Speakers

Gabriele Grom is responsible as Associate Vice President for MSD for the Central Eastern Europe (CEE) Cluster, successfully leading a 100 million population region with a strong MSD footprint of ~1.500 MSD employees across different divisions.

Gabriele Grom joined the pharmaceutical industry more than 25 years ago. In MSD, she served in different marketing & sales positions before joining 2004 the global marketing organization in the United States. Returning to Europe in 2007, Gabriele became the Managing Director of MSD Hungary based in Budapest. After her return to Austria in 2009, she first led the local Austrian MSD organization and then has been appointed to lead the CEE cluster by end of 2014.

She currently also serves as Chair of the Supervisory Board of MSD Germany as well as a member of the advisory board of a Business School in Germany.

Gabriele Grom holds several strategic positions in Global Marketing as well as leading country and regional organizations. She also acts as Executive Ambassador at MSD for Mothers, a $500 million initiative created by MSD in 2011 that applies MSD’s scientific and business expertise to reduce maternal mortality worldwide.

Gabriele Grom, German nationality, holds a degree in pharmacy from the University of Tübingen/Germany and currently lives in Austria.

Nov 2014 – current

Associate Vice President – Central Eastern Europe, MSD

April 2009– Dec 2014

Associate Vice President - Managing Director, MSD Austria

January 2007– March 2009

Managing Director, MSD Hungary

February 2006 – December 2006

Senior Director, Marketing, Merck Schering Plough Partnership

August 2004 – January 2006

Director of Marketing Osteoporosis, WHHM, Merck and Co.

October 1999 – July 2004

Business Unit Director, MSD Austria

February 1995 – September 1999

Sales & Marketing Manager, MSD Austria

February 1993 – January 1995

Product Manager, Lederle Central Eastern Europe