VIDEO INTERVIEW

Introducing Michael Brueckner

Senior Partner, Genioo

Get to know Michael Brueckner as he reflects on how his passion, experience and expertise in Life Sciences and Consulting have evolved through his time at Sanofi and Accenture. Now a Senior Partner at Genioo, he outlines his plans to bring The Genioo Way to more clients—driving greater value and impact.

Interview transcript

A Leader in Life Sciences and Consulting

00:08
I come from a family of entrepreneurs and decided to actually go into the life science industry. And I will be always passionate about the industry because we are in the business of saving lives. 

00:17
So, I joined at Hoechst AG, became Aventis, it's today Sanofi and I left then into consulting, and after four or five years decided to do an MBA in the US at Kellogg.

00:31
And after the MBA, I joined Anderson Consulting which became Accenture in their Life Science Practice again. And then decided I want to do something different and to have the opportunity to actually shape also the future of Accenture.

00:47
So, I became the Chief Strategy Officer for Accenture Digital then the Chief Strategy Officer for Accenture EMEA.

Elevating operational excellence and client experience

00:58
I left a large professionally run global corporation to bring some of this expertise on operational excellence. You know, how do you build a company how you have this, you know, rigor on thinking about clients and planning out for clients at scale.

01:17
We are in the business of serving clients, of creating value. And I just like it. I like to work with people. Doing something together with other people, having an aligned vision, and then having an impact.

01:33
I think this is key versus then, you know doing PowerPoints and giving a recommendation.

What brought you to Genioo?

01:43
Genioo is a unique combination because this pure and deep pharmaceutical focus. The people that are working directly with Genioo but also the contractors we have, fantastic people.

01:59
The entrepreneurial energy and that spirit of we want to explore, we want to grow. And then this ambition and this conviction to grow a company in the right way. Craftsmanship, speed, client centricity, in a truly human culture.

02:21
So, this is something you can bring together, which we call today The Genioo Way. You put the client at the core and we put our people at the core.