Amit
Name
Amit
Position
Board Advisor
Location
Cheshire
Big Business Experience
AstraZeneca
J&J
Big Business Experience
Pro Bono Consulting
Bitrobius Genetics
Summary
Executive Board Advisor. Over 40 years of Pharma / Life Science experience with more than 20 years at AstraZeneca. 12 years consulting to Big Pharma.
Currently working with SME’s to provide expert guidance on early-stage assessment exit, negotiation support and scale-up.
All consulting and advisory work is based on real-life hands-on experience, not textbook theories. Life Science experience fully transferable into a general business environment.
Qualifications
- Sc. (Hons) Biological Sciences. Joint Honours Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Numerous accreditations to deliver training and coaching in:
- Strategic Selling
- Conceptual Selling
- Large Account Management Practice
- Insights Personality Profiling and Team Building
- Building and developing High Performing Teams
- Cap Gemini Trained facilitator for change management tools and technique
- AstraZeneca Marketing Diploma
- AstraZeneca accreditation by the AZ Sales Force Excellence Academy on SFE diagnosis, design interventions, deliver and measure improvements
- AZ Marketing Excellence – benchmark, identify weaknesses, design interventions, deliver using AZ Marketing Excellence Toolkit, set new metrics, measure and evaluate
Key Areas of Expertise
- Early-stage assessment of viability for the product and pitch deck development to optimize funding outcome.
- Asset development to commercial exit points, negotiation support to sell the asset and pitch deck support throughout funding rounds.
- Scale-up strategies and international expansion.
Scope of work has included:
Establishing New Business in New Markets
Go-to-Market Models including using distributor partners
Strategic planning and Marketing/Business Planning
Improving Current Business in Current markets
Driving new business in new markets
Pitch deck preparation
Experience
Senior management P&L experience sustained for seven years at AstraZeneca across 18 International Markets
Breadth and depth of experience across sales, marketing, supply chain and General Management in the UK, Europe and Middle East Africa Regions
Strong commercial and financial acumen across sales, marketing and supply chain and distribution
Successful record of establishing new business in new markets
Marketing & Strategic Business Planning
Brand and Product Management
Scaleup experience
Setting up and managing an exports business
Identifying and selecting distributors
Negotiating disposals and alliances