Bernat Albinyana

Resilient entrepreneurial change leader with in-country, above-country, corporate and commercial leadership experience managing multiple businesses & brands, including start-ups, scale-ups, turnarounds, and distributors in Medical Devices, Consumer Healthcare, and Pharmaceuticals.

Ability to shape and lead teams effectively, whilst delivering desired business outcomes. Consistently developed talent into local and international roles of higher responsibility. Improved team climate leading to reduced voluntary turnover (less than 5%) and a strengthening of the talent pipeline.

• Led, grew, and rightsized organizations with full end-to-end P&L responsibility, achieving ambitious growth targets and receiving multiple awards in both mature (USA, EU) & developing markets (Asia, LatAm)
• Turned around unprofitable businesses (USA, EU): increased EBIT from less than 6% to above 24% and reduced working capital by over 60% in 3 years, whist growing sales & market share
• Strategic advisor to CEOs of private equity owned and/or family-owned European SME healthcare companies

Fluent in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish & Catalan. Basic knowledge of Dutch & Portuguese.

Expertise in life sciences/healthcare/pharmaceuticals:
Medical devices, cosmeceuticals, OTC consumer health and prescription medicines, including biologics. Aesthetics, skin care, oral care, women’s health, cardiovascular disease, virology

• Developed Long Term Strategic Plan
• Led market analysis
• Developed launch readiness strategic and action plan
• Built and led a global marketing and sales organization
• Focused marketing investments and commercial priorities
• Restructured & rightsized commercial operations