Tim M. Jaeger MD PhD MBA in

Tim M. Jaeger MD PhD MBA

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Steering Committee Member Bioeconomy Initiative at World Economic Forum
📍 Buchs (SG), St Gallen, Switzerland

Tim M. Jaeger is a physician executive and the Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at Merck Life Science. He focuses on advancing healthcare through patient-centric, data-driven solutions, leveraging his extensive experience in strategy, M&A, and building high-performing teams. He earned his MD from Heidelberg University and an MBA from Purdue University.

Outside of his corporate roles, Tim is passionate about sustainable outdoor living, a philosophy he explored during a summer vacation traveling through Norway. He is dedicated to fostering innovation by empowering people and teams to turn pioneering ideas into impactful solutions for patients and customers.

He has a keen sense of workplace safety, partly because colleagues at a French facility once good-naturedly called him out for not using a handrail.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Steering Committee Member Bioeconomy Initiative
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Buchs (SG), St Gallen, Switzerland
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Healthcare Transformation
Passionate about shifting life sciences toward patient-centric, data-driven, and value-based models, a core theme in his professional introduction and roles at Merck and Roche.
Sustainable Business
He is involved with the World Economic Forum's Bioeconomy Initiative and highlighted the opening of Merck's first climate-neutral manufacturing facility in Ireland.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Steering Committee Member Bioeconomy Initiative
World Economic Forum
9-2023
EVP, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
Merck Life Science
1-2021 - 9-2023
Global Head, SVP, Provider Insights Customer Area, Roche Information Solutions
Roche
3-2016 - 1-2021
Global Head, SVP, Diagnostics Information Solutions
Roche
1-2013 - 2-2016
Lifecycle Leader Virology, Vice President
Roche
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Education
1990 - 1997
MD
Heidelberg University
2003 - 2004
Executive MBA
Purdue University Daniels School of Business
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