Christian Neckermann
Christian Neckermann brings over 25 years of driving commercial success for innovative products across pharmaceuticals, biotech, and consulting. He specializes in translating customer insight and market analyses into effective go-to-market strategies - unlocking new market opportunities, enabling high-impact launches, and generating profitable growth.
In 2005, he launched Cogent Healthcare with a mission to empower senior executives with sharper, data-driven insights for critical strategic decisions. Committed to analytical rigor and real-world results, he built Cogent to instill greater discipline, objectivity, and accountability at every management level – accelerating business performance and growth.
Christian has lead market assessments and product launches in over 30 countries, including leading a 24-country initiative that doubled product sale from $300M to over $700M in just three years. He has advised biotech start-ups on commercialization strategies that drove successful fundraising rounds and an IPO. He partnered with international marketing teams in the global anti-microbials space to outperform peer countries by more than 40%. He also developed an award-winning CRM program that moved the diabetes market from price to value-based competition, achieving market leadership for his client within two years.
Known for building and empowering high-performing, cross-functional teams, Christian has led large-scale programs as Global Director of Healthcare Consulting at Informa, surpassing aggressive growth goals by 50%. He has managed multi-million dollar initiatives, facilitated post-merger integration, and implemented global portfolio management and governance frameworks in Fortune 500 companies that fostered collaboration across geographies and functions.
Christian is recognized for his analytical rigor, entrepreneurial drive, and record of generating exceptional growth in complex, evolving markets. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Brown University.