Heidrick & Struggles

About Us

Heidrick & Struggles is the world’s foremost advisor on executive leadership, driving superior client performance through premier human capital leadership advisory services. For more than 70 years, we have delivered value for our clients by leveraging unrivaled expertise to help organizations discover and enable outstanding leaders and teams. Learn more at www.heidrick.com.

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Solutions And Expertise

Executive Search

A pioneer in executive search and still leading the way

Heidrick’s legacy is grounded in executive search. We help you recruit the best executive talent from around the world.

  • CEO & Board of Directors
  • Digital Officers
  • Financial Officers
  • Human Resources Officers
  • Legal, Risk, Compliance & Government Affairs
  • Marketing, Sales & Strategy Officers
  • Supply Chain & Operations Officers
  • Technology Officers

Industry Expertise

Integrated solutions across industries

We serve clients across virtually every industry and sector.

  • Climate & Sustainability
  • Consumer Markets
  • Financial Services
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Industrial
  • Private Equity
  • Social Impact
  • Technology
  • Venture Capital

Leadership

Building a strong foundation of future-ready leaders

Our leadership advisory services can help assess, develop, coach, and accelerate leaders, teams, and entire organizations.

  • Agile Leader Potential (ALP)
  • Board Effectiveness
  • CEO Succession Planning
  • Chief Executive Acceleration
  • Digital Leadership
  • Coaching
  • Leadership Assessment
  • Leadership Development
  • Talent Planning M&A
  • Team Acceleration

On-Demand Talent

In-demand talent, on demand

Heidrick & Struggles provides clients seamless access to an on-demand marketplace of top independent talent and interim leaders with deep industry and functional expertise.

  • Interim Executives
  • On-Demand Project Leaders, Consultants, and Experts

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We work closely with senior leaders to create comprehensive, data-driven DE&I strategies that deliver sustainable results.

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
  • Director Institute

Organization & Culture

Position your organization to outperform

We help clients embed the mindset, behaviors, and operational changes needed to turn culture into a competitive advantage.

  • Culture Shaping
  • Organization Acceleration
  • Organizational Simplicity
Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Culture Shaping
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Interim
  • Interim Resources
  • Interim Staff and Consultants
  • Interim Staffing
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • On-Demand Recruiting
  • Succession Planning
  • Workplace Mgmt.
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Education
  • Financial Services
  • Government
  • Industrial
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Non-Profit
  • Professional Services
  • Technology
Functions
  • Advertising
  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Invest. Mgmt./Banking
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

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News Briefings

Heidrick & Struggles Names New Practice Heads

Executive search, leadership consulting and culture shaping services provider Heidrick & Struggles has named Alexis Hennessy as global head of the sales & commercial officers practice as well as Fabrice Lebecq and Seth Steinberg as the new co-global heads of the supply chain officers & operations officers practice. Ms. Hennessy is a partner in Heidrick’s Los

Why First-Time Chief People Officers Are Becoming Mission-Critical Business Leaders

Amid ongoing economic, social, geopolitical, and technological disruption, placing the right leaders in the right roles—and ensuring they lead in the right way—has become critical. Yet the greatest obstacle to achieving organizational ambitions remains a lack of leadership talent equipped to navigate unprecedented complexity and change. Chief people officers are uniquely placed to overcome this

Hunt Scanlon’s Top 10 Recruiting Stories of 2025

In 2025, the recruiting and executive search industry entered a pivotal transformation driven by the rapid integration of AI and data intelligence. As firms navigated uneven hiring demand and ongoing consolidation, recruiters increasingly turned to AI-powered platforms, advanced analytics, and leadership science to deliver sharper insight, faster outcomes, and measurable value for clients. Investor activity

Hunt Scanlon’s Top 10 Search Assignments for 2025

Executive search in 2025 remained steady and increasingly strategic, as organizations continue to rely on trusted advisors to navigate high-stakes leadership decisions amid ongoing market complexity. Hunt Scanlon Media now takes its annual look back at the top 10 searches of the year. Across these following assignments, executive search firms showcased how leadership recruiting is increasingly

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