Team
Individualized consulting by interdisciplinary teams
We see ourselves as communication experts who examine your challenges from every angle. Therefore, in our consulting services, we rely on interdisciplinary teams. Our team members have backgrounds in natural sciences, humanities, and business and economics. To meet your individual needs, we bring together the right minds who offer you their experience, essential expertise, and strategic competence. We see ourselves as an extension of your team, adding an outside perspective to your team’s view of the task.
Experience and expertise
Senior Team
Are you looking for a sparring partner for your communication challenges? We offer you years of experience and specialized expertise. In a joint discussion, we analyze the initial situation and provide you with a highly qualified consulting team. Contact us.
Dr. Imke Schneemann
Director
Dr. Imke Schneemann is a Director at GCI Health. She advises companies in the field of strategic healthcare communication. Her key areas of focus include the entire spectrum of product communication, modern approaches to patient communication, and consulting on topics of Corporate Communication and Public Affairs.
Prior to her work at GCI Health, she led international innovation projects for eight years at the industry network Life Science Nord in the areas of biotechnology, pharma, and medical technology with partners from clinics, research & development, and industry. Within these projects, Imke Schneemann was, among other things, responsible for communication measures, the execution of events, the organization of delegation visits, and marketing and public affairs activities.
Imke Schneemann is a microbiologist and completed her doctorate in active ingredient research at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research.
Mobile: +49 151 6133 8217
Doris Thomann
Account Director
Doris Thomann is an Account Director at GCI Health. She advises pharmaceutical and medical technology manufacturers in strategic communication – her consulting focuses include product, corporate, and crisis communication, as well as the field of Public Affairs.
Doris Thomann has over twenty years of experience in healthcare communication. Before joining GCI Health, she managed communication for companies in the fields of health insurance, pharmacies, and the pharmaceutical industry, and worked in marketing for a company in healthy nutrition and dietetics.
Mobile: +49 172 6359 856
Maria Rentsch
Account Director
Maria Rentsch is an Account Director at GCI Health, specializing in advising and supporting pharmaceutical (Rx) and medical technology companies. Her core competencies lie in strategic communication, product communication, patient communication, crisis communication, corporate communication, as well as campaigning and digital communication. Her expertise also includes successful consulting and support for start-ups in market launch, particularly in the area of Digital Health Applications. Internally at GCI Health, she is responsible for employer branding and actively contributes to strengthening the employer brand.
She began her professional career in 2018 as a trainee at GCI Health.
Maria Rentsch completed her studies in Communication Science and Psychology with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), as well as her studies in Public Communication with a media economics and communication psychology focus, graduating with a Master of Arts (M.A.) from Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
Mobile: +49 151 4613 3461
Dr. Moritz Hansen
Account Director
Dr. Moritz Hansen is an Account Director at GCI Health. He advises clients in the fields of medicine (Rx) and health. His consulting focuses include strategic communication for complex medical conditions and new therapies, awareness campaigns, and scientific communication.
He began his professional career in 2017 as a trainee at GCI Health.
After studying biology – with a focus on microbiology and genetics – at the University of Hamburg, Moritz Hansen dedicated his doctoral thesis to researching microbial H2-Oxidation and hydrotheramal deep-sea vents.
Mobile: +49 162 7164 413
Dr. Manuel von Osten
Account Director Scientific Strategies
Dr. Manuel von Osten is Account Director Scientific Strategies at GCI Health. He advises clients in the fields of medicine, science, and health. His responsibilities include the development and coordination of medical communication strategies as well as expert consulting in interdisciplinary projects. He works closely within the agency's international network and handles cross-location inquiries regarding medical communication.
He began his professional career in 2017 as a trainee at GCI Health. Before his work at GCI Health, he completed the Life Science Management seminar.
Dr. Manuel von Osten studied Biology (Diploma) with a focus on Neurobiology, Genetics, and Pharmacology at the University of Cologne. He earned his doctorate at the Institute for Multiple Sclerosis Research at the University Medical Center Göttingen and at the Georg-August University School of Science.
Mobile: +49 162 7164 658
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Dr. Horst Müther
Dr. Horst-H. Müther is Managing Partner and CEO of the company and advises clients in the field of medicine and health. He co-founded the company in 2001 with the Hering Schuppener Group (today FGS).
Prior to this, Horst Müther held roles as Practice Leader for Healthcare in Germany and, most recently for over three years, as Managing Director at Burson-Marsteller (now bcw), advising national and international clients on strategic communication, marketing, PR, and lobbying.
He also brings five years of marketing experience from his time at GSK, where he significantly contributed to the establishment and development of a subsidiary in the field of Medical Education.
Horst Müther studied biology in Würzburg and Hamburg and worked for six years as a research associate at the Leibniz Institute for Virology (LIV) in Hamburg.
Phone: +49 40 368075-11
Mobile: +49 172 4257 055
