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WALKER JOINS DHR INTERNATIONAL AS MANAGING PARTNER

CHICAGO, IL, April 2, 2018 – Global executive search firm DHR International is pleased to announce that Lisa Walker has joined the firm as Managing Partner, leading the Global Industrial Practice. Walker brings more than two decades of expertise in executive search and senior industrial roles to the firm.

As the first female Industrial Practice Group Lead in firm history, Walker has extensive experience leading general management and key functional searches for Industrial clients seeking marketing, strategy, business development, technology and operations expertise. She specializes in commercialization roles and has built her reputation identifying talent with an emphasis on performance, potential and cultural fit. As a skilled engineer, Walker has held key roles inside and outside of executive search.

Prior to joining DHR International, Walker served as the Founder and Managing Director of Leadership Capital Advisors, a boutique retained executive search firm, where she was responsible for building revenue and infrastructure as well as managing entrepreneurial growth.

Previously, Walker was a Senior Partner with Korn/Ferry International and a Partner with Heidrick & Struggles. At Korn/Ferry, Walker initiated, built and led the Global Sustainability practice, including co-authoring white papers, driving brand positioning, and delivering incremental revenue in new markets. She repeated the practice development when she initiated the Global Agribusiness practice.

Prior to entering executive search, Walker was with BP Amoco, Air BP, as Chief Marketing Officer for the international jet fuel business. Walker also served as Director of Marketing Strategy for Amoco, where she developed the retail service station strategic plan, resulting in an integrated business strategy for gasoline, convenience store, auto repair, quick serve restaurant, and site real estate. She led special projects to deliver a new small lot convenience store model, market-specific operating plans, product slate management, and channel strategies.

Earlier in her career, Walker served as a Management Consultant with Bain & Company and A.T. Kearney in strategy, marketing and operations in their Chicago offices. Walker began her career as an Engineer at Honeywell Corporation, working in design and manufacturing with Honeywell’s solid-state electronics division in Colorado Springs and Minneapolis.

Walker earned her Master of Business Administration in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Walker has been honored by The White House as “a Champion of Change for her outstanding leadership in entrepreneurial mentoring, counseling, and training.” She serves on the Board of the University of Chicago Laboratory School, the Advisory Board of the University of Chicago Medical Center, Kovler Diabetes Center, Cornell University Engineering College Council and the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago.

For more than 25 years DHR International has been a leading, privately held provider of executive search solutions with more than 50 wholly-owned offices spanning the globe.  DHR’s renowned consultants specialize in all industries and functions in order to provide unparalleled senior-level executive search, management assessment and succession planning services tailored to the unique qualities and specifications of our select client base. For more information on DHR International, visit http://www.dhrinternational.com.