CEO — Healthcare Services Group

The Organisation & Context

Our client is a leading private healthcare group with 18 hospitals across Northern and Central Italy, PE-backed and approaching end of hold period. The CEO must optimise performance and prepare the business for a strategic transaction.

Key Responsibilities

• — Lead the full executive team and define strategic direction
• — Drive operational performance across 18 facilities with 8,000 staff
• — Execute the geographic expansion plan — Rome, Naples and Barcelona
• — Lead the business through its exit process

Candidate Profile

• — CEO or COO experience in a multi-site healthcare group
• — Track record of operational performance improvement in a clinical environment
• — Understanding of Italian healthcare regulation
• — Fluent Italian and English required

Search Process & Confidentiality

Retained mandate. Absolute confidentiality required given proximity to a strategic transaction.