Effective November 23, 2020 Mike Schäfers has taken up his new position and will also serve as a member of the ELT (Executive Leadership Team) at Aenova.

The PhD chemist previously spent many years working for international service providers for global pharmaceutical companies, where he held various regional and global management positions in the areas of application technology, sales, marketing and product management. Previously he spent several years at R.P. Scherer / Catalent in the soft and hard gelatin capsules business unit as Head of Key Account Management for the DACH and Benelux regions. Most recently he was Vice President & General Manager Global Pharma at West Pharmaceutical Services.

Aenova is one of the leading CDMOs of pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements. "We work for many well-known, international pharmaceutical companies and can refer to long and reliable customer relationships. Deepening these relationships and expanding them globally with our sales team is one of my first tasks. Of course, this goes hand in hand with the expansion and continuous development of our commercial organization and its competencies in order to best meet the constantly growing demands of our customers," explains Mike Schäfers. "In addition, we are now very focused on the challenges related to the filling of upcoming COVID-19 vaccines. Aenova is very well positioned for fill & finish operations in sterile injection production", Schäfers continues.