Brigitte Frankel is a member of the firm’s Life Sciences Practice, where she leads the firm’s efforts in diagnostics, medical imaging and life science research tools. Brigitte leads recruiting assignments for senior-level positions in general management, research and development, financial officers and Board directors.
Brigitte brings a combination of scientific and business expertise to her search practice. Prior to joining the firm, Brigitte was a management consultant with A.T. Kearney, assisting life sciences and high tech clients in developing their corporate and business unit strategies. Her expertise included market entry strategy, strategies for maximizing business unit profitability and valuation of intellectual property.
Brigitte also has 10 years of sales experience within the life sciences industry with both Agilent Technologies and with Amersham Pharmacia (now a unit of GE). She began her career in academic research, investigating the mechanisms of proteolysis in mammalian systems.
Brigitte holds a master’s degree in biology from Harvard University, an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in biological chemistry from Wellesley College.