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Interactive Table: The 100 Most Influential Headhunters in the World

Interactive Table: The 100 Most Influential Headhunters in the World

Full Profiles of the 100 most influential headhunters

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Special Report on world's top executive recruiters

 

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In selecting the 100 recruiters for our exclusive list of the World's Most Influential Headhunters, BusinessWeek considered a number of factors, including: their individual reputations; their years of headhunting experience; the global scope of their recruiting practices; their accessibility and responsiveness; their high visibility within the client markets they serve; the recognition they enjoy within their firms and/or global executive search communities.

Except where indicated, the information was provided in response to a BusinessWeek survey. There were a very few recruiters who declined to participate that we nevertheless included because of their prominence and importance in the field. The information for them was gleaned from various sources, including company Web sites and other public information. Those designated with an * are the ones who declined to participate.

Please note that this list of the 100 Most Influential Headhunters in the World is an expanded version of our original list, which included only 50 and was published in February, 2008.

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Name

Title

Firm

Sector

Function

Geo Focus

Recruit for

 

Ulrich F. Ackermann 

Managing partner, board member

Transearch Intl. Deutschland

Consumer goods, financial services, IT and professional services, auto industry, board services

C-suite, consulting firm partners

Europe

Adidas; JPMorgan Chase; IBM; PricewaterhouseCoopers

Alfredo José Assumpção 

CEO, partner

FESA Global Recruiters

Financial services, consumer products, retail

CEOs, corporate finance managing directors and other senior officers, human capital directors, marketing and sales directors, CFOs

Brazil, other parts of Latin America

Unibanco; Banco Itau; Novartis; Microsoft; Avon

Jim Bagley 

Managing director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Consumer, financial services, health care, industrial/natural resources, technology

Human Resources (including leadership for the various disciplines, i.e. talent, organizational development, compensation & benefits, etc.); Board of Directors

Global

Given that my primary practice is the recruitment of HR officers, I will often be asked to recruit the top HR officer or, selectively, members of their team. As a result, my target companies vary from year to year.

Ignacio Bao 

Chairman

Signium Intl.

Investment banking, private banking, private equity, law practice, consulting

Board directors, CEOs, law/consulting senior partners, CFOs, senior bankers

Europe

BBVA; Santander; PricewaterhouseCoopers; A.T. Kearney; Ernst & Young

Jean-Michel Beigbeder 

President, CEO

Jean-Michel Beigbeder & Partners--CEO Search SA

Investment banking

CEOs, chairmen, CFOs, CHRs, board members

NA

LVMH; Peugeot; Merrill Lynch; Credit Suisse; PPR Pinaul Printempts Redoute

Robert L. Benson 

Chairman

Slayton Search Partners

Board consulting, financial services: insurance, banking, investment management; industrial: power generation

Board directors, CEOs, marketing, HR, business development/strategy

North America, Western Europe

General Electric; ACE Ltd.; UNUM; Shawmut Bank; Prudential Life

Linda Bialecki 

President

Bialecki Inc.

Investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, investment management

Highly customized position/client requirements requiring deep due diligence and assessment; investment bankers; risk management; credit and market risk; senior analysts; credit and structured products; investment professionals

Americas, Europe

Confidential

Robert J. Brudno 

Managing director

Savoy Partners

Defense/aerospace; high-tech/IT/communications; professional services/consulting; health care

CEOs, COOs, CFOs, senior marketing and business development executives, general management, board members

U.S., some international

Booz Allen Hamilton ; SAIC ; ITT ; Computer Sciences Corp.; SRA International

Dennis Carey 

Senior client partner

Korn/Ferry Intl.

All industries and sectors

Board directors, CEOs, senior executives

Global

Tyco; 3M; Northrop Grumman; GlaxoSmithKline; Sprint Nextel/Embarq

Jim Citrin*  

Senior director

Spencer Stuart

Technology, communications and media; hotels; private equity, financial services

CEOs, CFOs, board directors

North America

Yahoo!; Microsoft;Eastman Kodak;Starwood Hotels

Christopher John Clarke 

President, CEO

Boyden World

Executive search

Board effectiveness, executive search

Global

Boyden World

Michael James "Jim" Conroy 

Chairman, founding partner

Conroy Ross Partners

Energy, nonprofit, financial

Board directors, executives, CFOs, marketing, business development

Primarily Western Canada

Nexen; Burlington/ConocoPhillips; Western Oil Sands; Plains Marketing; Verenex

Peter D. Crist 

Chairman

Crist Associates

All sectors and industries

C-suite, board directors

U.S.

McDonald's; Kraft Foods; Allstate; McKesson; Ecolab

Robert Damon 

President, North America

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Consumer, retail, sports/entertainment, private equity, hospitality/leisure

CEOs, GMs, board directors

North America

Under Armour; Easton-Bell Sports; Oakley; Burger King ; Texas Pacific Group

Julie Hembrock Daum*  

Practice leader, North American Board Services

Spencer Stuart

Board services, diversity, education and nonprofit, financial services, private equity

Board directors

North America

Delta Air Lines; Tyco spin-off companies; American Express ; General Mills ; New York Times

Peter de Jong 

Managing director, regional VP--EMEA

Stanton Chase International

Consumer products and services, business to business/foodservices; life sciences & pharma

GMs, senior marketing, sales, HR, and finance executives

Primarily EMEA and Netherlands

CSM, Heineken, Unilever, LG Electronics, Lamb Weston

Sylvain Dhenin 

Managing partner

CTPartners

Professional and IT services, manufacturing and energy, private equity, technology, telecommunications

CEOs, business unit managers, HR, partners, CIOs

Europe

Capgemini; Alstom; Areva; IBM; Thomson

Bruce Dingman* 

President

The Dingman Co.

NA

C-suite, presidents, GMs, board directors, VPs

Global

Pleasant Travel; Herschend Family Entertainment; Azusa Pacific Univ.; Strongtower Financial; Jones Lang Lasalle

Theodore L. Dysart 

Managing Partner of the Americas, Global Board of Directors Practice

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Board recruiting, industrial, consumer, financial services

Board recruiting, CEO/succession planning

U.S.

Kimberly Clark; Reynolds American; RR Donnelley; Terex; Liberty Mutual

Janice Reals Ellig 

Co-CEO

Chadick Ellig

Insurance/retirement markets, banking, asset/investment management, private equity, specialized structured products

Board directors, GMs, marketing/communications, HR, sales distribution, product development

U.S.

Lincoln Financial Group; U.S. Bank; MBIA; Celtic Pharma Bio Tech; Ambac

Claudio Fernandez-Araoz*  

Partner

Egon Zehnder Intl.

All

NA

Global

NR

Claudio A. Fernaud 

Regional VP, Latin America

Stanton Chase Intl.

Financial services

C-suite, directors, upper management

Argentina, Uruguay

Toyota Credit; Amadeus; NCR-Teradata; Prosegur; BNP Bank

Richard Fudickar 

Managing partner

Boyden Intl.

Fast-moving consumer goods, retail, service industry, publishing/advertising, global technology, industrial/automotive

CEOs, division heads/business unit leaders, CFOs, board members, marketing, sales, communications

Global

Confidential

Sakie T. Fukushima 

Regional Managing Director, Japan

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Consumer, retail, finance (advisory boards), consulting, industrial

C-suite, advisory board members, marketing/communication/sales directors

NA

Confidential

Jay Gaines 

President, CEO

Jay Gaines & Co.

Financial services, banking and securities, asset management, transaction processing and business process outsourcing, information-based businesses, HR consulting

General management, C-suite, IT, operations, finance, risk management

North America, Britain

Fidelity Investments ; Washington Mutual; Wellington Management ; Morgan Stanley ; Vanguard

John T. Gardner 

Vice-chairman

Heidrick & Struggles

Industrial, consumer

CEOs, board directors

Global

BHP Billiton; Owens-Illinois; Allied Waste; Phelps Dodge; Walter Industries

Bob Gattie 

Director

Amrop Hever

Financial/professional services, health care, infocommunications, manufacturing

CEOs, MDs, chief functional officers, regional heads

Southeast Asia

Confidential

James W. Gauss 

President, CEO

Witt/Kieffer

Health systems, hospitals, higher education, academic medical centers, children's hospitals

C-suite, presidents, corporate officers/health systems, physician executives

U.S.

Catholic Healthcare West; Phoenix Children's Hospital; Scottsdale Healthcare; Palomar Pomerado Health; Presbyterian Health System

Charles A. Geoly 

Managing director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Technology (broadly defined), industrial/manufacturing-based business, services

CEOs, board members, GMs

Global

Confidential

Trina Gordon 

Chairman

Boyden World

Consumer products, industrial products, digital technology/media, health care/insurance, distribution services

Board directors, presidents, C-suite

Global

Confidential

Joseph E. Griesedieck 

Vice-chairman

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Consumer goods and services, health-care services, financial services, industrial products and services

Board members, CEOs, CFOs

NA

Confidential

Michele C. Heid 

Managing partner, Financial Officers Practice

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Financial officers (functional expertise); industrial, life sciences, technology, consumer (industry practice)

CFOs, corporate controllers, treasurers, investor relations, VP--audit

U.S.

Cisco; Merck; Wyeth; Intuit; Unisys

Jeff Hodge 

Chairman, CEO

Hodge/Niederer/Cariani/Lindsay

Health care, financial, professional services, energy, technology

CEOs, CHROs, board directors, CFOs

North America

Confidential

David H. Hoffmann 

Chairman, CEO

DHR International

All industries and sectors

C-suite, board directors

U.S.

NR

Durant "Andy" Hunter 

Managing partner

Ridgeway Partners

Financial services, investment management, general CEO/C-level, boards, energy/chemicals

General management, CEOs, CFOs, board directors, senior financial services

International

Lehman Brothers; CalPERS; NYSE Euronext; VeraSun Energy; Arch Chemicals

John M. Isaacson 

President, managing director

Isaacson, Miller

University leadership, academic medicine

Presidents, provosts, deans, related roles

U.S., occasional international

Univ. of Pennsylvania, New York Univ., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Univ. of Connecticut, Univ. of Vermont

Mark Jaffe 

President

Wyatt & Jaffe

Financial services, technology, consumer, retail, multimedia

C-suite, private wealth managers

International

Bank of America; Washington Mutual; General Electric; Gateway; CB Richard Ellis

Dr. Bjorn Johansson 

Chairman, CEO

Dr. Bjørn Johansson Associates

No specialty

Nonexecutive/executive board members, CEOs, CFOs

Global

Confidential

Janet Jones-Parker 

Managing director

Jones-Parker/Starr

Executive-search firms

HR, recruiters

U.S., Europe

Confidential

Edward Kelley 

Chairman, CEO

Edward W Kelley & Partners

Financial services, energy

CEOs, CFOs, investment banking heads

Global

Confidential

Claudia Lacy Kelly* 

Leader, Human Resource Practice

Spencer Stuart

null

Human Resources leaders, CEOs, CFOs, and board members

null

NR

Roger M. Kenny 

President

Boardroom Consultants

Consumer products, pharmaceuticals, industrial, financial services, health care

Board directors, chairmen, C-suite

U.S., Europe, Asia

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours; Pfizer; Ingersoll-Rand; Pitney Bowes; Citigroup

David Kimbell* 

Co-Leader, European Board Services Practice

Spencer Stuart

Communications, manufacturing, services

Chairman/CEO, non-executive directors

U.K., Continental Europe, North America

NR

Peter A. Kindler 

Vice-chairman

Boardroom Consultants

Banking, insurance, health care, manufacturing, service industry

Board directors, CFOs, CIOs

Global

United Technologies; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Quest Diagnostics; Wyeth

Scott E. Kingdom 

Global managing director, Industrial Markets

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Industrial discreet manufacturing, industrial/consumer durables, capital goods, multinational diversified industrial manufacturers

CEOs, COOs, business unit leaders

North America primarily

Avery Dennison; Bombardier; Schwanns; Ford Motor; Alcan

Pasi Koivusaari 

Senior partner

Boyden World

Retail, high-tech, banking/finance, fast-moving consumer goods, manufacturing

C-suite, division heads, marketing/communications VPs

Finland, Europe

Confidential

Marc Lamy 

Managing director, partner

Boyden World

Financial services (banks, insurance, financial intermediaries); all sectors for board, CEO, and CFO searches

Private equity, investment management, private banking, risk management, board members, CEOs, CFOs

Europe and particularly France

Société Générale; Credit Agricole ; Caisse Nationale des Caisses d'Epargne; Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild; Suez Group

Bobbie Lenga 

Managing director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Retail, leisure and hospitality, consumer services, apparel manufacturing, luxury

NA

Global

Confidential

Stephen P. Mader 

Vice-chairman, managing director, Board Services

Korn/Ferry Intl.

All sectors

Board directors, CEOs

North America

Hartford Financial Group; Newell Rubbermaid; Humana; Arrow Electronics; Navistar

Horacio J. McCoy 

President, Mexico; Chairman, Latin America

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Consumer products, banking/financial services, advanced technology, life sciences

CEOs, presidents, managing directors, board directors, finance/marketing VPs/directors

Mexico, Latin America

Confidential

 

Tim C. McNamara 

Managing director

Boyden World

Aerospace, defense, intelligence and security, government, transportation and infrastructure development, financial services and venture capital, management consulting

C-suite, managing directors, presidents

Global

The World Bank Group, The White Oak Group, KPMG Corporate Finance, U.S. Federal Government, including Intelligence Agencies, Government of Abu Dhabi

Dinesh Mirchandani 

Regional director, APAC; President, India

Boyden World

Technology, financial services, real estate and infrastructure, manufacturing, consumer products

C-suite, R&D chiefs, HR executives

Global

BP; Mahindra & Mahindra; Barclays Bank; Agilent Technologies; Novartis

P. Clarke Murphy 

Managing director, head of CEO/Board Services Practice

Russell Reynolds Associates

CEO/board services, private equity, financial services, climate change/sustainability

CEOs, board members, private equity investors

Global

NR

Caroline Nahas 

Managing director, Southern California region; senior client partner, CEO & Board Services

Korn/Ferry Intl.

CEO/board services, consumer and retail

CEOs, board directors

Southern California and national

Confidential

Thomas J. Neff*  

Chairman, U.S.

Spencer Stuart

Board services, financial services, consumer goods and services, private equity, aviation, aerospace and defense

CEOs, presidents, board directors

North America

Morgan Stanley; Merrill Lynch; Boeing; Campbell Soup

James B. Norton III 

President, CEO

Fiderion Group

Financial services - Generalist (personally, not Fiderion); Regional/commercial banking; Asset management

C-suite level (generalist); divisional level (generalist)

Mostly U.S., some international

Regions Financial Corporation, Morgan Keegan, Evergreen, Intech, Deprince, Race and Zollo (DRZ)

Anne Lim O'Brien 

Managing director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Consumer sector, private equity, corporate governance

C-suite, boards members, general management (particularly for next-generation CEOs)

Global

Confidential

Justus John O'Brien* 

Partner, Co-Leader of North America Board Services Practice, Global Head of Consumer Practice

Egon Zehnder Intl.

Consumer

Boards and C-suite

Global

NR

Dayton Ogden* 

Global leader, CEO Practice

Spencer Stuart

Board services, financial services, real estate, industrial, private equity

Board directors, CEOs, CFOs, presidents

North America

NR

John B. Peebles 

Professional director

John Peebles Associates

Dairy, meat, timber, publishing/media, fast-moving consumer goods, energy

Nonexecutive directors, C-suite, hard-to-find specialists

Australasia, Asia-Pacific

PricewaterhouseCoopers; American Express; Foodstuffs; CarterHoltHarvey; Fairfax

Werner Penk 

Global managing partner, Technology Practice

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Information Technology, Hardware, Software Services, Semiconductor; Telecommunications; Clean Technology; Functional leaders related to technology (CIO, BPS, Managed Services)

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Sales & Marketing, Chief Information Officer

Global

NR

Steven G. Pezim 

CEO, managing director

The Bedford Consulting Group/

technology/media/telecommunications; financial service & private equity; consumer products/retail; real estate

C-Suite, Corporate Directors, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Human Resources Executives

North America

Alcan, Bell Canada, TD Bank Financial Group, Cadbury, Canon

Charley Polachi 

Partner, co-founder

Polachi

Information/high technology; Clean/green technology; Venture capital/private equity

General Management - CEO; Venture Capital/Private Equity - General Partner; Governance - BOD

U.S.

Kleiner Perkins; Fidelity Ventures; General Catalyst Partners; Kodiak Venture Partners; Atlas Ventures

David Preng 

President

Preng & Associates

Energy -- total value chain (from the well head to the wall socket)

Board members, C-suite, executives, directors, managers, specialists, senior staff

Global

500+ energy companies

Marylin L. Prince 

Co-founder, partner

PrinceGoldsmith LLC

Financial services, asset management, hedge funds, private equity

C-suite, heads of distribution, portfolio managers, investment professionals

U.S., Britain

Citigroup; Goldman Sachs ; Janus Capital; Lehman Brothers; Wachovia

Krishnan Rajagopalan 

Global managing partner

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Professional services, IT services and outsourcing, business services

CEOs, COOs, practice leaders, chief strategy officers, partners

Global

Confidential

Paul C. Reilly 

Chairman

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Financial services, real estate

Boards, CEOs

Global

NR

Hal Reiter 

Chairman, CEO

Herbert Mines Associates

Retail, apparel and fashion, consumer products

CEOs, chairman, presidents, board directors

North America

Many private equity firms, national retailers and wholesalers

Tierney Remick 

Global managing director, Consumer/Retail Market

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Fast-moving consumer goods, retail, consumer durables, consumer services

C-suite, board directors, presidents

Global

Confidential

Russell S. Reynolds Jr. 

Chairman

RSR Partners (formerly Directorship Search Group)

NA

CEOs, corporate directors

Global

NR

Gerard R. Roche 

Senior chairman

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Consumer, industrial, financial services, nonprofit

CEOs, board directors

Global

Alcoa; Coca-Cola; Nike; World Economic Forum; CBS

Louisa Wong-Rousseau 

Group managing director

Bó Lè Associates

Finance, manufacturing/engineering, consumer products, retail, high-tech, pharmaceuticals

CEOs, business development, finance, marketing, HR

Asia, U.S.

AIG; Philip Morris; BMS; OTIS; Diageo

William H. Rusher Jr. 

Chairman, CEO

Rusher, Loscavio & LoPresto

Technology, financial services, professional services, manufacturing, nonprofit

C-suite, board directors, sales/marketing VPs

West Coast, Asia

NR

Burke St. John 

Vice-chairman, global head of financial services

CTPartners

Investment banking, capital markets, alternative investments, financial services

C-suite, division/business unit heads, managing directors

Global

JPMorgan Chase; Royal Bank of Scotland; Calyon; KeyCorp

Jeff Sanders 

Co-managing partner

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Technology, consumer, industrial

CEOs, board directors, COOs

North America

SC Johnson, Juniper Networks, Salesforce.com, Starbucks, Dell

Jacques Sarfatti 

Managing director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Mining and metals, chemicals and processing, global energy, engineering and construction, forest products

C-suite, board members, industrial directors

Latin America

NR

Rae Sedel 

Managing director, board member

Russell Reynolds Associates

Nonexecutive and CEO, cross industry; telecommunications, technology, media, private equity

CEOs, nonexecutive directors, COO

Europe, Global

NR

Diane Segalen 

Vice-chairman

CTPartners

Financial services, private equity, investment banking, board practice

CEOs, managing directors, corporate strategy/development executives

Europe, U.S.

Calyon; Wendel; Natixis; Alstom

Richard "Rick" Slayton 

President

Slayton Search Partners

Consumer products, financial services, industrial products

General management, supply chain, research and development, finance

North America

Campbell Soup, Dean Foods, USAA, Acco Brands, Terex

Jane M. Stevenson 

Global managing partner

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Consumer goods and services, technology

C-suite, general management, board directors

Global

Coca-Cola, Wachovia, Western Union, Hasbro, USAA

Shelly Weiss Storbeck 

Owner, managing partner

Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates

Educational institutions, nonprofit organizations

Presidents, CEOs, executive directors, VPs, deans

Fully national practice, with offices in Los Angeles and Pennsylvania

Univ. of North Carolina, Colgate Univ., Bryn Mawr College, Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Carmen Suarez de Padilla 

Director

Stanton Chase Intl.

Consumer goods, professional services

Marketing, sales, human resources, CFO/financial manager, general manager

Mexico

Kellogg; Amadeus; Lala Group; Laureate; Natura

Brian Sullivan 

Chairman, CEO

CTPartners

Financial services, private equity

CEOs

Global

NR

William K. Sur 

CEO, managing director

Conboy, Sur & Associates/Conboy Sur Morice & Associates

Consumer goods (durable and nondurable), pharmaceuticals (ethical and OTC), food services, high-tech/computers, packaging/paper and paper products

Board directors, C-suite, general management, controllers, marketing/sales, research/technical, operations/manufacturing

U.S., Europe

Confidential

Vincent Swift 

CEO

The Wright Co.

Consumer products, retail, financial services, technology, professional services

C-suite, regional heads

Asia-Pacific

NR

Soo Jin Tan 

Director

Amrop Hever

Financial services, fast-moving consumer goods, education

CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, chief people officers, regional heads

Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam

NR

Alain Tanugi 

Chairman

Transearch Intl. Deutschland

Board services (all industries)

Executive and nonexecutive directors, CEOs and their direct reports

Europe

Confidential

John Thompson 

Vice-chairman

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Software, Internet, tech-enabled businesses, media, industrial

Board directors, CEOs, COOs

Global

Google; First Data; Amazon.com; Disney; Blockbuster

Kelvin Thompson 

Managing partner

Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Alternative investments, financial services, new media/digital technology

C-suite

Global

Private equity, insurance, investment banking

Charles A. Tribbett 

Co-head, CEO

Russell Reynolds Associates

Across industries

CEOs, boards, diversity

U.S.

NR

Charles Tseng 

President, Asia-Pacific

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Industrial, consumer, retail

Asia heads/board representatives, board chairmen

Asia-Pacific

Confidential

Mary C. Tydings 

Sector leader

Russell Reynolds Associates

Major foundations; NGOs with focus on global health and conservation; large human service organizations

CEOs

Global

NR

J. Larry Tyler 

President

Tyler & Co.

Health care/life services

C-suite, chief medical officers, physician practice administrators

U.S.

Moses Cone Health System, Piedmont Health System, Emory Clinic, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, Munroe Regional Medical Center

Judith M. von Seldeneck 

Chairman/CEO, Diversified Search

Ray & Berndtson

Financial services, boards, diversity, health care, nonprofit

CEOs, CFOs, HR executives, corporate directors, marketing/branding heads

NA

Lincoln Financial Group; Citizens Bank; Pew Charitable Trust; Drexel Univ.; C&D Technologies

Didier Vuchot 

Chairman, Europe

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Private equity, luxury retail, consumer products, professional services, diversified industries

CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, nonexecutive board directors/chairmen

Global, especially Europe

Confidential

Charles W. B. Wardell III 

Senior client partner

Korn/Ferry Intl.

Financial services, HR

Consumer financial services, human resources

Global

NR<

Steve Watson 

International chairman

Stanton Chase

Software; hardware; telecommunications; IT services; building materials

CEOs, GMs, finance executives, sales/marketing, operations/manufacturing, engineering

Global

Kohler ; CTS; ION Geophysical; ENSCO; Elcoteq Americas

Dale Winston 

Chairwoman, CEO

Battalia Winston, U.S. Member Firm of Amrop Hever

Industrial manufacturing, nonprofit, IT, consumer goods

C-suite, board members

International

Confidential

John Wood* 

Partner

Spencer Stuart

Board services, consumer goods and services, financial services, technology, private equity

CEOs, presidents, board members

North America

Campbell Soup, Hershey, Clorox, Liz Claiborne, Hertz

Kathryn Yap 

Managing partner

CTPartners

Technology, telecommunications, media, biotech/health care, industrial

CEO, board members, CFOs, regional presidents

Greater China, India, Singapore

Orange Business Services; Mediacorp; Hewlett-Packard; F5 Networks; Logitech

 

 

 

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Complete List: Most Influential Headhunters

See BusinessWeek's exclusive list of the 100 most influential executive recruiters in the world

Ulrich F. Ackermann, Managing partner, board member, Transearch Intl. Deutschland

Alfredo José Assumpção, CEO, partner, FESA Global Recruiters

Jim Bagley, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Ignacio Bao, Chairman, Signium Intl.

Jean-Michel Beigbeder, President, CEO, Jean-Michel Beigbeder & Partners-CEO Search SA

Robert L. Benson, Chairman, Slayton Search Partners

Linda Bialecki, President, Bialecki Inc.

Robert J. Brudno, Managing director, Savoy Partners

Dennis Carey, Senior client partner, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Jim Citrin*, Senior director, Spencer Stuart

Christopher John Clarke, President, CEO, Boyden World

Michael James "Jim" Conroy, Chairman, founding partner, Conroy Ross Partners

Peter D. Crist, Chairman, Crist Associates

Robert Damon, President, North America, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Julie Hembrock Daum*, Practice leader, North American Board Services, Spencer Stuart

Peter de Jong, Managing director, regional VP-EMEA, Stanton Chase International

Sylvain Dhenin, Managing partner, CTPartners

Bruce Dingman*, President, The Dingman Co.

Theodore L. Dysart, Managing Partner of the Americas, Global Board of Directors Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Janice Reals Ellig, Co-CEO, Chadick Ellig

Claudio Fernandez-Araoz*, Partner, Egon Zehnder Intl.

Claudio A. Fernaud, Regional VP, Latin America, Stanton Chase Intl.

Richard Fudickar, Managing partner, Boyden Intl.

Sakie T. Fukushima, Regional Managing Director, Japan, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Jay Gaines, President, CEO, Jay Gaines & Co.

John T. Gardner, Vice-chairman, Heidrick & Struggles

Bob Gattie, Director, Amrop Hever

James W. Gauss, President, CEO, Witt/Kieffer

Charles A. Geoly, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Trina Gordon, Chairman, Boyden World

Joseph E. Griesedieck, Vice-chairman, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Michele C. Heid, Managing partner, Financial Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Jeff Hodge, Chairman, CEO, Hodge/Niederer/Cariani/Lindsay

David H. Hoffmann, Chairman, CEO, DHR International

Durant "Andy" Hunter, Managing partner, Ridgeway Partners

John M. Isaacson, President, managing director, Isaacson, Miller

Mark Jaffe, President, Wyatt & Jaffe

Dr. Bjorn Johansson, Chairman, CEO, Dr. Bjørn Johansson Associates

Janet Jones-Parker, Managing director, Jones-Parker/Starr

Edward Kelley, Chairman, CEO, Edward W Kelley & Partners

Claudia Lacy Kelly*, Leader, Human Resource Practice, Spencer Stuart

Roger M. Kenny, President, Boardroom Consultants

David Kimbell*, Co-Leader, European Board Services Practice, Spencer Stuart

Peter A. Kindler, Vice-chairman, Boardroom Consultants

Scott E. Kingdom, Global managing director, Industrial Markets, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Pasi Koivusaari, Senior partner, Boyden World

Marc Lamy, Managing director, partner, Boyden World

Bobbie Lenga, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Stephen P. Mader, Vice-chairman, managing director, Board Services, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Horacio J. McCoy, President, Mexico; Chairman, Latin America, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Tim C. McNamara, Managing director, Boyden World

Dinesh Mirchandani, Regional director, APAC; President, India, Boyden World

P. Clarke Murphy, Managing director, head of CEO/Board Services Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates

Caroline Nahas, Managing director, Southern California region; senior client partner, CEO & Board Services, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Thomas J. Neff*, Chairman, U.S., Spencer Stuart

James B. Norton III, President, CEO, Fiderion Group

Anne Lim O'Brien, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Justus John O'Brien*, Partner, Co-Leader of North America Board Services Practice, Global Head of Consumer Practice, Egon Zehnder Intl.

Dayton Ogden*, Global leader, CEO Practice, Spencer Stuart

John B. Peebles, Professional director, John Peebles Associates

Werner Penk, Global managing partner, Technology Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Steven G. Pezim, CEO, managing director, The Bedford Consulting Group/

Charley Polachi, Partner, co-founder, Polachi

David Preng, President, Preng & Associates

Marylin L. Prince, Co-founder, partner, PrinceGoldsmith LLC

Krishnan Rajagopalan, Global managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Paul C. Reilly, Chairman, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Hal Reiter, Chairman, CEO, Herbert Mines Associates

Tierney Remick, Global managing director, Consumer/Retail Market , Korn/Ferry Intl.

Russell S. Reynolds Jr., Chairman, RSR Partners (formerly Directorship Search Group)

Gerard R. Roche, Senior chairman, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Louisa Wong-Rousseau, Group managing director, Bó Lè Associates

William H. Rusher Jr., Chairman, CEO, Rusher, Loscavio & LoPresto

Burke St. John, Vice-chairman, global head of financial services, CTPartners

Jeff Sanders, Co-managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Jacques Sarfatti, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Rae Sedel, Managing director, board member, Russell Reynolds Associates

Diane Segalen, Vice-chairman, CTPartners

Richard "Rick" Slayton, President, Slayton Search Partners

Jane M. Stevenson, Global managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Owner, managing partner, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates

Carmen Suarez de Padilla, Director, Stanton Chase Intl.

Brian Sullivan, Chairman, CEO, CTPartners

William K. Sur, CEO, managing director, Conboy, Sur & Associates/Conboy Sur Morice & Associates

Vincent Swift, CEO, The Wright Co.

Soo Jin Tan, Director, Amrop Hever

Alain Tanugi, Chairman, Transearch Intl. Deutschland

John Thompson, Vice-chairman, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Kelvin Thompson, Managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Charles A. Tribbett, Co-head, CEO, Russell Reynolds Associates

Charles Tseng, President, Asia-Pacific, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Mary C. Tydings, Sector leader, Russell Reynolds Associates

J. Larry Tyler, President, Tyler & Co.

Judith M. von Seldeneck, Chairman/CEO, Diversified Search, Ray & Berndtson

Didier Vuchot, Chairman, Europe, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Charles W. B. Wardell III, Senior client partner, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Steve Watson, International chairman, Stanton Chase

Dale Winston, Chairwoman, CEO, Battalia Winston, U.S. Member Firm of Amrop Hever

John Wood*, Partner, Spencer Stuart

Kathryn Yap, Managing partner, CTPartners

* Recruiter chose not to participate in BusinessWeek's survey; information gathered from company Web site and other public sources

Monday, October 27, 2008

 

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