Egon Zehnder Announces New Global CEO Practice Leadership

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Egon Zehnder, a global leader in executive search and leadership advisory services, today announced that the firm’s Global CEO Practice will be led by partners George L. Davis, Jr., based in Boston and Kati Najipoor-Schütte, based in Frankfurt.

“Global business dynamics have evolved, making the CEO selection process more complex,” says George L. Davis, Jr., Global CEO Practice Lead. “Boards must now forecast the future, assess possibilities, and also mitigate risk.”

Egon Zehnder’s Global CEO Practice is comprised of 100 experienced consultants, with expertise across all industry segments and global markets. Informed by 10,000 senior executive assessments and over 1,000 CEO placements, the Global CEO Practice uses a proprietary process to benchmark CEO candidates on a global scale and support the board through all phases of CEO succession planning, assessment and development, CEO search and integration.

“As the global market for top executives gets tighter, boards must set the succession agenda and development of CEO candidates very early on,” says Kati Najipoor-Schütte, Global CEO Practice Lead. “CEO leadership must be assessed through a wider lens that includes understanding a leader’s potential for future success to ensure a chief executive who can meet the organization’s challenges today and tomorrow.”

To learn more about Egon Zehnder’s CEO Practice visit http://www.egonzehnder.com/us/our-services/client-services/ceo-practice.html.

About Egon Zehnder

Founded in 1964, Egon Zehnder is a global leader in executive search and talent advisory services with more than 400 consultants in 69 offices across 41 countries. The firm provides senior-level executive search, board search and advisory, CEO succession, family business advisory as well as leadership assessment and development to the world’s most respected organizations. Egon Zehnder’s clients range from large corporations to emerging growth companies, family and private-equity controlled entities, government and regulatory bodies, and major educational and cultural organizations. For more information visit www.egonzehnder.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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