Overview
Josef-Peter Gautsch is a director at Atreus, a Heidrick & Struggles executive interim management company.
Experience
Josef-Peter is a seasoned expert in managing complex multinational engagements for leading healthcare corporations. His areas of expertise include business development, licensing, M&A transaction services, merger integration, launch excellence, commercial transformation, and process optimization for supply chain, procurement, and R&D functions.
With over 12 years of experience in consulting, including more than 8 years focused on the healthcare and chemicals sectors, Josef-Peter has demonstrated a deep commitment to the healthcare industry. He honed his skills in strategy consulting at L.E.K. Consulting, where he completed over 30 due diligence projects and helped clients develop buy-and-build strategies.
As the head of sales at Atheneum Partners, Josef played a pivotal role in strategic business development. He later founded Market DNA, a startup dedicated to digitizing market analyses. Josef also established the healthcare and chemicals practice at COMATCH (later Malt), forming global partnerships with major pharmaceutical corporations and mid-sized healthcare companies.
Education
University of Innsbruck, Austria, Diploma Business Administration and Management