After his clinical education, Matthias worked on vaccine development and developed health policies at the German Federal Ministry of Health. In 1998 he joined industry where he held different international roles at Procter&Gamble and Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). Currently Matthias leads MakingMoreHealth, a joint initiative by BI and Ashoka fostering social innovation and customer-centric business opportunities for BoP populations in Health Care.