Nils Hartmann

Overview

Nils Hartmann is a director at Atreus, a Heidrick & Struggles executive interim management company.

Experience

Nils brings more than 25 years of experience in marketing, sales strategy, and commercial excellence within the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries. He supports healthcare clients by providing on-demand talent to address challenges in marketing and sales strategy, launch excellence, brand management, leadership, organizational and cultural development, and change management.

Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Nils was a partner and senior strategy advisor at ctcHealth and served as general manager of Eli Lilly in Poland. He also held global leadership roles, including associate vice president of global marketing for Eli Lilly’s diabetes portfolio. Earlier in his career, he led commercial operations as business unit director for Eli Lilly across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Nils began his career in FMCG marketing at Unilever, where he spent six years before transitioning to the pharmaceutical industry. He has deep expertise in leveraging AI for sales force execution and is fluent in German and English.

Education

University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Board Certificate CAS

INSEAD, France and Singapore, MBA Program

University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Master of Business Administration, Economics in Accounting and Finance