Erik Salvador is active in Egon Zehnder’s leadership development and coaching practice, as well as CEO and board succession planning. With a multifaceted background in medicine, military psychiatry, and leadership, Erik brings extensive experience in personal and team resilience training, leadership development, operational leadership support, psychological crisis and stress management, and post-traumatic stress treatment. His leadership experience spans both his time as an officer in the Army and as a senior physician in emergency medicine.
I am deeply motivated by helping people live meaningful lives and thrive despite challenges. By focusing on developing leaders’ resilience and skills for success, I strive to make a significant impact on their ability to navigate and overcome adversity.
Before joining Egon Zehnder, Erik worked at McKinsey, where he led initiatives on Operational Leadership support and developed Resilient Leadership and Top Team Performance within broader strategic processes such as organizational developments, transformations, and scaling. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces, where his notable roles included being the Armed Forces chief psychiatrist and senior advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to various Government agencies. Additionally, Erik was the head of the Institute of Military Psychiatry and Combat Stress.
Erik holds an MD from the University of Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine. He is also a Licensed Specialist in Psychiatry from the University Hospital of Oslo, Norway, and the Norwegian Medical Association (NMA). In addition, Erik is a Certified Military Medicine Doctor from the Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services (NAFJM) and the Norwegian Medical Association (NMA).
