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AESC Governance

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Global Board of Directors

Sophie Wigniolle
Partner

Eric Salmon & Partners

Chair
Jacques Bouwens
Managing Director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Vice Chair
David Turner
Executive Vice President

Slayton Search Partners

Secretary / Treasurer
Julian Ha
Partner

Heidrick & Struggles

Chair Emeritus
Pilar Brogeras
Managing Director, Global Leader Startups and Scale-ups

Stanton Chase
Nick Chambers
Partner

Boyden
Camille Chang Gilmore
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Avanos
Toni Clayton-Hine
Chief Marketing Officer

EY Americas
Joe Coulter
Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner

Coulter Partners
Ruth Curran
Managing Partner

Spencer Stuart
James Edmund Datri
President & CEO

AESC
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Founder

Ellis Kirk Group
Paul Jenkins
Senior Partner

McKinsey & Company
Julia Scheffer
Global Director: Business Development

AltoPartners
K Sudarshan
Managing Director

EMA Partners International
Simon Wan
Chief Executive / President, China

Cornerstone

Americas Governance Council

Pilar Brogeras
Managing Director, Global Leader Startups and Scale-ups

Stanton Chase

Chair
James Zaniello
President

Vetted Solutions

Vice Chair
Lucrecia Airaldi
Managing Partners

EMA Partners
Sandra Olive Bäcker
Partner

Bäcker & Partners / AltoPartners
Sherrie Barch
CEO

Furst Group / IIC Partners
Matthew D. Belda
Consultant

Spencer Stuart
Tony Bollinger
President

CareerSMITH
Christina Cary
Partner-in-Charge

Heidrick & Struggles
Nick Chambers
Partner

Boyden
James Edmund Datri
President & CEO

AESC
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Founder

Ellis Kirk Group
Ricardo Du Pain
Senior Client Partner

People Assets | TRANSEARCH
Nona Footz
Partner

Coulter Partners
Greg Gerson
Founder & CEO

Fusion Search Partners
Gabriel Gonzalez-Saavedra
President & CEO

GOSECO International Executive Search®
Ryan Grant
President & Founder

The Grant Partners
Lindsay Griesmeyer
Chief Administrative Officer

RSR Partners
Jonas Hedin
Managing Partner

Coleman Lew Canny Bowen / Penrhyn International
Daniel W. Heiman
Global President

Cornerstone International Group
Molly Hull
Senior Vice President

Slayton Search Partners
John Marshall
Chief Executive Officer

JM Search
Nicolás Mora Schrader
Managing Director

Equation Partners/AltoPartners
Denielle Pemberton-Heard
Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer

DGS Global
Amy Reid
Managing Partner, Executive Search

Royer Thompson
Carol Robinson
Principal & Founder

Harbour West Consulting
Jessica Rudish
Principal

Rudish Health
Jennifer Silvester
CEO & Senior Partner

Silvester & Company
Stephanie Tomasso
Managing Director, Hub Leader

Russell Reynolds Associates
David Turner
Executive Vice President

Slayton Search Partners
Derek Wilkinson
Partner, US Head Public Impact Practice, US Co-Head Education Practice, & Global Co-Head, Public Impact Practice

Odgers
Conrad Woody
Head, U.S. Association & Corporate Affairs Practice

Odgers Berndtson

APAC Governance Council

K Sudarshan
Managing Director

EMA Partners International

Chair
Simon Wan
Chief Executive / President, China

Cornerstone

Vice Chair
Katrina Andrews
Managing Partner, Global

Andrews Partnership
David Baber
Partner

Future Leadership
Brant Burke
Managing Partner

TRANSEARCH
Karen Chiew
Partner, Head of Leadership Advisory, Asia-Pacific

Odgers
Agamjeet Dang
CEO, Executive Access and the Regional Head – APAC

Panorama
Sergio Floyd
Founder & Managing Director

Quinton Anthony
Steven Greenberg
Partner

Heidrick & Struggles
Phillip Guest
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Pacific Talent Partners
CK Guruprasad
Consultant

Spencer Stuart
Stephen L. Irish
Managing Partner

Boyden
Kiran Koppula
Managing Partner

Signium
Jonas Korbstein
Managing Director, APAC

Eric Salmon & Partners
Anne Zhang Kristensen
Partner & Director

MU (Mercuri Urval)
Alistair Macrae
Managing Director

Russell Reynolds Associates
Steven McKinney
Founder

McKinney Consulting | Kestria
Yen Pin Ng
Managing Director

Sheffield Haworth
Toral Patel
Managing Partner

AltoPartners
Sripad K N Rao
Managing Partner

Stanton Chase
Patrick Rooney
Associate Director

Sheffield
Jacinta Whelan
Lead Partner

Watermark Search International

EMEA Governance Council

Jacques Bouwens
Managing Director

Russell Reynolds Associates

Chair
Jenni Hibbert
Global Managing Partner

Heidrick & Struggles

Vice Chair
Thorsten Amend-Schnaar
Executive Partner

Höchsmann & Company GmbH & Co. KG
Tom Christensen
Global Vice Chair, Practice Groups; Managing Partner

Stanton Chase
Oana Ciornei
Managing Partner

Amrop Romania
Manuel Clavel
Partner

Talengo/Panorama
Joe Coulter
Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner

Coulter Partners
Ruth Curran
Managing Partner

Spencer Stuart
Kathleen Dunton
Managing Partner, Germany, and Chair, Board of Directors

Boyden
Alex Essaid
Partner

rasd
Dalil Guendouz
Partner

Exec Avenue
Chris Hardy
Managing Partner

EMA Partners
Raffaele Jacovelli
Managing Partner

Hightech Partners
Dimitris Kleftakis
President & Managing Director

AIMS International
Marcus Meyer
Chairman

Meyer & Sohne GmbH/ ECI Group
Richard Moore
CEO

MU (Mercuri Urval)
Päivi Paanila
Partner

Avant Advisors
Julia Scheffer
Global Director: Business Development

AltoPartners
Kester Scrope
Chief Executive

Odgers Berndtson
Elena Terol
Managing Partner

Cornerstone International Group
Helen Tudor
Managing Director

Sheffield Haworth
Annelize van Rensburg
Chair

Signium Global
Celeste Whatley
Chief Executive Officer

TRANSEARCH
Sophie Wigniolle
Partner

Eric Salmon & Partners

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