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Anne Hennecke

Anne has been Managing Partner of MC Services since 2011 and has over 25 years of experience in Financial and Strategic Communications. She was instrumental in growing MC Services to a team of 40 people and a highly sustainable client roster. Anne established the office in Düsseldorf, building the team and operations there. Prior to joining the agency, she held senior management positions in international pharma and biotech companies. She headed Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Evotec AG for 10 years and was a member of the company’s Executive Committee. During that time, she managed Evotec’s IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, multiple M&A programs and major financial transactions. Previously, she was responsible for Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Schwarz Pharma AG, where she initially held management positions in the International Marketing department. Anne is a pharmacist and marketing expert by training.

Raimund Gabriel

Raimund founded MC Services in 1999. Under his leadership, MC Services has grown to a team of 40 people with sites in Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin, London and Boston. Prior to that, Raimund held senior management positions in international communications agencies where he was responsible for Business to Business, Corporate and Financial Communications. He has over 40 years of experience in Marketing and Communications and more than 20 years in Investor Relations. He has advised on IPOs in Germany, Belgium and the UK as well as on major international M&A and financial transactions. Raimund also advises companies on issues and crisis management. Raimund studied law, history and political science (MA).

Katja Arnold

Katja joined MC Services in 2013, became a partner in 2014 and has been Managing Director of the Munich office since 2016. She was appointed as a member of the Management Board in 2024. She is a Certified Investor Relations Officer (CIRO) and an expert in strategic, financial and corporate communications.

Katja has worked for over 25 years for companies in the biotechnology, medical technology, diagnostics and healthcare sectors as well as for venture capital firms. She has broad in-house expertise in various listed companies and many years of consulting experience. Katja has provided communications support for a large number of corporate financings, M&A transactions, license agreements and all phases of biopharmaceutical product development and market launches. Her work also focuses on C-level and corporate positioning, leadership changes and crisis communications. Katja has developed a strong team in Munich with whom she provides strategic consultancy to many long-standing clients, including Nasdaq and Euronext listed companies. She studied Business Administration at the Technical University of Dresden and has worked for the German Privatization Agency (Treuhandanstalt), Marseille Kliniken, CAT Consultants (currently Silvester Group), Zapf Creation and WILEX (currently Heidelberg Pharma)

Andreas Burckhardt

We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and dear friend, Andreas Burckhardt, who had been a valuable member of our management team and partner at MC Services AG since 2013. As head of our corporate broking business, Andreas successfully supported our clients on numerous roadshows and in many transactions and served as a trusted advisor and partner for all topics related to corporate financing. With his many years of experience in international investment banking and his great expertise in the healthcare and life sciences sector, Andreas made an enormous contribution to the development of MC Services and was highly respected throughout the investment community.
But Andreas was more than just a colleague, he was a true friend and inspiring mentor. We greatly appreciated Andreas for his respect and deep understanding of people, his unconditional commitment and loyalty, his great enthusiasm, his incredible energy and his wonderful sense of humor. He was a fighter to the end. His loss leaves a huge gap and we will always remember him fondly.

Andreas left us far too soon after a serious illness and is greatly missed by us all. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. We share their sadness and wish them much strength as well as good memories to bring comfort at this difficult time.

Rest in peace, dear Andreas.

Dr. Claudia Riedl

Claudia joined MC Services in October 2017 from MorphoSys AG, where she headed the Corporate Communications and Investor Relations department as Senior Vice President. In this position, she was responsible for all external communications activities, as well as international investor relations. Under her direction, MorphoSys was repeatedly awarded for its communications and investor relations performance, and Claudia was instrumental in raising its profile to today’s high level. Prior to that, she worked at cassiopeia AG and Deutsche Bank in various capacities. Claudia holds a Ph.D. in biology from the Technical University of Munich. She co-founded and led the working group, Communications and Public Relations, of BIO Deutschland for several years and is an active member of the German Investor Relations Association (DIRK). Claudia provides over 15 years of experience in international investor and public relations in the biotechnology and pharma sector.