Josef-Peter Gautsch is a director at Atreus, a Heidrick & Struggles executive interim management company. Experience Josef-Peter is a seasoned expert in managing complex multinational engagements for leading healthcare corporations. His areas of expertise include business development, licensing, M&A transaction services, merger integration, launch excellence, commercial transformation, and process optimization for supply chain, procurement, and R&D functions. With over 12 years of experience in consulting, including more than 8 years focused on the healthcare and chemicals sectors, Josef-Peter has demonstrated a deep commitment to the healthcare industry. He honed his skills in strategy consulting at L. E. K. Consulting, where he completed over 30 due diligence projects and helped clients develop buy-and-build strategies. As the head of sales at Atheneum Partners, Josef played a pivotal role in strategic business development. He later founded Market DNA, a startup dedicated to digitizing market analyses. Josef also established the healthcare and chemicals practice at COMATCH (later Malt), forming global partnerships with major pharmaceutical corporations and mid-sized healthcare companies. Education University of Innsbruck, Austria, Diploma Business Administration and Management