Nicole Balsam is a principal in Heidrick & Struggles' New York office and a member of the Consumer Markets Practice. She specializes in recruiting leadership teams for digitally enabled consumer products and services businesses. Her clients include publicly traded corporations, privately held companies, private equity, and venture capital firms. Experience Nicole's experience includes high-profile assignments placing chief executive officers, presidents, chief marketing officers, chief revenue officers, general managers, and other senior management positions across the consumer marketplace, DTC, e-commerce, software, and services companies. She partners closely with clients to bring innovative, transformational talent to organizations, often in service of launching new or reimagining existing products and services. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Nicole was head of the digital practice of a boutique executive search firm where she worked with corporate, agency, and management consulting clients. Education New York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama