Sierk Poetting
CFO
Management
BioNTech
Germany
Biography
Sierk Poetting joined BioNTech in September 2014 from Novartis, where he served as Vice President and CFO for the Sandoz Division in North America, a USD 3 billion business. Sierk Poetting joined Novartis in 2006, covering a broad range of responsibilities, such as integrating several acquired companies (approx. USD 10 billion deal value), supporting the execution of numerous M&A and licensing deals, implementing a Finance Service Center via outsourcing/offshoring, setting up controlling and planning processes in various Sandoz countries and business units, leading facility management, IT and purchasing organizations. Sierk started his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he advised senior management teams in the health care industry on strategic and operational issues. A German citizen, Sierk holds a Master of Science in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona (US) and a PhD in Physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich (Germany).
Research Interest
Physics
