Arie Hekelaar

Arie Hekelaar has extensive work experience in various roles within the pharmaceutical and consulting industries. Arie is currently working as the International Omnichannel & Business Analytics Lead at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. Prior to this, they founded and owned their own company, Accelerate+. Previously, they worked as the Director of Commercial Business Insight Management at Grünenthal Group and as the Customer Facing Excellence Lead at Shire. Arie also held roles as the Commercial Excellence Lead at Teva Pharmaceuticals and the Business Planning & Analysis Manager at Amgen. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Senior CRM Consultant at Capgemini and an Implementation Consultant at AICN Automatisering BV.

Arie Hekelaar attended Breda University of Applied Sciences from 1993 to 1998, where they obtained a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Tourism and Aviation. In 2007 and 2008, they attended Beeckestijn Business School and earned a Post Bachelor's degree. More recently, in 2019 and 2020, Arie attended NXT Pharma Academy for an Expert Class in Multichannel Marketing.