Kasper Ernest

Director-General @ GIRP | I rebuild organisations | Pharma economics, supply, and distribution

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

I analyse why goals aren't met, and then implement the necessary change. Whether it is in the organisations I rebuild, in policies I rewrite, or in communication I reorient. My natural habitat is the EU/Brussels bubble. Here, politics and business intersect in a treacherous maze of cultural, institutional, and ideological pitfalls, with more participants than in any other arena on the planet. Yes, even more than Washington. So you’d better be good at: 1️⃣ listening & observing, 2️⃣ cutting out the noise, 3️⃣ finding what unites, 4️⃣ aligning on the priority (please don’t have 140), 5️⃣ identifying the needed capabilities and setting the right team, 6️⃣ finding a unique and clear voice, 7️⃣ disciplined execution, 8️⃣ admitting what doesn’t work, and 9️⃣ being adaptable. Some people see many steps ahead on the chessboard. Some see the perfect angle on the pool table. Some see the gap in the market. I see where organisations fail on the nine points above, and I know how to change it successfully. Access to medicines is where I am currently making a difference.

Experience

  • Director-General at GIRP - European Healthcare Distribution Association
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

    GIRP represents the full-line wholesalers of medicines and medical devices in Europe.

  • Managing Director at Ernest Consulting
    May 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 2 mos

  • External Lecturer at Copenhagen Business School
    May 2015 - Oct 2024 · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Lecturing on EU lobbyism in theory and practice.

  • Board Member at EMVO | European Medicines Verification Organisation
    Oct 2018 - Sep 2024 · 6 yrs

    The European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) is a non-profit organisation representing stakeholders united in securing the legal supply chain from falsified medicines. Its founding members are EFPIA (The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations), Medicines for Europe (The European Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association), PGEU (The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union), GIRP (The European Healthcare Distribution Association) and Affordable Medicines Europe.

  • Secretary General at Affordable Medicines Europe
    Mar 2018 - Sep 2024 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    Affordable Medicines Europe represents Europe's licensed parallel distribution industry, an integral part of the European pharmaceutical market that adds value to society by introducing price competition for patented medicines and increase accessibility for patients.