Overview
Guy Cote is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Miami office and leads the global Hospitality & Leisure Sector. With more than 20 years of executive search experience, Guy has deep expertise partnering with multi-site, consumer-facing, service-related businesses with significant emphasis on the customer experience.
Experience
Focusing on C-suite leadership, Guy works extensively with organizations in the hotel, cruise, tour operator, trade association, and dining industries. His portfolio includes a wide spectrum of clients, from publicly traded to private-equity backed, from growth-focused to turnaround-oriented, where the search strategy involves looking across industries and functions to identify game-changing leadership.
Key to this dynamic, Guy has frequently engaged pan-regionally with counterparts in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Recent assignments include board, CEO, COO, CMO, CHRO, and general management positions, as well as development, growth strategy, and innovation.
Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Guy spent four years at a consulting firm as a principal working in executive search and management consulting. Before finding his passion in leadership consulting, Guy worked within several service industries as a manager with Andersen Consulting. He began his career in GE Capital’s Management Development Program.
Education
Columbia Business School, MBA, Marketing and Operations
Georgetown University, Undergraduate Degree, Economics