Mary Matthews

Managing Director

Mary Matthews

Mary Matthews is an accomplished executive search generalist who has worked with clients in Consumer, Financial Services, FinTech, Industrial, Life Sciences and Technology for many years. Mary has recruited world-class board members, C-Level leadership teams and their direct reports in these sectors across North America and Europe. Her clients have ranged from small and middle market to large multi-national public, private and investor-backed companies. Before Stanton Chase, Mary founded and operated Covenant Executive Search Partners (CovenantES) for five years. Previously, Mary contributed to the growth of Korn Ferry International and Diversified Search (US) as a senior partner.

Her corporate career includes positions in marketing and operations with Kaiser Aluminum and Florida National Bank. A Florida native, Mary graduated in business administration from Florida State University and studied for her master’s in organizational psychology at Columbia University in New York. She has served as a Member of the Board, Trustees Committee, Lyme College of Fine Arts, and a parent volunteer for Dartmouth College, Deerfield Academy and The Chapin School. Currently, she is on the Steering Committee, 30% Club, New York. Mary has successfully completed more than 500 searches and her client covenant is, “To recruit and close the highest quality candidates and deliver the ultimate client service so that companies are transformed, successful and profitable to produce excellent results for shareholders.”