CEO & Board of Directors
CEO & Board of Directors
Helping organizations lead with purpose to be the best they can be now and in the future
CEOs and boards are facing ever-growing disruption and responsibilities. In addition to increased shareholder pressure, activists, digital transformation, and ESG, leadership teams must remain focused on the future and the complexities of CEO succession, C-suite buildouts and creating a dynamic and transparent boardroom that encourages diversity of thought, talent, and teams.
Heidrick & Struggles has a proven global track record of working at the top with efficiency and discretion. Our data-driven advisory approach and extensive global talent network help our clients build inclusive, sustainable leadership teams with the right skills, knowledge, and agility to adapt, change, and remain effective to ensure long-term success.
CEO & Board of Directors
2026 CEO & Board Confidence Monitor
The results of our third annual global survey of CEOs and board members indicate that leaders are becoming more adept at operating through sustained disruption.
CEO & Board of Directors
Board Monitor 2025: The quiet power of continuous board refreshment
Our CEO & Board of Directors Practice examines how and why high-performing companies treat board refreshment as a strategic discipline.
Board Monitor 2025
CEO & Board of Directors
Board Monitor 2025: Interactive data dashboard
Explore our data on the 2024 appointees to the boards of the largest companies in 30 markets around the world.
CEO Succession Planning
Route to the Top 2025 | The ascent redefined: Charting more effective routes to the summit
This report, part of our Route to the Top series, reviews the current state of succession planning globally, why more boards aren’t moving more intentionally, and some observations about the possible future of CEO succession planning.
Organizational culture shaping
Aligning culture with the bottom line
Our second survey of CEOs around the world underscores the deep links leaders see between culture and financial performance.
Chief Executive Officer
The composition of Fortune 100 executive teams: How diverse is the CEO succession pipeline at leading companies?
Heidrick & Struggles research shows low levels of gender and ethnic diversity in key internal pathways to the CEO role, suggesting that it will be challenging to increase diversity among Fortune 100 CEOs in the medium term.
Meet our leadership
Bonnie W. Gwin
Global Managing Partner
Jeffrey S. Sanders
Global Managing Partner
Lyndon A. Taylor
Regional Managing Partner, Americas
Guy Farrow
Regional Managing Partner, Asia Pacific & Middle East
Sylvain Dhenin
Regional Co-Managing Partner, Europe & Africa
Adam Badenoch
Lead, Australia
Annalie Davies
Lead, Australia
Fergus Kiel
Lead, Australia
Gaby Riddington
Lead, Australia
Marie-Hélène De Coster
Lead, Benelux
Marcos Macedo
Lead, Brazil
Paulo Mendes
Lead, Brazil
Laryssa Topolnytsky, PhD
Lead, Canada
Grace Gu
Lead, China
Linda Zhang
Lead, China
Anne Mette Dissing-Immerkær
Lead, Denmark
Tobias Petri
Lead, Denmark
Merja Eskola
Lead, Finland
Kim Pomoell
Lead, Finland
Hervé Borensztejn
Lead, France
Dr. Christine Stimpel
Lead, Germany
Jens Vogt
Lead, Germany
Dr. Nicolas von Rosty
Lead, Germany
Liza Sze
Lead, Hong Kong
Charul Madan
Lead, India
Suresh Raina
Lead, India
Steven Mark Greenberg
Lead, Japan
Aya Iinuma
Lead, Japan
Noriko Watanabe
Lead, Japan
Niels Bentzen
Lead, Middle East & North Africa
Richard Guest
Lead, Middle East & North Africa
Maliha Jilani
Lead, Middle East & North Africa
Markus Wiesner
Lead, Middle East & North Africa
Imke Lampe
Lead, The Netherlands
Hnn-Hui Hii
Lead, Singapore
Tonny Loh
Lead, Singapore
Jiat-Hui Wu
Lead, Singapore
Pilar Santiago
Lead, Spain
Luis Urbano
Lead, Spain
YH Yeonho Kim
Lead, South Korea
Veronique Parkin
Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa
Mark Watt
Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa
Patrik Hammar
Lead, Sweden
Kit Bingham
Lead, United Kingdom
Sharon Sands
Lead, United Kingdom
Dustin Seale
Lead, United Kingdon
Claire Skinner
Lead, United Kingdom
How can we help?
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