Joerg Kruetten heads the company's global Healthcare and Life Sciences activities. He is specialized in strategic corporate development, licensing & acquisitions, marketing, and pricing.

Within multinational assignments he has supported several leading healthcare and life sciences companies in improving their business performance. Joerg was previously a shareholder in a medical device company specialized in R&D and OEM manufacturing. Prior to joining Simon-Kucher in 1997, he worked as a consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

Joerg has published several articles on current management topics. He is an external lecturer at the University of Basel, the European School of Business in Tuttlingen and the Technical University of Kaiserslautern as well as a speaker at international conferences. He studied mechanical engineering and business administration at the Technical Universities of Munich and Karlsruhe, specializing in corporate development.