Gil Carrara is a business leader and specialist in executive search for the healthcare and life sciences sector. He works with clients to instate top executives and functional heads as well as key medical and scientific leaders. He also leverages his business acumen to help develop strategies, drive sustainable profits and expand market access with ingenuity and global collaboration.
Professional Focus
30 years’ combined experience in executive search and healthcare and life sciences, spanning pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, animal health, consumer healthcare, hospital and medical systems, and academic medicine
Leads searches for board directors and C-level executives such as CEO and COO; functional heads, medical directors, heads of R&D, regulatory, pharmacoeconomics; clinical and therapeutic experts in oncology, CNS, cardiology, GI and other specialty areas
Extensive business expertise including leadership development, strategic planning, transformation, business development, pharmaceutical pricing, health economics, outcomes research, contracts and negotiation, revenue generation and growth
Track record of successful senior management searches for large blue-chip international organizations as well as SMEs and private equity firms
Extensive global network amongst key stakeholders in the life sciences and healthcare sectors
Author of various white papers including a groundbreaking data-based study on physician leadership and the behavioral profile of successful industry physicians
Business Expertise
Partner-in-Charge, Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice at an international retained executive search and leadership consulting firm; CEO Executive Award Honoree; key member of the firm’s global management team
Co-Founder of a recruitment and leadership consulting firm specializing in healthcare and life sciences
Managing Director, North American Life Science Practice of an HR consulting and executive search firm; built Global Life Science Practice
Principal, Life Science and Healthcare Practice at another of the world’s top global executive search firms; helped establish offices in Princeton, NJ and Philadelphia, PA
Founder and Director of TPECC, New Jersey’s largest pediatric extended care center
Medical Director at an international pharmaceutical company working on phase III, IIIb and IV clinical trials
Practice Membership
Global Industry Practices
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Additional Expertise
Pharmaceuticals
Medical Devices
Biotechnology
Diagnostics
Animal Health/Veterinary Medicine
Consumer Healthcare
Hospital & Medical Systems
Academic Medicine
Education & Certifications
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Ross University School of Medicine, New York
Bachelor’s degree from Drew University, New Jersey
Affiliations & Awards
Member, American Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians
Former Chairman, Delaware Township Board of Health
Former Member, Delaware Township Office of Emergency Management
Founding Board Member, Arizona State University Health Futures Council
Advisor, Tuchman School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Founding Member, Hunterdon County NJ Medical Reserve Corps
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