Daniela Nienstedt

Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.

Speaker

Daniela Nienstedt heads the Financial Services Sector in Germany. She excels at identifying and recruiting private equity investment professionals as well as CEOs and CFOs for Private Equity companies. Based in Frankfurt, Daniela has extensive experience working across sectors, ranging from industrial manufacturing to service businesses. Recent client experience includes recruiting directors and managing directors for private equity clients, as well as CEOs and CFOs for small-, mid- and large-cap portfolio companies. Daniela developed deep industry experience working as a director at AlixPartners for eight years. There she advised privately owned enterprises and multinational firms on implementing restructuring and performance improvement programs. Previously, she worked as a senior associate consultant for L.E.K. Consulting. She was also a management consultant at PA Consulting after beginning her career in banking at Helaba. 

Daniela earned an MBA in finance from Portland State University and a diploma from ESB Reutlingen in international business studies. She speaks fluent English and German and is proficient in Italian, Spanish and French.