Daniela Schäfer

Based in Munich, Daniela leads Russell Reynolds Associates’ Healthcare team in Germany and is a senior member of its global Healthcare Practice. She serves both German and international clients based on her extensive advisory and industry experience. She is responsible for executive as well as non-executive search mandates for leading companies in the biopharma, biotech, med-tech, med-device, diagnostic and health services space.

In addition, she works on mandates for private equity clients and helps to improve C-suites for small-, mid- and large-cap healthcare portfolio companies. She is responsible for search mandates, and leadership and succession projects, including employee development. Following her PhD, she started her professional career at Kearney, a leading global strategy consulting company. In this role, she focused on private equity and led a team in digital transformation during her management leave.