Lars Kristian Bode

• Founder and Director of Bode — an international contemporary art platform spanning three continents, serving private and institutional clients across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with a focus on entrepreneurial growth, cross continental collaboration and innovative client engagement. • Built and led a Berlin-based team across operations, logistics, and client relations, while overseeing a layered international staff structure operated through trusted local Directors in Cape Town and Havana. • Established and managed simultaneous physical operations across Berlin, Cape Town, and Havana. • Entrepreneurial strategy & innovation: Designed and implemented creative business models combining physical spaces and digital channels to reach global private and corporate clients. • Cross-cultural project leadership: Curated and delivered exhibitions and projects across countries and continents, coordinating artists, partners, logistics and communication in diverse cultural contexts. • Client relationships & private sector focus: Advised high net worth individuals, family offices and corporate clients on building contemporary art collections with a focus on long term value, relevance and impact. • Coordinated complex multi-jurisdictional logistics across regulated and emerging-market environments, customs handling, vendor coordination, and stakeholder communication across the EU, UK, USA, South Africa, Cuba, and Latin America.

Advised international organizations across culture, sustainability, and private sector contexts on organizational structure, stakeholder communication, and operational positioning — providing strategic and operational counsel in multi-stakeholder settings.

• Co-founded and built a specialty pharmaceutical business supporting international pharmaceutical manufacturers across diverse partnership models — European and US market entry, hospital and specialty channel placement, licensing arrangements, distributor partnerships, and commercial-scaling structures. • Full responsibility for operations, business development and strategic direction. • Developed and executed B2B business strategies, including licensing, market access and long term corporate client relationships. • Led international sales and marketing strategy and oversaw portfolio expansion with a focus on sustainable, profitable growth. • Built organizational structures, governance and processes to support scaling and collaboration with external partners.

• Managed an international portfolio including complex dosage forms and therapies such as injectables, patches, cytostatic, liposomal products and inhalers, working closely with global corporate clients and partners. • Co led portfolio strategy, from opportunity assessment to NPV based business cases and go to market planning. • Drove global brand building and marketing strategies across Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

• Built up and developed the Product Management department from inception, establishing strategic portfolio planning and business development processes across the group. • Led portfolio strategy for the group, including business development, project selection and initiation of pipeline projects. • Acted as key interface between sales and specialty project teams, aligning commercial objectives with technical priorities.

• Held strategic responsibility for a Cyprus-based subsidiary focused on Southern Europe and non EU emerging markets, driving market entry, portfolio priorities, partnerships and a complete rebuild of the sales team and sales structures. • Led the company's strategic direction, brand strategy and business development in international markets. • Managed regulatory strategies supporting both B2B and B2C activities.

• Managed cardiovascular, gastroenterology and urology indications as Product Manager with full marketing and commercial responsibility. • Planned and executed targeted marketing campaigns across assigned therapeutic areas to drive market performance. • Held budget responsibility and supported sales force training through development of training materials.

• Covered cardiovascular, respiratory, urology and oncology indications, delivering product presentations to healthcare professionals. • Managed key opinion leader relationships and supported product launches. • Exceeded sales targets through territory management, market analysis and strict regulatory compliance.

Diploma thesis at Volkswagen AG

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