Giorgio Villa, Ph.D.

About

Based in Zürich, Giorgio works as a Consultant at Spencer Stuart, for the Healthcare Industry and Board Practice in the EMEA region. Giorgio has lived an worked in six countries across three continents and holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Before becoming a Leadership Advisor, he worked for about 10 years in chemistry labs in academia and pharma.

Experience

• Spencer Stuart (8 yrs 3 mos)
  • Consultant
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Senior Associate
    Apr 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Associate
    Apr 2018 - Mar 2021 · 3 yrs

• Consultant to Associate Director at Morunda. We get the job done.
  Nov 2012 - Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 5 mos

  - Executive search consultant for the regional and local Japanese market - Directed Morunda's best performing team - 3x Annual Top biller 2015-2017 - Yearly performance-based promotions from Consultant to Associate Director

• SNF Postdoctoral Researcher at The Scripps Research Institute
  Jun 2011 - Nov 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos

  Explored new methodologies involving C–H activation, in the laboratories of Prof. Dr. Jin-Quan Yu

• COST Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Barcelona
  Jan 2011 - Apr 2011 · 4 mos

  Synthesis toward aignopsanoic acid A in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Josep Bonjoch

• Ph. D. Student at University of Bern
  Nov 2006 - Dec 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  Defended Ph.D. thesis entitled "Organoborane mediated radical reductions", laboratories of Prof. Dr. Philippe Renaud