Jeffrey S. Sanders

Overview

Jeff Sanders is a vice chair and co-managing partner of the global CEO & Board of Directors Practice for Heidrick & Struggles. His primary focus is assisting high-impact companies with CEO and board succession.

Experience

Jeff is a member of Heidrick & Struggles’ management committee. Previously he was managing partner of the North American CEO Practice and global sector leader of the Software Practice.

Jeff authors many articles, including “The Path To Becoming a Fortune 500 CEO” (Forbes.com), “Memo to the Chairman: How to Interview Your Next CEO,” “Creating CEO Succession Processes,” “Joining the board of PE-backed company,” “The role of the CEO in board selection: too much, or too little, involvement can be problematic. Here is a best-practices process for CEO input and participation in the search for a new board member,” (copyright 2007; Directors & Boards).

Education

University of Arizona, BS in Business Administration