Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia

Board Advisor

Carlos Garcia served as a Didi Hirsch Board member from 2009 to 2023. He was Board Chair from 2014 to 2016. He participated in key acquisition and capital investment decisions throughout his fourteen years on the Board.


Garcia is a partner at international executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, where he leads the Supply Chain & Operations Officers Practice globally. He specializes in recruiting senior supply chain executives for companies in a wide range of industry sectors. He also leads CEO and board searches where supply chain expertise is paramount.


Garcia has extensive multinational experience leading business transformation programs for companies in the life sciences sector. He worked for Booz & Co across the Americas and Europe and for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in key production management and strategic planning roles.


Garcia earned an MBA at Columbia University’s Business School, where he was awarded the McKim Fellowship and completed a triple concentration in Operations Management, Marketing and Management of Organizations. He earned a BA in Economics at Haverford College.


He has relocated numerous times for his career, most recently to Los Angeles from Mexico City in 2004. He and his wife have four children and reside in Calabasas.