McDermott Will & Schulte HPE Conference
WittKieffer is pleased to sponsor HPE Miami 2026, the premier gathering for healthcare innovators and dealmakers.
WittKieffer is pleased to sponsor HPE Miami 2026, the premier gathering for healthcare innovators and dealmakers. Learn more about this year’s HPE Conference here.
ABOUT WITTKIEFFER
WittKieffer is a global strategic leadership firm, providing executive search, interim leadership, and leadership advisory solutions to organizations that improve quality of life. As the 10th largest executive search firm in the U.S. — and the largest market-specialized search firm globally focused exclusively on healthcare and life sciences — we build impactful leadership teams for organizations operating at the intersection of science, healthcare, and education.
PURPOSE-BUILT FOR INVESTOR-BACKED HEALTHCARE
Our Global Investor-Backed Markets (GIBM)practice was purpose-built for private equity and growth investors in healthcare and life sciences. Over the past five years, we assembled a 50+ person team drawn from leading investor-focused recruiting firms. These senior practitioners operate with a deep understanding of sponsor expectations and a singular focus on building high-performing executive teams for healthcare companies.
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES OUR GLOBAL INVESTOR-BACKED MARKETS PRACTICE:
- Industry best practices optimized for the priorities of private equity investors and their portfolio companies.
- Boutique focus and personalized attention — backed by the scale, network, and resources of a global leadership advisory firm.
- Purpose-built team focused exclusively on investor-backed healthcare and life sciences, with deep expertise across all priority sub-sectors including: physician-centric healthcare services, accessible care, health information technology and tech-enabled services, digital health, payer services, consumer health, aging services, behavioral health, pharma and pharmacy services, and more.
- Long-standing and trusted relationships across private equity and growth capital, with unparalleled access to transformational healthcare leadership talent.
- Fully-integrated leadership platform spanning Executive Search, Interim Recruiting, and Executive Assessment/Advisory — aligned to every phase of the investment lifecycle.
Healthcare Leaders: A Strategic Extension to our Investor-Backed Practice
Healthcare Leaders (HCL) is a strategic extension of the WittKieffer brand and our Investor-Backed leadership practice — providing a distinctive platform for executives, investors, and operating partners shaping the future of healthcare. Chaired by Larry Ross, for nearly 25 years, HCL has convened leading private equity investors, growth partners, and portfolio company leaders through highly curated, invitation-only conferences and events — strengthening relationships, deepening market insight, and expanding access to transformational leadership talent in service of improving quality of life. Learn more about Healthcare Leaders here.
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WITTKIEFFER’S INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
In a time of rapid transformation, the intersection of healthcare, life sciences, and consumer wellness demands more than management—it requires visionary leaders who can navigate complexity, activate growth, and create lasting value.
WittKieffer is the premier global executive search, interim leadership, and leadership advisory firm exclusively focused on the Quality of Life Ecosystem.
Our integrated solutions deliver speed, precision, and sustained impact:
- Executive Search: Identify and assess transformative leaders who convert data into insight and innovation into market trust.
- Interim & On-Demand Leadership: Immediate expertise to stabilize teams or scale operations during transition and growth.
- Leadership Advisory: Assess, develop, and align leadership talent through leadership diligence and integration, PE leadership and team assessment, and executive and team coaching —ensuring value realization post-transaction.
EXPLORE OUR INSIGHTS
- Enhancing Value Creation Through Impactful Leadership
- Driving Success through Leadership in Venture-Capital-Backed Companies
- Interim CFOs and Finance Leaders
- Left Brain, Right Brain: CFO Transitions in PE-Backed Healthcare Services
- Unleashing Interim & On-Demand Expertise: Accelerating Leadership in Life Sciences and Investor-Backed Healthcare
