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Schalk Opperman

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MD/GM Merck Croatia & Slovenia at Merck Group
📍 Croatia

Schalk Opperman is an experienced leader with a 20-year career at Merck, currently serving as the MD/GM for Croatia and Slovenia. His journey began as a sales representative in South Africa, progressing through various leadership roles across Africa and Eastern Europe. He holds a Growth Market Management Program certificate from Koç University.

Originally a high school biology and geography teacher from South Africa, Schalk is a family man who has relocated across continents with his wife and daughter for his career. He has an affinity for people and finds great energy in developing and empowering his teams.

Unique fact: Before his two-decade career in the pharmaceutical industry, he spent six years teaching science in a local high school.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
MD/GM Merck Croatia & Slovenia
Location
Croatia
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Priorities

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Healthcare System Reform
Actively participates in discussions on shaping the Croatian healthcare system and speaks on the challenge of balancing innovation with the changing burdens of disease.
People Empowerment
He has a stated passion for developing people and learned early in his management career how to achieve results through empowering others, which gives him significant energy.
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Career

Work history

5-2020
MD/GM Merck Croatia & Slovenia
Merck Group
7-2016 - 5-2020
GM/MD Merck Romania
Merck Group
4-2012 - 6-2016
National Sales Manager - SEA region
Merck Group
8-2009 - 4-2012
Senior Manager - Licensing & Business Development - SEA
Merck Group
9-2005 - 7-2009
Export Manager - SEA
Merck Group
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Education
2015 - 2015
Growth Market Management Program - GMMP
Koç University
2005 - 2006
MAP 70
University of the Witwatersrand
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