Susanne Straetmans is Director External Communications at Pfizer, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world. In her role, she leads external communications in the five biggest European markets including Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK. Straetmans joinde Pfizer in 2010. Before that, she worked for the PR agency fischerAppelt for almost six years in client consulting. She studied communication science in Germany and Italy and additionally holds an MBA.

Straetmans has been a member of the Executive Board of the Academic Society since January 2023 and represents the interests of the partner companies (Corporate Advisory Board).