Andreas Thiede joins FIEGE Healthcare business unit
The FIEGE Group is expanding the management team for its Healthcare business unit by bringing Andreas Thiede on board. In the future, the industry expert will oversee the hospital, pharmaceutical and MedTech division of the 150-year-old family business in the position of Managing Director jointly with Michael Lorca.
Starting 1 February 2024, Andreas Thiede will take on the position of Managing Director for FIEGE’s Healthcare business unit. The 53-year-old will impart his many years of experience in process and system logistics, wholesaling, pharmacy sales as well as corporate and business unit development. Together with Michael Lorca, who has been holding this position since 2021, Thiede will oversee the ongoing advancement of the services offer within healthcare at the Greven-based logistics provider.
“I am very much looking forward to my new task of supporting FIEGE with the further expansion of its Healthcare business unit by sharing my expertise with the team”, Thiede says. “Due to growing regulatory requirements and the rise in pricing pressure, our healthcare system is faced with radical changes. For this reason, we, as service providers with decades of market experience in flexible and efficient logistical solutions, will be enlarging our service offer to ensure viable and optimal patient care.”
FIEGE has been established in the Healthcare segment for more than 25 years. Its clientele includes hospitals and renowned pharmaceutical as well as MedTech companies. Alfred Messink, Executive Board member of the FIEGE Group who oversees Healthcare, explains: “We are very excited for Andreas as a proven expert to be joining the ranks of our team. His wide-reaching experience will be decisive in helping us shape activities within our Healthcare segment together with Michael Lorca and the team, in order to lastingly strengthen our market position.”
Thiede worked for over 20 years at Gehe Pharma Handel, holding various managerial positions. In the course of his career, he has been the head of the organisation, logistics, sales and marketing departments. The Hamburg-native last held the Chair of the Board of Management at the leading-edge pharmaceutical wholesaler.
