Peter Thomsen

Background

About Peter Thomsen

I’m an experienced and strategic thinking business professional with 20+ years of commercial pharma experience and a strong track record in strategy development, setting strategic direction, launch excellence, business optimization, project management, and leadership gained from multiple commercial roles as Product Manager, Portfolio Lead, and Commercial Director on local and above-country level. I’m performance-oriented and constantly strive to deliver results through better quality, innovation, and optimized ways of working. I’m used to working in a high complexity environment with multiple stakeholders in local markets, above country teams, and global organizations as well as collaborating cross-functional with finance, medical/R&D, supply, regulatory, market access, and HR. My combined commercial and scientific background as well as my business acumen and hands-on experience from multiple therapeutic areas and brands bring me an advantage in achieving business goals by setting clear direction towards local markets and teams as well as managing performance and providing high-quality support. Key competencies and achievements include (examples Launch excellence Experience from Global Launch Lead role overseeing launch activity planning and execution for Obesity product launches across the global Novo Nordisk network to ensure the eventual market success of Novo Nordisk. Launched a new portfolio of inhaled medicines within respiratory at GSK to become some of the best launches across the Strategy development Built GSK’s first biological brand in severe asthma in Nordic markets which achieved up to 90% market share in Business development Led return on investment project to shape investment levels across the respiratory portfolio in Nordic Leadership Direct leadership experience from leading multiple roles as well as extensive experience in indirect leadership from above country matrix Performance optimization Turned around GSK’s mature #1 brand from zero growth to 5,6% volume growth in just one Sales and Marketing execution Improved external impact of specialty care sales teams by leading the implementation of Strategic Account Management Project Management Experience in full-scope project planning and execution from strategic above-market level project.