Heidrick & Struggles Names New Practice Heads
February 13, 2026 – 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 Angeles office. She is the global managing partner of the venture capital practice and a member of the global technology practice. Ms. Hennessy focuses on recruiting customer-facing and go-to-market executives within the software sector. Her placements include COOs and CEOs, heads of sales, and post-sales, which includes customer success, support, and services. She works with clients in various stages of growth, including venture capital—and private equity-backed companies and Fortune 500 companies.
Before joining Heidrick, Ms. Hennessy spent more than five years with boutique retained executive search firms catering to private equity funds and private equity-backed portfolio companies. While at these boutiques, she mainly focused on recruiting C-level executives to technology and tech-enabled business services companies and was responsible for marketing, business development, and strategic alliances.
Mr. Lebecq is a partner in Heidrick’s Brussels office. Previously, he was the regional managing partner of the industrial practice in Europe and Africa. An advisor to C-suites and boards, Mr. Lebecq focuses on senior-level appointments and leadership advisory engagements for corporate and private equity clients across Europe. He has over 30 years of international experience in the industrial space, with a spike in process industries, including chemicals, packaging, building materials, food & feed ingredients, plastics, steel, and other materials-related sectors.
Mr. Lebecq joined Heidrick & Struggles from Russell Reynolds Associates, where he led the European chemicals, materials & packaging practice for seven years. Previously, he spent nearly 20 years in the chemical industry at Dow Corning, Honeywell, and DSM.
Mr. Steinberg is a partner in Heidrick’s Miami office. He specializes in complex supply chain, procurement, and operations leadership roles for large multinational organizations, as well as for startups and private equity-backed businesses across a range of industries, often in transformation, scale, or succession contexts. Mr. Steinberg has wide cross-sector experience spanning industrials, technology, consumer, healthcare, and life sciences sectors.
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Prior to joining Heidrick, he spent 11 years with Korn Ferry, most recently as a partner in its supply chain center of expertise, helping clients identify the right supply chain, procurement, and operations talent, as well as their direct reports. Mr. Steinberg also worked closely with the firm’s advisory team on leadership consulting projects and thought leadership.
Take-Private Transaction
Valued at approximately $1.3 billion, the transaction creates a foundation for Heidrick & Struggles to execute an ambitious multi-year growth strategy. The move marks one of the most consequential transformations in the firm’s 70-year history, positioning it to further scale and accelerate its ability to develop differentiated, deep and durable global client relationships. “Heidrick & Struggles will continue to operate under its current brand and remains deeply committed to helping organizations build thriving leadership teams,” the firm said in a statement.
“This marks a pivotal milestone for Heidrick & Struggles,” said Tom Monahan, CEO of Heidrick. “With the support of Advent International, Corvex Private Equity, a distinguished network of long-term investors, and substantial investment from Heidrick & Struggles partners and leaders, we will be positioned to create even more value for our clients and our colleagues. This new platform will allow us to strengthen our world-class search business and the critical advisory and talent solutions our clients rely on. I’m grateful to our outgoing board for their leadership and for positioning us for long-term success. For our clients and our people, our commitment and day-to-day operations remain unchanged.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
