Dr. med.
Achim Simons
Founder & Managing Partner
Surgeon by training, former CEO and board member. More than 20 years of leadership in MedTech, biotech and healthcare services. Based in Thurgau, Switzerland, working across DACH and internationally.
Achim Simons founded Bluerock Healthcare Advisors to give MedTech, biotech and pharma leaders what he missed as an executive: an advisor who has carried operational responsibility himself. He started as a surgeon in Düsseldorf and Cape Town, then spent two decades in general management and on executive boards – from international marketing at Gambro and country leadership at Karl Storz to the CEO role at the listed cell therapy company CO.DON. Today he advises clients on market access and reimbursement in Germany, market entry into the DACH region, post-merger integration and transformation, and supports companies as interim executive and board member.
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Career
Since 2015 Founder & Managing Partner, Bluerock Healthcare Advisors
2021–2022 Chief Executive Officer, CO.DON AG
2020–2022 Member of the Executive Board (interim), Physiomed Elektromedizin AG
2014–2016 Member of the Executive Board, Sales & Marketing, Medical Park AG
2011–2014 Managing Director, Ivy Sports Medicine
2007–2011 General Manager South Africa, Karl Storz
2002–2007 International Marketing Director, Gambro
1995–2001 Surgeon, University Hospital Düsseldorf and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Expertise
Market access & reimbursement – GKV, AMNOG, HTA and evidence strategy for the German market
Market entry DACH – go-to-market, channel and partner strategy for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
M&A, PMI & transformation – due diligence support, post-merger integration, turnaround
Interim management & boards – executive and board mandates in MedTech and biotech
Strategic primary research – physician, payer and key account interviews
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Boards & Education
Since 2022 Member of the Board of Directors, Xintela AB (Sweden)
Since 2014 Member of the Board of Directors, Arthromeda Inc. (USA)
2024–2025 Member of the Advisory Board, Juno Care AG
Dr. med. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Board certification Surgery (Facharzt für Chirurgie)
MBA University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
Languages German, English