Overview
Daniel Forrester is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York City office and a member of the Performance Culture Practice. He advises CEOs, CHROs, and senior technology leaders on translating strategy into action, shaping culture, and aligning employee behaviors with organizational goals. He also helps leaders activate AI strategy and governance and implement new operating models.
Experience
Daniel has more than 25 years of experience advising CEOs, boards, and senior leadership teams on strategy, corporate governance, transformation, technology adoption, and culture change. He helps CEOs accelerate their transitions, establish effective operating rhythms, and lead through periods of growth, crises, acquisitions, carve-outs, and technological disruption.
Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Daniel founded a consultancy focused on helping CEOs lead transformational change. He partnered with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to design and translate strategy into organizational and behavioral change enabled by technology, helping drive revenue growth, customer retention, profitability, talent retention, and enterprise value.
Daniel began his career at Sapient, advising clients on digital transformation.
His experience spans Fortune 100 companies, private equity-backed businesses, federal institutions, social impact organizations, and venture-backed technology companies.
Daniel is the author of two books and his work has appeared in Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and CIO.
Daniel is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Engineering and teaches Generating Vision: Long-Term Big Ideas That Motivate Employees and Stakeholders, a course he developed.
He is also a co-founder of the Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services.
Education
William E. Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, MBA
The Catholic University of America, BA