S U S A N   O L I V E R
Senior Partner

T 404.446.3664  (Atlanta)                E susan.oliver@nosalpartners.com
T 415.730.0000  (San Francisco)

Susan Oliver is a senior partner with Nosal Partners LLC. Co-located in the firm's Atlanta and San Francisco offices, she focuses on senior-level assignments in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, diagnostics and healthcare services industries. Ms. Oliver also leads the firm's Global Life Sciences Practice. A significant portion of her work in the Life Sciences arena is with early stage and clinical stage venture backed companies.

In the life sciences industry, Ms. Oliver has placed numerous technical, operations, sales, marketing, pharmaceutical, engineering and medical device professionals. Life sciences is a dynamic, prospering industry. As the population of aging adults grows, so does demand for new treatments and prevention. One of the greatest challenges facing life science clients is that of attracting the right talent for an increasingly-broad spectrum of positions, each of which has unique requirements. Ms. Oliver has an excellent understanding of specialties that are of critical importance to life sciences companies, including quality assurance, regulatory and clinical affairs, technology, bioinformatics, and distribution.

Ms. Oliver has earned a reputation for delighting both clients, as well as candidates with a high quality search process. Prior to joining Nosal Partners, Ms. Oliver was a founding partner and senior executive search consultant at Oliver John Partners, where she conducted numerous senior-level assignments for life sciences, advanced technology, consumer products, pharmaceutical manufacturing, marketing and distribution, Internet, and pre-IPO companies. Before co-founding Oliver John Partners, Ms. Oliver was a senior consultant in the San Jose office of 54th Street Partners - the consulting division of the venture capital firm Global Accelerator. While at 54th Street Partners, Ms. Oliver led assignments for a variety of early-stage technology clients, placing CEOs as well as senior executives in a broad range of functional areas, including sales, engineering, information technology, business development, marketing, finance, and human resources.

Ms. Oliver was previously a senior associate in the San Francisco office of Korn/Ferry International, where she became a key member of the firm's Consumer Products and Advanced Technology Practices. Prior to joining Korn/Ferry, Ms. Oliver worked in the San Francisco office of Heidrick & Struggles. Earlier in her career, Ms. Oliver taught history and coached a debate team at the high school level.

Ms. Oliver graduated from Idaho State University in 1991 with a degree in Sociology.

Ms. Oliver is on the board of the Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association, a non-profit organization founded to promote downtown Atlanta and improve the quality of life for Atlanta’s businesses and residents.