We believe that Penhela Associates is well placed to support our clients due to the experience, calibre and skill base of our consultants. Penhela's founder combines experience in strategy and marketing with an MBA from INSEAD and she has ensured that this variety of professional experience remains a feature of our firm. Consultants at Penhela Associates have a background of strategic roles in consultancies and blue chips and of investment banking, this gives us a genuine understanding of the roles for which we recruit and of the candidate and clients we advise.

Dana Gluckstein - Founder & Managing Director

Dana began her career in strategy consulting at Ernst & Whinney as a Research Associate, working on a range of strategy projects throughout Europe in both the private and public sectors. She then moved into industry as a Product Manager at Johnson & Johnson with responsibility for a number of Johnson's Baby products in the UK. During her time at J&J, she worked on a number of pan-European initiatives and launched several products into the UK market.

After completing her MBA in 1993, Dana returned to strategy consulting with Marakon Associates. While at Marakon, she worked on a number of strategy projects in the Retail and FMCG sectors working with clients in Europe, the US and South America. Dana founded Penhela Associates in 1996 with the aim of offering recruitment services backed by a strong commercial and strategic understanding and has developed a client list including leading Consultancies, Blue Chip companies and Business Schools.

Dana complements her professional experience with a B.A. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France.