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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
Chief Business Officer & Executive Partner, WittKieffer - South Florida
Partner, Boyden - Toronto
Vice President, Human Resources and Global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Boston Scientific - Georgia
Chief Marketing Officer, EY Americas - New York
Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner, Coulter Partners - London
President & CEO, AESC - San Francisco
Founder, Ellis Kirk Group - Dallas
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company - Oslo
President/Managing Partner, Kaneko and Associates - Tokyo/Los Angeles
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
CEO, Cornerstone – Shanghai
Partner, Future Leadership - Melbourne
Chair Regional Nomination & Governance Committee
CEO, Executive Access and the Regional Head – APAC, Panorama Search - Mumbai
ANZ Chair
Partner, Technology, Digital & CIO Practice, Odgers Berndtson - Sydney
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles - Tokyo
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
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
Managing Partner, Stanton Chase - Bengaluru
Associate Director, Sheffield - Wellington
Practice Director - Infrastructure & Head of Search, Quinton Anthony - Sydney
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 Partner and Founder, Borrer Executive Search - 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
