Dr. med. Horst Mertens, M.D., M.B.A.
Horst Mertens is a physician, business executive, and internationally experienced leader. His career connects medical leadership, clinical development, corporate marketing, business development and strategy, CEO and CFO responsibility, management consulting, and interim management across pharma, biotech, medtech, and digital health.
His focus includes executive and board advisory, business intelligence and ICCBA, corporate and portfolio strategy, business planning, M&A and transactions, lifecycle optimization, transformation, and operational leadership responsibility.
Education. Medical degree, experimental medical doctorate, studies in business administration, and M.B.A.
Horst Mertens combines medical and international management experience with intensive practical use of generative AI for structuring complex management questions, cross-functional planning logic, scenario work and executive communication. AI is professionally guided and critically checked — not treated as a substitute for management judgment.