Richard Sbarbaro is a former Chairman of EMA Partners International and has served as the Global Practice Leader for the Education and Not-for-Profit sectors and is currently serving on the EMA Partners International Executive Committee as VP Business Development and Professional Standards. He is also a Co-Leader of EMA’s North American Financial and Global Payments & Transactions Service practices. Richard has a unique blend of corporate experience and executive search consulting spanning more than 30 years.
As an executive search practitioner, he has supervised and conducted over 2,000 senior level assignments nationally and internationally for over 350 organizations across industry sectors, and for all functional areas at levels ranging from CEO through middle management
Prior to his transition into the executive search profession, Richard served as a principal of Booz, Allen and Hamilton, and as a Senior Vice President of the Midwest Stock Exchange. His responsibilities included coordination and management of the Stock Exchange’s Chicago-based Clearing, Trust, Stock Transfer and Service Bureau subsidiaries, and was responsible for national securities transaction and processing systems on behalf of major banking, brokerage, securities exchange, insurance and other organizations.
Richard has established successful long term relationships with major U.S. banks, brokerage, insurance, venture capital and other financial institutions. He has served on, and has led national committees commissioned by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to improve and enhance transaction processing.
Richard earned his B.S. degree in Commerce and an MBA from DePaul University where he has served as a member of the Athletic Board, President’s Club Council Board, Special Gifts Committee, Graduate School of Management Advisory Council and as an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Business. He also has served as an executive committee member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants. He currently is a member of SHRM and World at Work.
