Areas of Expertise

Broad knowledge and skills set across multiple business disciplines

  • Strategy, Management and Business Development
  • Commercial, Sales and Marketing
  • Business Integration
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Formulation and Development
  • Quality
  • Regulatory
  • Finance and Company Secretarial
  • Human Resources
  • IT&S
  • Specialist Pharmaceuticals
  • Generic and OTC medicines
  • Consumer Health Care

Our mission

to ensure your business, or your client’s business, increases its financial returns – pure and simple.

Meet The Partners

A proven senior management team with a track record of success

Mike Tucker

Managing Partner

Having over 28 years experience in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industry. Mike is a results orientated Senior Director with a proven record of success in the disciplines of both finance and commercial sales, having held the roles of Senior Commercial Director and Senior Finance Director in various customer facing businesses at the Perrigo Company in the UK. In addition has held managerial positions with organisations, including American Home Products Corporation, Whitehall Laboratories, McBride Plc, Wrafton Laboratories. Mike is a Chartered Certified Accountant.

Russell Howard

Partner

A senior executive with over 40 years experience in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industries, Russell has a wealth of experience at senior management level including Vice President and Managing Director of Perrigo, Vice President EMEA at Alpharma (Actavis) and various General Management and Commercial, Strategic and Business Development roles. Russell is a graduate in Biochemistry and a post graduate in Business administration from Glasgow.

Phil Thompson

Partner

After some 15 years in the world of fast moving consumer goods, Phil spent the next 18 years in a variety of senior Commercial roles in the Pharmaceutical industry, both over the counter and prescription-only segments. Operating at Senior Director level in Sales, Marketing and Business Development, Phil also served as Commercial Director and Business Lead of an operating company coordinating the priorities and activities of the organisation through key functions such as Operations, R&D, Regulatory Affairs and all the commercial teams. Prior to joining HowTu, Phil worked for 3M, McBride PLC and Perrigo Company PLC.

How we can help you

Strengthen and grow your business with a profit focused approach

equity client

If you are an equity client looking to enter or expand your presence in the specialist pharmaceutical or healthcare sector we can advise you on:

  • The market dynamics
  • Target companies
  • Product portfolios
  • Pricing Strategies

Latest Business Updates

It has been a busy few years for HowTu Pharma Consult. Since inception in summer of 2017 HowTu partners and associates have worked on a variety of projects including:

HowTu advised a US investment client on an entry and growth strategy for a specialist pharmaceutical portfolio outside US. Including:

  • Product and pipeline review
  • Financial modelling
  • 5 year strategic plan
  • Commercial, Regulatory, Development and Manufacturing strategy

HowTu worked with the European subsidiary of a leading US based Healthcare company to help with the acquisition and integration of a complimentary international business including:

  • Carve out from seller parent company
  • Due Diligence
  • Integration strategy and synergies
  • Post - closing integration finances and working capital
  • Completion Accounts finalisation

HowTu performed a review of the UK market and proposed alternative entry strategies to the client including:

  • Market analysis and competitor positioning
  • New product introduction
  • Pricing strategy
  • Financial modelling
  • 5 year strategic plan

HowTu advised on early stage set up of company including:

  • Commercial positioning
  • Business development
  • Board membership and governance

  • Sourced alternative supply

  • Performed a full compliance audit to ensure the international arm of the US parent were fully compliant with all Financial and Legal requirements
  • Identified risks
  • Proposed and monitored gap closure solutions

  • Undertook target screening and selection
  • Approached target company regarding sale
  • Made introductions between equity partners and target
  • Acted as Strategic Advisors
  • Performed DD
  • NED Board members

HowTu are working on a number of on going projects including work with Global partners in Specialist Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Healthcare, Clinical Research, the Investment community and the UK NHS:

Contact Us

Give us a call or send us an email and we will work together...

Address:

20 - 22 Wenlock Road, London,
England N1 7GU.

phone:

[Mike] +44 (0) 7860 572090

[Russell] +44 (0) 7771 713349

[Phil] +44 (0) 7860 395674