Board & Councils

David Turner

Chair

Managing Partner and President of Kincannon & Reed - Phoenix

Matrice Ellis Kirk

Vice Chair

CEO, Ellis Kirk Group. - Dallas

Lindsay Griesmeyer

Secretary/Treasurer

Chief Administrative Officer, RSR Partners - New York

Bryan Burg

Managing Director, Raines International - Chicago

Shaun Carpenter

Partner, PFM Executive Search / Panorama Search - Vancouver

Nick Chambers

Partner, Boyden - Toronto

Nordia Edwards

Consultant, Spencer Stuart - New York

Eileen Finn

AESC Americas Membership Committee Chair

President & Founder, Eileen Finn & Associates – New York

Nona Footz

Partner, Coulter Partners - New York

Rodrigo Foz Forte

Managing Partner, EXEC – Executive Performance | Panorama - São Paulo

Gabriel Gonzalez-Saavedra

President & CEO, GOSECO International Executive Search® - San Diego

Karen Greenbaum

President and Chief Executive Officer, AESC - New York

Julian Ha

Partner, Heidrick & Struggles - Washington, DC

Daniel W. Heiman

Consultant, Cornerstone International Group - Kansas City

Molly Hull

Senior Vice President, Slayton Search Partners - Chicago

Michele James

Founder and President, Avery James Inc. - Los Angeles

Emmeline Kuhn

Director, Leathwaite - New York

Cathy Logue

AESC Americas Nom/Gov Committee Chair

Managing Director, Global Leader CFO and Financial Executives Practice Group, Stanton Chase - Toronto

John Marshall

Chief Executive Officer, JM Search - King of Prussia, PA

Nicolás Mora Schrader

Managing Director, Equation Partners/ AltoPartners - Santiago

Jason Murray

President and Managing Partner, BIPOC Executive Search - Toronto

Steve Newton

Managing Director/Area Manager, Russell Reynolds Associates - Houston

Morten Nielsen

Senior Partner, Life Sciences Practice, WittKieffer - Cleveland

Chris Pantelidis

Managing Partner, EMA Partners - New York

Denielle Pemberton-Heard

Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, Diversified Search Group - Washington, DC

Shana Plott

CEO, Coleman Lew Canny Bowen / Penrhyn - Charlotte

Carol Robinson

Principal and Founder, Harbour West Consulting - North Vancouver, BC

Pauly Rodney

Senior Vice President and Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Raines International, Inc - New York

Jessica Rudish

Principal, Rudish Health - Boca Raton, Florida

Jose Ruiz

CEO & Managing Partner, Alder Koten / IMD International Search Group - Houston and Mexico City

John Ryan

US Regional Vice President, TRANSEARCH - Chicago

Ranju Shergill

Partner and Executive Recruiter, - Pekarsky & Co. - Calgary

Jennifer Silvester

CEO & Senior Partner, Silvester & Company - Salt Lake City

Thayanie Ujino

Managing Partner, FESA Group / IIC Partners - Sao Paulo

Conrad Woody

Head, U.S. Association & Corporate Affairs Practice, Odgers Berndtson - Washington, DC

Grace Cheng

Chair

Country Manager, China, Russell Reynolds - Beijing

Malcolm Duncan

Vice Chair

Director, The Insight Group - Sydney

Anissa Low

Secretary/Treasurer

Managing Director, WittKieffer - Singapore

Louisa Wong

Chair Emeritus

Executive Chairman, Global Sage - Hong Kong

Sonal Agrawal

Managing Partner, AltoPartners / Accord India – Mumbai

Aparna Ahuja

Principal, Athena Executive Search and Consulting - Delhi

Wai-Leong Chan

Consultant, Eric Salmon & Partners – Singapore

Priya Chetty Rajagopal

Founder, Multiversal Advisory – Bengaluru

Nancy Chu

Managing Partner, Cornerstone International Group – Hong Kong

Agamjeet Dang

CEO, Executive Access and the Regional Head – APAC, Panorama Search - Mumbai

Rosalind De Sailly

Director and Founder, De Sailly Consulting - Sydney

Shailja Dutt

Insight & Education Chair

Managing Partner – Stellar Search Founder & Chief of Ideas - Delhi

Sean Garvey

Australia Chair

Partner, Technology, Digital & CIO Practice, Odgers Berndtson - Sydney

Phillip Guest

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Talent Partners - Sydney

CK Guruprasad

India Chair

Consultant, Spencer Stuart - Bangalore

Cecile Hofer

Managing Partner and Founder Member, Amrop Hofer Tan - Singapore

Stephen L. Irish

Japan Chair

Managing Partner, Boyden - Japan

Liz Jones

Managing Partner, Fisher Leadership - Melbourne

Jiyeon Kim

Managing Partner, Signium – Seoul

James Lawrence-Brown

Chair, Membership & Development

Partner, Leathwaite - Hong Kong

Debra Lucas

Partner, Omera Partners - Sydney

Stephen McAlinden

Chair - Hong Kong

APAC & ME Regional Leader, Heidrick & Struggles - Hong Kong

Nicola Mirza

New Zealand Chair

Partner, Johnson Partners - Auckland

Yen Pin Ng

Managing Director, Sheffield Haworth - Shanghai & Singapore

Phillip Osborne

Chair - Nomination & Governance

Managing Partner, Asia-Pacific, Kincannon & Reed - Sydney

Warren Rushbrook

Practice Director - Infrastructure & Head of Search, Quinton Anthony - Sydney

Geoff Slade

Executive Chairman, TRANSEARCH - Melbourne

K Sudarshan

Managing Partner India & Regional VP, EMA Partners International – Mumbai

Katherine Wang

C.E.O & Founder, Fitco-Consulting - Beijing

Jacinta Whelan

Lead Partner, Watermark Search International - Melbourne

David Wu

Founder, CEO and Managing Partner, GMPTALENT International- Shanghai

Tim Sheffield

Chair

Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee
Chairman, Sheffield Haworth - London

Kristen Smit

Vice Chair

Managing Partner, Boyden - Paris

Jennifer Borrer

Secretary/Treasurer

Managing Partner and Founder, Borrer Executive Search - Lausanne

Joe Coulter

Chair Emeritus

Chair, Regional Membership Committee
Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner, Coulter Partners - London

George Abdushelishvili

Senior Partner, Chairman, Ward Howell - Moscow

Emanuela Aureli

Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice and CEO and Board Practice, Spencer Stuart - London

Christo Badenhorst

Director, Search Partners International/AltoPartners - Johannesburg

Bendik Nicolai Blindheim

Managing Partner, ISCO Group - Oslo

Jacques Bouwens

Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates - Amsterdam

Alice Breeden

Partner, Co-RPMP CEO & Board of Directors Practice, Heidrick & Struggles - London

Tom Christensen

Global Vice Chair, Practice Groups; Managing Partner, Stanton Chase - Oslo

Oana Ciornei

Managing Partner, Amrop Romania - Bucharest

Manuel Clavel

Partner, Talengo/ Panorama - Barcelona

Lydia Goutas

Managing Partner, Cornerstone International Group - Vienna

Raffaele Jacovelli

Managing Partner, Hightech Partners - Brussels

Ewa Kuszelewski

Partner, Michaël Berglund AB/ IIC Partners & Vice Chair EMEA of IIC Partners - Stockholm

Marcus Meyer

Chairman, Meyer & Sohne GmbH/ ECI Group - Bocholt

Franco A. Parodi

Founder, Parodi & Associates - Düsseldorf

Bernard Perry

Managing Partner, TRANSEARCH - London

Kester Scrope

Chief Executive, Odgers Berndtson - London

Olivia Sharp

Partner, Executive Search, Human Resources Practice, Eton Bridge Partners - Windsor

Annelize van Rensburg

Chair, Signium Global - Johannesburg

Andrew Wallace

Founding Partner & Managing Partner, Leathwaite - London

Patrycja Weglorz

Partner, EMA Partners - Poland

Sophie Wigniolle

Chair, Regional Nomination & Governance Committee

Partner, Eric Salmon & Partners - Paris