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Health Team


 

Mikkel Hagen Hess
Regional Director DACH
Embassy of Denmark in Berlin
+49 30 5050 2100 // [email protected]

    Expertise
Education
M.Sc. in International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science

 

Helen Schierbeck
Health Counsellor
Embassy of Denmark in Berlin
+49 30 5050 2137 // [email protected]

Helen Schierbeck is the health diplomat of The Trade Council in Germany and has a solid commercial background within Health and Life Science. As Health Counsellor for DACH, under the umbrella of the new Danish Life Science Strategy, her responsibility is to help strengthening the bond between Denmark and DACH in Health diplomatic issues.

    Expertise
Health & Life Science
International strategy & Business Development, Market Entry, Government Public Affairs. 
Works mainly within: Public Sector, Health and Life Science       
 
Education
M.Sc. in Biochemistry, Copenhagen University.
 

 

Judith Niehaus
Senior Commercial Advisor – Health
Consulate General of Denmark in Munich
+49 89 5458 5413 // [email protected]

Judith joined The Trade Council in 2001 and has been working with Health Care since 2006. Judith has gathered extensive experience with comprehensive projects for global Danish companies with specific focus on public affairs activities. Further main areas of Judith are Hospital & Elder Care and the Digital Transformation of healthcare.

 

Expertise
German health care system, government relations management, hospital & elder care.

Education
MA in Scandinavian Literature, University of Münster (2001) and Studies in Business Economics, Open University of Hagen (2005)


 

Ingela Aliwell
Commercial Advisor – Health
Embassy of Denmark in Berlin
+49 30 5050 2210 // [email protected]

Ingela Aliwell is working as an Academic Officer at The Trade Council in the Healthcare sector. She joined the team in the beginning of 2019 and is responsible for Global Public Affairs. Ingela has a particular interest in IT, most recently working with Fujitsu in Germany. For 3 years she worked with Copenhagen University on the digitalisation of the Science Faculty’s curriculum.

    Expertise
Healthcare
International Business, Project Management, Fundraising, Public Affairs

Education
MSc International Business and Emerging Markets, The University of Edinburgh

BA International Business Communication and International Marketing, Copenhagen Business School


  Olaf Meyer
Commercial Advisor – Health 
Embassy of Denmark in Berlin
+49 305050 2110 // [email protected] 

Olaf joined the Trade Council in March 2021. He has experience from various industries (e.g. fashion, new economy, electronic payment), mainly in the position of marketing and sales. Since 2007, he has worked within the healthcare sector for a consultancy, which supports medical device manufacturer to certify and to register their products in specific reimbursement systems. He is instrumental in communicating requirements of the German healthcare market and developing market entry strategies within the sector.

   

Expertise
German healthcare system, hospital & eldercare, product-registration & certification, reimbursement systems for homecare-products, market entry

Education
Diplom-Kaufmann; FU Berlin (German business administration degree, similar to MBA)

Medizinprodukteberater („Medical Device Advisor“)

  Gitte Grandal Sognstrup 
Commercial Advisor – Health
Consulate General of Denmark in Munich
[email protected] 

Gitte joined The Trade Council in December 2021 as a Commercial Advisor in the healthcare sector. Gitte assists Danish healthcare companies with export activities and has special focus on digital transformation and Global Public Affairs (GPA).
With an engineering background in business and product development, Gitte has a solid technical as well as commercial understanding.
 
    Expertise
German health care system, Business development, Market Research, Project management
Education
Civil engineer in Product Development and Innovation
M.Sc. in Engineering, University of Southern Denmark
 

 

Lea Baur Wilhjelm
Commercial Advisor – Health
Embassy of Denmark in Berlin
+49 30 5050 2125 // [email protected]

Lea became a part of the Trade Council in May 2023, bringing with her a background in political science and valuable experience from her time at the Danish Ministry for Industry, Business, and Financial Affairs. Her role involves supporting Danish healthcare companies in their export endeavors, with a particular emphasis on initiatives like the German-Danish Eldercare Alliance and Global Public Affairs (GPA).

    Expertise
German health care system, government relations, hospital & elder care.
Education
MSc in Political Science with a specialization in Foreign Policy, University of Copenhagen.