Team & Contact

Chairman of the Board

Supporting Life Science´s needs for talent with innovative and effective solutions has been my driving force for 20 years as main shareholder of PharmaRelations Consulting Group. We have a mission to lift the competitive edge and support the growth of the industry that is more important and meaningful than ever. My background is CEO for large global and Nordic companies as well as professional chair and non-executive director for many companies.

Fredrik has 20 years experience in senior positions within the Pharmaceutical and Medtech sector. Served in the executive management, has been CEO of both Swedish and Danish subsidiaries, and served as Executive international sales director and sales manager.

Helena brings 20 years of experience from Regulatory Affairs. She has been Head of Regulatory Affairs Nordic and Director Regulatory Affairs. She has a broad knowledge from various strategic and leadership roles as well as highly operational positions.

Kerstin has more than 20 years of experience as QA manager, QP and RP. She has worked at both small Swedish and large global companies and has a broad expertise in GMP, GDP, GCP and ISO13485.

Ulrika has a broad experience in GVP with about 15 years of experience from both smaller Swedish and large global pharmaceutical companies, CRO companies and authorities. Her most recent position was as Pharmacovigilance Inspector at the Medical Products Agency. She has previously had roles such as Global QA Auditor GCP at Sobi, PV Compliance Monitor at Baxter and Head of Country PV Sweden at BMS.

Anders has a long experience within medical device, including quality assurance, regulatory affairs, project management and harmonized standards. In his earlier assignments, to name a few, Anders has worked with Intertek Medical Notified Body, Masimo and PlantVision in roles such as Client Liaison, QA/RA specialist and consultant manager.

Anders has more than 20 years of experience from pharmaceutical and dental device industry in Sweden. He has experience from both Medical and Marketing & Sales positions including, Clinical Research Manager, Product/Brand Manager, Sales Manager, Sales Force Excellence Manager and Business Unit Manager and has experience from more than 10 therapeutic areas.

Ola is PharmaRelations Senior Consultant Manager. He is responsible for developing PharmaRelations interim services within the commercial area. He is a HR specialist from the University of Linköping with more than 10 years of experience working within sales, consulting and recruitments in Life Science.

Jenny has a long experience from the Pharmaceutical Industry within Sales & Marketing. During the years she has gained great knowledge within several medical fields and pharmaceutical drugs in various phases, from launch to mature brands. Jenny has also herself been working as a consultant for many years and has gained deep knowledge on the demands. She has a solid competence within sales and good understanding of working with different types of personalities and has a natural interest for people and business.

Helena, with a solid academic background in pharmacology and organic chemistry, has dedicated her professional career to developing recruitment services for pharmaceutical and medical device companies in Sweden and the Nordic region. Her most recent position is as Division Manager, Head Life Sciences at in Hays Specialist Recruitment.

Madeleine, being a pharmacist by training, started her career withing recruitment as Executive Search Consultant within Life Science in 2017. Before this she had held various positions at Amgen, Uppsala Monitoring Centre and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Before coming to PharmaRelations she worked as a Talent Acquisition Partner at Cytiva. Madeleine is responsible for all internal recruitments, supporting our Nordic offices.

Claire Wharton works as Talent Specialist within our business area Recruitment. Her most recent position is as Senior Recruitment Consultant at Hays Specialist Recruitment. Claire has a degree in business management from the University of Queensland and then has a long experience of recruitment both in Australia and the last 8 years in Sweden.

Kristina Edholm's expertise and skill is to match Life Science Professionals within the Medical and Scientific area with Pharma and Biotech companies. She holds a Master´s Degree in Medical Science/Biomedicine and has 10 years’ experience from the pharmaceutical industry, mainly as a Senior Research Scientist at AstraZeneca, and 10 years’ experience from Life Science Specialist Recruitment and search.

Eva leads our Business Unit Medical Interim Services in Sweden. She has a solid background as MSc in Pharmacy and a broad experience and network in Nordic Life Science based on more than 20 years in various medical and commercial positions including leadership, business development, industry association, recruitment and consulting.

Aina has 20 years of experience from the pharmaceutical industry, mainly from Clinical Development and Pharmacovigilance but also from other parts within drug development. She has experience from being project leader, manger and been working with leadership teams, both locally and globally. Aina is a registered nurse with a PMP exam. Her main responsibilities is to work with consulting business in Medical including RA, QA, PV with customer responsibility in the Gothenburg region (Västra Götaland).

Rikard is a Senior Consultant Manager within the Medical Interim team in Sweden, with responsibility to develop the Pharmacovigilance area. He holds a degree in Social Psychology and have some 15 years experience from working at PharmaRelations in various positions.

Martin has some 15 years of experience from Life Science where he has mainly worked with different quality related issues, such as GDP, GMP, QA. His two most recent positions have been as Head of Quality Assurance within Octapharma and Novartis. Martin holds a Master in Science in Pharmacy and is a registered Pharmacist.

Charlotte is a Senior Consultant Manager within the Medical Interim Team in Sweden, with responsibility to develop the Medical Affairs area. Charlotte holds a degree in gynecology and obstetrics for midwifes, and have more than 20 years of experience from working in various positions in the pharmaceutical industry

Shiva has over 10 years of experience from the pharmaceutical industry and will work with our consulting business in Medical including RA, QA, PV with customer responsibility. Shiva has a solid understanding of customer needs in pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs, both globally, Nordic and nationally. She also has experience from the consulting perspective as she worked as a PharmaRelations consultant based at a number of large and small companies as well as In House at PharmaRelations’ office.

Stefan has 25 years of experience from local and global roles in the pharmaceutical industry, mainly within Medical Affairs but also in other parts of drug development, both as a leader and specialist.  He has worked with launched products as well as development projects in both late and early phases at pharmaceutical companies in the Öresund region.

Viktoria is a consultant manager within the medical interim team where she is responsible for developing the areas within laboratory and quality control. Viktoria holds a Licentiate Degree in Biochemistry and has more than 10 years experience from staffing and recruiting within the Life Science industry.

Thomas Grundström who has over 10 years of experience from the consulting industry in the field of Life Science. Thomas has held positions in recent years as regional manager in various consulting companies but also as CEO during his last assignment.

Beatrice holds a master’s in biomedical science from Karolinska Institute and during the last 20 years she has been working with Clinical studies. With her long background from the CRO world and from pharmaceutical companies, like Sanofi and Pfizer, she understands the demands and requirements of the Pharmaceutical Industry and the importance of close collaboration between service providers and their clients. With global executive leadership experience as well as several Northern European leadership roles she has a clear global outlook on Life Science and has the experience of leading large teams in various geographic settings.

Emma has approximately 20 years of experience within Clinical Development. She has worked in different roles within Project Management, Clinical Operations and Business Development both within Pharmaceutical Companies and CROs, and in close collaboration with researchers within the Academia. She has experience in managing global as well as local teams within the Nordics. Emma holds a Master´s Degree in Medical Science/Biomedicine from the Karolinska Institute.

Kim has 15 years of experience from the Danish pharmaceutical and med-tech industries. He has a broad experience of management, leadership, strategy, marketing and sales. Kim has worked as Sales Representative, Product Manager, Sales Manager, Franchise Head and Business Unit Manager with experiences from more than 12 therapeutic areas.

Lise has 30 years of experience from the Danish Life Science industry. She brings broad experience of Management, Leadership, Project and Product Management, Sales Excellence. She has held various positions as Product Specialist, Product Manager, Sales Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager, Sales Excellence and Business Unit Manager. She is experienced within 18 therapeutic areas.

Louise comes with a background within sales, recruitment and HR. Since 2007 Louise has been in the recruitment industry with focus on Life science. Furthermore Louise has been working as an inhouse recruiter and trusted adviser responsible for the Nordic and Baltic countries for one of the biggest MedTech companies in the world.

Lisbeth holds a Master of Pharmaceutical Affairs (MPRA) and bring approx. 20 years of experience in registration of medicinal products and more than 10 years of Nordic management experience in the Life Science industry, among others as RA Manager and Responsible Person (RP) at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Nordic and Head of RA including acting RP at Reckitt Benckiser Nordic A/S. Lisbeth has also extensive experience in compliance review of promotional material across various product classifications.

Sofie has a background within HR, Recruiting and Employer Branding and has her experience from both public and private organizations. Her area of works has especially been within strategy development and implementation, developing HR functions covering the employee life cycle as well as being responsible for the communication strategy within HR and Employer Branding.

Jens Knud Maarup started his career in the pharmaceutical industry and has held various National and Nordic roles in both pharmaceutical, MedTech and consultancy companies. Jens has primarily worked in various commercial roles, covering sales, market research, sales excellence, management, strategy and business development. For the last two years Jens has worked in the Recruitment industry, focusing on recruitment and temporary positions to the Life Science Industry in Denmark.

Lotte has more than 20 years of experience within the Danish Life Science industry. She has a broad experience of strategy, leadership, marketing, and sales. Lotte has held various positions as Product Specialist, Product Manager, Sales Manager and Business unit Manager. She has experience within 15 therapeutic areas.

Prior to joining PharmaRelations, Cecilie held positions in business development and quality for a Norwegian pharmaceutical manufacturing company (a CDMO) being responsible for expanding the customer portfolio. As a former consultant knowledged in regulatory, pharmacovigilance and quality assurance, Cecilie understands the client needs in challenging times with high demands. She has 10 years of working experience in the pharma industry and a broad network that can aid clients to leverage specialized competencies and improve efficiency. Cecilie holds a Master’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Oslo.

Sverre has a background from both pharma and medtech. He has an extraordinary track record from companies like Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Philips Health Care and Baxter. His network is outstanding after so many yeas in the industry in a number of different companies and from other positions, like board member in the  Norwegian Pharmaceutical Association. 

Kåre Opland has a background from the Pharma- and MedTech industry. He has held different positions such as Pharmaceutical Consultant and Administrative Director at Astra, Alpharma, Novartis, Serono, Nordic Vision and Curato. His most recent position was as General Manager at Handicare.

Jukka has over 17 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in Finland and the other Nordic countries. He has held various positions in both marketing and sales, including Product Specialist, Product Manager, Nordic Brand Team Leader and Marketing & Sales Director.

Piia has been working in the pharma industry for over 20 years in various roles in medical and marketing departments. Piia has vast experience in e.g. patient support programs, patient safety, medical information and regulatory tasks and brand management. While working in these business areas any kind of pharma industry tasks have become familiar to her. At PharmaRelations Piia focuses on medical and regulative roles and in-house services – working closely with Nordic colleagues.