Heidrick & Struggles Announces Newly Created Leadership Roles and Key Appointments
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CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
-- Kamau Coar is appointed to newly created role of Chief Inclusion Officer in
addition to his responsibilities as Chief Legal Officer
-- Jenni Hibbert is appointed to new role of Head of Search Go-To-Market
Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) today announced new leadership roles and
appointments, effective January 1, 2021, as part of the firm's long-term
strategic plans to accelerate business growth and strengthen its focus on
diversity and the firm's workplace culture.
"We continue to transform our business and build for the future," said Krishnan
Rajagopalan, President and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles. "As we progress on this
journey, our leadership and workplace culture remain foundational to our
success. We have a long-standing commitment to developing talent from within
our firm, and these new roles and leadership changes put us in an even stronger
position to support our employees while delivering world-class advisory
services to our clients."
The leaders appointed to the following new roles will report to the President
and CEO and work closely with the firm's Management Committee and Board of
Directors to advance its strategic plans.
Kamau Coar (
is named to the newly created role of Chief Inclusion Officer, in addition to
his current role as Chief Legal Officer. As Chief Inclusion Officer, Coar is
responsible for shaping the firm's diversity and inclusion efforts, including
talent development, employee resources and culture. He will work with leaders
across the firm to create strategies, programs and initiatives that help ensure
diverse representation and further strengthen the firm's inclusive culture
across all levels.
"Kamau has been a champion for inclusion throughout his career. This new role
is both timely and crucial as our firm advances with a sharpened focus on
diversity and inclusion," said Rajagopalan. "While we have made many important
strides forward, Kamau brings a new lens and accountability to helping create a
more diverse and equitable workforce and an open environment and culture where
all employees can succeed and thrive. Our investments in diversity, equity and
inclusion are critical to amplifying our entrepreneurial culture, and to
driving innovation through a workforce empowered to bring the full power of new
and diverse ideas, perspectives and talents."
Jenni Hibbert (
) is appointed to a new role as Global Managing Partner, Head of Executive
Search Go-To-Market. In this role, Hibbert will focus on deepening client
relationships, finding new ways to scale the firm's services globally, and
identifying new strategic growth opportunities. Most recently, she served as
Global Practice Managing Partner for the Financial Services practice, the
firm's largest in size and scale.
"Jenni brings proven leadership experience to her new role, and has a strong
grasp on the needs of our clients, not only in financial services, but also at
the Board and C-suite levels across multiple industries and sectors," said
Rajagopalan. "In this role, she brings her skills as a data-driven leader
toward growing and scaling our accounts globally, delivering a broader
integrated suite of services with Heidrick Consulting and expanding into new
markets and industry sectors."
In addition to these new roles, the following leadership changes have been
implemented as part of the firm's ongoing leadership development and succession
planning efforts:
-- Alyse Bodine (
),
Partner, Global Head of Financial Officers Practice
-- Sam Burman (
),
Partner, Global Practice Managing Partner, Disruptive Innovators Team,
and Head of Specialty Practices
-- Tim Dietlin (
),
Partner, Global Practice Managing Partner, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Practice
-- Jonathan Graham (
),
Partner, Global Practice Managing Partner, Industrial Practice
-- Tom Murray (
),
Partner, Global Practice Managing Partner, Global Technology Services
-- Victoria Reese (
),
Partner, Global Practice Managing Partner, Corporate Officers Practice;
Reese also continues to lead the Legal, Risk, Compliance and Government
Affairs Practice
-- Todd Taylor (
),
Partner, Global Practice Managing Partner, Financial Services Practice
About Heidrick & Struggles
Heidrick & Struggles (
) (Nasdaq: HSII) serves the senior-level talent and leadership needs of the
world's top organizations as a trusted advisor across executive search,
leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and
culture shaping services. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of
executive search more than 60 years ago. Today, the firm provides integrated
leadership solutions to help our clients change the world, one leadership team
at a time.(R) www.heidrick.com
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