association represents and defends the interests of its members in front of state authorities and officials within the healthcare system.

Maxim was born in Saint Petersburg. He graduated from University of Russian Academy of Education, Faculty of Economics and Business in 2000. He received training on leadership development program at Ashridge Business School (London) and Strategic Management and Leadership Executive MBA program. Maxim obtained his Master in Management degree at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

Maxim is married and brings up three children. In his free time he enjoys fishing and skiing, playing volleyball and snorkeling.