Overview
Amanda Worthington is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles' Chicago office and global managing partner of the Consumer Practice. She advises boards, CEOs, and investors on executive search, CEO succession, board appointments, and leadership strategy, helping organizations build leadership teams that support growth, transformation, and long-term value creation.
Experience
For more than 20 years, Amanda has worked with Fortune 500 companies, mid- and large-cap private capital portfolio companies, and emerging disruptive startups across branded consumer products, consumer services, durable goods, manufacturing, and industrial businesses. She has led executive searches for board directors, chief executive officers, CEO successors, and division presidents, partnering with clients through critical leadership decisions during periods of growth, operational change, business transformation, and corporate separations.
That work led Amanda to co-create Heidrick & Struggles' Global Carve-out Center of Excellence, helping clients address the unique leadership challenges associated with corporate separations and carve-outs. She also advises founder-led and family-owned businesses on leadership succession, governance, and ownership transitions, having worked with more than 35 organizations as they navigate pivotal decisions about their future.
Amanda previously led the firm's global Consumer Products sector and served as regional managing partner of the Consumer Practice. She has represented Heidrick & Struggles at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit.
Education
Loyola University Chicago, Master's Degree in Business Administration, magna cum laude
Loyola University Chicago, Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa