Hilco Global, a subsidiary of ORIX USA, added Chris George as executive director, global head of healthcare for Hilco Global Professional Services. In this newly established role, George will lead the development and growth of the global healthcare practice. He will collaborate across the Hilco Global platform to advise healthcare companies worldwide, both sponsor-backed and independent, across healthcare services and technology, pharmaceutical and life sciences, health systems and academic medical centers including physician groups.
George brings more than 30 years of healthcare consulting and executive leadership experience spanning academic, community and for-profit health systems, academic medical centers, physician enterprises and private equity-backed healthcare companies. Throughout his career, he has partnered with C-suite executives and boards of directors to address margin pressure, improve financial and operational performance, redesign care delivery, modernize operating models, implement digital and innovation strategies and create sustainable enterprise value.
“Chris’s combination of healthcare operating experience, advisory expertise and pragmatic, results-oriented leadership makes him an important addition to Hilco Global Professional Services,” David Kurtz, vice chairman of Hilco Global and CEO of Hilco Global Professional Services, said. “His appointment strengthens our ability to support healthcare organizations and investors while creating new opportunities for collaboration across Hilco Global Professional Services and the broader Hilco Global platform.”
Most recently, George served as managing director and head of the health systems practice at Alvarez & Marsal. He previously spent more than 11 years at FTI Consulting, where he served as a senior managing director and led significant healthcare performance improvement and transformation engagements.
George has also advised private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on performance improvement, growth, operating model optimization and post-transaction integration. Earlier in his career, he held healthcare operating and technology leadership positions at multiple academic physician organizations and founded Think First, a boutique advisory firm focused on provider enterprise transformation that was acquired by FTI Consulting.
“Hilco Global has a powerful combination of specialized expertise, an integrated professional services platform and a practical approach to helping clients solve complex challenges,” George said. “I look forward to building upon those strengths, developing a differentiated healthcare offering and working with colleagues across the organization to deliver meaningful and measurable results for healthcare organizations and investors.”
