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Spencer Stuart welcomes Dominique Friederich to the Healthcare Practice

October 2026
Dominique Friederich
Dominique Friederich

Hamburg, October 1, 2026 — Today, Dominique Friederich joined Spencer Stuart’s Healthcare Practice, based in Hamburg, Germany. With deep expertise as a strategic leadership adviser, Friederich’s secondary focus will be in consumer and retail, handling C-suite and board search, CEO succession, executive assessment and leadership advisory around transformation and value creation. 

Andrea Mohnsame, Spencer Stuart’s managing director in Germany and Austria, said, “I’m very happy to welcome Dr. Dominique Friederich. Her appointment strengthens the depth of expertise we bring to clients across healthcare as they navigate growth, transformation and leadership change.”

Before joining Spencer Stuart, Dominique spent over 20 years as a C-level executive, private equity operating executive and strategy consultant. In her most recent role as CEO of a private equity-backed consumer healthcare business in DACH, Dominique led its operational turnaround and strategic restructuring, driving double-digit growth and preparing the company for an exit that created one of Germany’s largest mass-market consumer healthcare platforms.

“A big welcome to Dr. Dominique Friederich as she joins our Healthcare Practice in EMEA,” said Luigi Paro, Spencer Stuart's head of EMEA. “I am excited for the expertise, energy and impact she’ll bring to our clients and teams across the region.”

Dominique holds a Ph,D, in economics focused on healthcare financing from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt as well as a triple Master in Management from ESCP Europe. She also completed the Women on Boards program at Harvard Business School.

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About Spencer Stuart

Privately held since 1956, Spencer Stuart is a leading global advisory firm specializing in people, team and organizational performance — spanning more than 60 offices, over 30 countries and more than 50 practice specialties. Boards and executive leaders consistently turn to Spencer Stuart for senior-level executive search, board recruitment, board effectiveness, succession planning, executive assessment and development, culture change and performance acceleration for senior leadership teams. For more information on Spencer Stuart, please visit www.spencerstuart.com.