Holger Fürstenberg

Managing Director Europe & International

Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Belmont is a leader in life-sustaining, rapid blood warming and infusion and temperature management solutions, with a family of proprietary, life saving hospital products that improve patient outcome in critical situations. I have been appointed, Managing Director Europe and International Sales & Service, Rapid Blood Warming and Infusion and Temperature Management Solutions. I have more than thirty years sales, marketing, operations and general management experience in the life science and medical device industry. I am holding a degree in Marketing Communications. In my career I have held positions within ConvaTec, Johnson & Johnson, Ansell, Ormco (Danaher), Laborie and Belmont working in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, and North America. I have developed and successfully executed growth strategies and have completed acquisitions and divestitures leading into market leadership positions. I am a customer and people-oriented change management leader and have demonstrated to improve significantly top and bottom-line results. I am living in The Netherlands, south of Amsterdam.

Experience

  • Managing Director, European and International at Belmont Medical Technologies
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    Belmont is a leader in life-sustaining, rapid blood warming and infusion and temperature management solutions, with a family of proprietary, life saving hospital products that improve patient outcome in critical situations. I have been appointed, Managing Director Europe and International Sales & Service growing and developing the direct and indirect sales and service organization and revenue. I'm accountable for the Europe and International P&L, the direct and indirect commercial organization. I provide key strategic leadership that shapes ongoing growth and expansion for the business, organically and bold on. This is a high visibility position within the market and our key opinion leaders and customers.

  • LABORIE (10 yrs 7 mos)
    • Executive Vice President & GM EMEA
      Oct 2021 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      LABORIE is an industry-leading manufacturer and supplier of urology and gastrointestinal and obstetrics, gynecology & neonatal equipment and consumables. As Executive Vice President & Managing Director EMEA, Functional and Interventional Urology, Interventional and Motility Gastrointestinal and OBGYN, based in Amsterdam / Netherlands.

    • EVP and GM, Gastrointestinal Global BU Director & Director Urology Europe
      Nov 2017 - Oct 2021 · 4 yrs

      As EVP and Managing Director for our global Gastrointestinal Business Unit I had full accountability for the P&L of the GI "Business Unit" and lead our Urology EMEA business. For the GI Business Unit I lead functions like Finance, Sales, Marketing, Product Development and Manufacturing globally. I did provide key strategic leadership that lead to growth and expansion for the GI Business Unit in Laborie, organically and bold on. This was a high visibility position within the market and to our key opinion leaders and customers. I reported directly to the President and CEO of the company.

    • Managing Director Europe and International
      Jun 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      In this position as Managing Director Europe and International for Laborie, I provided key strategic leadership that shaped growth and expansion for Laborie, organically and bold on. The key focus was on driving Sales Excellency and Efficiency in the direct and international dealer markets, achieving sales targets of $44M USD as well as improving manufacturing and operating lean processes improvements. Leading 160+ employees and overachieving P&L targets have been essential in this role.

  • Managing Director Owner at Hilver
    Mar 2014 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Hilver is a consulting firm for the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Hilver provides consulting services in the field of marketing, sales, and strategy. We specialize in bringing strategy into action by digitalizing and using the latest mobile and video technology to reach today's fragmented markets.

  • Managing Director, President, EMEA & India at Ormco
    Mar 2011 - Feb 2014 · 3 yrs

    General Manager and President for Ormco Europe B.V, belonging to the Danaher group of companies. Medical Device, Dental market. I have been leading the shared service, sales and marketing, and operations team in EMEA with 300 employees and a revenue of USD 130 M. I set up the direct and dealer organization globally for growth and integrated companies in Russia, Africa, and Europe.

  • Ansell (11 yrs 1 mo)
    • Vice President Marketing, Medical, Industrial and Consumer, EMEA & India
      Jan 2006 - Mar 2011 · 5 yrs 3 mos

      Various corporate Vice President functions, in marketing and sales in EMEA. Medical Device Products, Consumer Healthcare Products, and Industrial Safety Products. Set up the European Sales and Marketing organization for growth. Managed the direct and dealer organization and have developed the geographical expansion in Russia, ME; Africa and India.

    • General Manager and Director Ansell GmbH; DACH region
      Mar 2000 - Dec 2005 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Geschäftsführer Ansell GmbH; Regional shared service office and team. Medical Device & Industrial safety market for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Direct Hospital and dealer medical market organization. Industrial safety consulting, for different market channels in Pharma, Chemical, Metal, Automotive, etc. Responsible for direct and dealer sales organization.