Catharina Lurken

Catharina (Candy) Lurken leads our cohort of Japan headquartered Life Sciences Companies in the US, which provides tailored offerings to address their unique needs, and is served by resources who understand the Japanese business culture and how to navigate between Japanese and American stakeholders and interests.

Her career spans over 30 years of both global pharmaceutical industry and strategic consulting experience, focusing on realizing growth opportunities and supporting the globalization journey for clients across the US, EU and Asia.  Her global experience started with EMEA leadership roles during her tenure in the industry and continued within Deloitte through her leadership to shape and grow our German Life Sciences & Health Care Practice, as well as through her close collaboration with teams across EMEA, Japan, China, and LatAm to support her global clients.  Her contributions have primarily focused on guiding and supporting Life Sciences leaders with growth strategies, paired with innovative go-to-market approaches and holistic solutions to better engage patients/consumers and address the evolving needs of key decision makers in todays’ health care market with the ultimate goal to improve patient outcomes.

Candy is fluent in English, German and Dutch (native).  She holds an EU & U.S. Executive MBA degree with BGS honors from Rochester University, Simon School of Business, Rochester, NY (US) and Nyenrode University, Breukelen (NL).