ABOUTAt MercerMorgan we know how much leadership matters. We are trusted by many healthcare organizations to help them make the senior-level leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises. Through our executive search, board and leadership advisory services, we help build and enhance high-performing teams for select clients ranging from major multinationals to emerging companies to nonprofit institutions. We focus on delivering knowledge, insight and results through the collaborative efforts of a team of experts — now operating throughout the US.
executives placed in transformative healthcare roles
network of executives across the healthcare continuum
of our searches represent a diverse candidate slate
of revenue comes from repeat clients
of our placements are women or people of color
markets throughout the US
Enabling people and organizations to exceed their potential and& transform tomorrow’s healthcare ecosystem is at the heart of our practice capabilities. Our work with executive teams, entrepreneurs, and investors at all stages of growth brings new perspectives to help solve some of the biggest people challenges facing the industry today.
We are trusted by many healthcare organizations to help them make leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises.
As a specialized group of senior consultants, our Healthcare Executive Search Practice offers clients the access and sophisticated resources of a national firm operating throughout the US. Our deep knowledge of the healthcare industry provides a powerful advantage for clients looking for the most talented and capable leaders able to respond to the new demands of the industry. As former healthcare industry executives and medical clinicians, our consultants bring firsthand knowledge of the industry and key functional roles as well as long-standing, personal relationships with the most sought-after healthcare and academic leaders.
Our expertise spans Publically-Traded, PE/Venture-Backed, and Not-For Profit organizations in a variety of industry groups including;
Healthcare
Life Science
Private Equity
We use market insights and AI-based tools to help you find and access high potential candidates at every level. Our digital platform and workforce performance technology delivers actionable results just as fast as the market changes.
We specialize in finding talent that sees you through today and tomorrow
Exceptional Leaders offer more than skills. As the lifeblood of your organization, your people should grow with your business from the day they come on board. They need to be a great fit for the role, their team and the wider organization. That’s why you need a talent acquisition strategy that can see their potential before they start—one that avoids bias to build a diverse, inclusive workforce made up of the very best people. We inform and support you at all stages of the recruitment process—from job design to sourcing, hiring and onboarding. Building the diverse and differentiated leadership bench that your business demands.
Our world is fundamentally changing. Technological, societal and environmental shifts are reshaping how companies engage with people, customers and communities. To survive in the face of increasing disruption, your organization needs talent that matches the complexity of the world it operates in. To thrive, you need diversity, equity and inclusion to unlock the power and potential of all that talent. We work with organizations to drive real change, building DE&I organizations by design. We transform the behavior and mindset of teams, individuals and leaders. We then support them with fair and equitable structures and processes, because the hard truth is that behavioral inclusion without structural inclusion will not change the status quo. Our purpose is to help everyone, from any and all backgrounds, achieve their full potential, to help organizations thrive, improve wider society and bring people closer together.
We partner with disruptive companies that have the potential to transform key segments of the healthcare industry and help them to commercialize and scale. We also help to hire the best people, shape your strategy, and build valuable relationships. We do this by serving as true partners and leveraging our national platform and operational expertise.
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We are trusted by many healthcare organizations to help them make leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises.
As a specialized group of senior consultants, our Healthcare Executive Search Practice offers clients the access and sophisticated resources of a national firm operating throughout the US. Our deep knowledge of the healthcare industry provides a powerful advantage for clients looking for the most talented and capable leaders able to respond to the new demands of the industry. As former healthcare industry executives, and medical clinicians, our consultants bring firsthand knowledge of the industry and key functional roles as well as long-standing, personal relationships with the most sought-after healthcare and academic leaders.
Our expertise spans Publically-Traded, PE/Venture-Backed, and Not-For Profit organizations in a variety of industry groups including;
Healthcare
Life Science
Private Equity
We use market insights and AI-based tools to help you find and access high potential candidates at every level. Our digital platform and workforce performance technology delivers actionable results just as fast as the market changes.
We specialize in finding talent that sees you through today and tomorrow
Exceptional Leaders offer more than skills. As the lifeblood of your organization, your people should grow with your business from the day they come on board. They need to be a great fit for the role, their team and the wider organization. That’s why you need a talent acquisition strategy that can see their potential before they start—one that avoids bias to build a diverse, inclusive workforce made up of the very best people. We inform and support you at all stages of the recruitment process—from job design to sourcing, hiring and onboarding. Building the diverse and differentiated leadership bench that your business demands.
Our world is fundamentally changing. Technological, societal and environmental shifts are reshaping how companies engage with people, customers and communities. To survive in the face of increasing disruption, your organization needs talent that matches the complexity of the world it operates in. To thrive, you need diversity, equity and inclusion to unlock the power and potential of all that talent. We work with organizations to drive real change, building DE&I organizations by design. We transform the behavior and mindset of teams, individuals and leaders. We then support them with fair and equitable structures and processes, because the hard truth is that behavioral inclusion without structural inclusion will not change the status quo. Our purpose is to help everyone, from any and all backgrounds, achieve their full potential, to help organizations thrive, improve wider society and bring people closer together.
We partner with disruptive companies that have the potential to transform key segments of the healthcare industry and help them to commercialize and scale. We also help to hire the best people, shape your strategy, and build valuable relationships. We do this by serving as true partners and leveraging our national platform and operational expertise.
See MercerMorganCapital for more information.
We are trusted by many market leading organizations to help build and enhance high-performing teams.
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Drawing on two decades of experience as a CEO and strategic advisor to numerous healthcare organizations, Sal serves as a board member and observer for a number of early to mid-stage companies in the Digital Health, Nuerotechnology and Health Solutions space. Over the last several years, he has helped build high-performing teams on behalf of some of the largest Healthcare companies and Private Equity firms in the US.
As a Managing Partner for one of the most prominent Healthcare Executive Search firms in the US, David is trusted by many healthcare organizations to help them make the senior-level leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises. He helps to build and enhance high-performing teams for select clients ranging from major multinationals to emerging companies to nonprofit institutions.
Kerri has a proven track record of transforming organizations and aligning talent strategies for growth. With 20+ years of experience driving organizational change and transformation, she has spent much of her career working with and for large global companies. Within MercerMorgan, Kerri works with several of the largest Healthcare companies in the world. Prior to joining MercerMorgan, she held top leadership roles in Research and Talent Acquisition. Her areas of expertise include culture and business transformation, strategy facilitation, global talent strategy, leadership development, organization design, and change management.
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