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Board & Councils
AESC 2025 Board of Directors

Chair
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles - Washington, DC

Vice Chair
Partner, Eric Salmon & Partners - Paris

Secretary/Treasurer
Chairman, Kincannon & Reed– Phoenix

Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates - Amsterdam

Managing Director, Global Leader Startups and Scale-ups, Stanton Chase - Mexico City

Chief Business Officer & Executive Partner, WittKieffer - South Florida

Partner, Boyden - Toronto

Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Avanos Medical - Georgia

Chief Marketing Officer, EY Americas - New York

Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner, Coulter Partners - London

Managing Partner, Spencer Stuart - Dublin

President & CEO, AESC - San Francisco

Founder, Ellis Kirk Group - Dallas

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company - Oslo

President/Managing Partner, Kaneko and Associates - Tokyo/Los Angeles

Global Director: Business Development, AltoPartners - Johannesburg

Managing Partner India & Regional VP, EMA Partners International – Mumbai
AESC 2025 Council of the Americas

Chair
CEO, Ellis Kirk Group. - Dallas

Vice Chair
Managing Director, Global Leader Startups and Scale-ups, Stanton Chase - Mexico City

Partner, Bäcker & Partners / AltoPartners - Buenos Aires

CEO, Furst Group / IIC Partners - Chicago

President, CareerSMITH - San Clemente, CA

Chief Business Officer, Executive Partner, Emerging Markets, and Interim Leadership, WittKieffer - Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Partner, Boyden - Toronto

President & CEO, AESC - San Francisco

Senior Client Partner, People Assets | Transearch - São Paulo, Brazil

Consultant, Spencer Stuart - New York

Partner, Coulter Partners - New York

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

President and Founder, The Grant Partners - Atlanta

Chief Administrative Officer, RSR Partners - New York

Partner, Heidrick & Struggles - Washington, DC

Managing Partner, Coleman Lew Canny Bowen / Penrhyn International - Charlotte, NC

Consultant, Cornerstone International Group - Kansas City

Senior Vice President, Slayton Search Partners - Chicago

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

Managing Director, Equation Partners/ AltoPartners - Santiago

Managing Partner, EMA Partners - New York

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

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

Principal, Rudish Health - Boca Raton, Florida

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

Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates - New York

Managing Partner and President of Kincannon & Reed - Phoenix

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

President, Vetted Solutions – Los Angeles, CA
AESC 2025 Council of Asia Pacific

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

Vice Chair;
Nomination & Governance CommitteeCEO, Cornerstone – Shanghai

Partner, Future Leadership - Melbourne

Membership Development Committee
Consultant, Transearch - Shanghai

Partner, Head of Leadership Advisory, Asia-Pacific, Odgers - Singapore

Chair, Regional Membership Development Committee
CEO, Executive Access and the Regional Head – APAC, Panorama Search - Mumbai

Founder & Managing Director, Quinton Anthony - Sydney

Partner, Heidrick & Struggles - Tokyo

ANZ Country Lead Chair
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Talent Partners - Sydney

India Chair
Consultant, Spencer Stuart - Bangalore

Japan Chair
Managing Partner, Boyden - Japan

President/Managing Partner, Kaneko and Associates - Tokyo/Los Angeles

Managing Partner, Signium - Mumbai

Southeast Asia Country Lead Chair
Managing Director APAC, Eric Salmon & Partners - Singapore

Chair Regional Nomination & Governance Committee
Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.- Melbourne

Founder, McKinney Consulting | Kestria - Seoul

Greater China Chair
Managing Director, Sheffield Haworth - Shanghai & Singapore

Managing Partner, AltoPartners - Mumbai

Nomination & Governance Committee
Managing Partner, Stanton Chase - Bengaluru

Associate Director, Sheffield - Wellington

Lead Partner, Watermark Search International - Melbourne
AESC 2025 Council of Europe, Africa & Middle East

Chair
Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates - Amsterdam

Vice Chair
Managing Director, Boyden - France

Executive Partner, Höchsmann & Company GmbH & Co. KG - Frankfurt

Managing Director, WittKieffer - Lausanne

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

Managing Partner, Amrop Romania - Bucharest

Partner, Talengo/ Panorama - Barcelona

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

Partner, rasd - Dubai

Partner, Exec Avenue - Casablanca

Managing Partner, EMA Partners - Johannesburg

Global Managing Partner, Heidrick & Struggles - London

Managing Partner, Hightech Partners - Brussels

President & Managing Director, AIMS International - Athens

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

Chairman, Meyer & Sohne GmbH/ ECI Group - Bocholt

CEO, Mercuri Urval - London

Managing Partner, TRANSEARCH - London

Global Director: Business Development, AltoPartners - Johannesburg

Chief Executive, Odgers Berndtson - London

Managing Partner, Cornerstone International Group - Madrid

Managing Director, Sheffield Haworth - London

Chair, Signium Global - Johannesburg

Chair, Regional Nomination & Governance Committee
Partner, Eric Salmon & Partners - Paris
