Egon Zehnder has worked at the cutting edge of the consumer sector for decades to attract, retain, and develop extraordinary leaders with uncommon vision. With 71 offices around the globe, we bring a wealth of diverse perspectives to the table, empowering us to deliver insights that matter. Our personalized approach ensures we find the right leadership solutions tailored for today and the future—whether navigating shareholder activism, online competition, business transformation, or shifting consumer preferences. With a team of over 150 seasoned consultants who hail directly from the consumer industry, we possess an insider's understanding of the challenges our clients face. Over the past five years, we've successfully completed more than 6,500 assignments, including over 500 CEO searches, establishing ourselves as leaders in talent advisory, CEO succession, and C-suite assessment and coaching. The Consumer Practice encompasses Consumer Products, Retail and Luxury, Media & Entertainment, Restaurants/Leisure/Hospitality, and Sports.

Egon Zehnder's Family Business Advisory works closely with families, founders, owners, and senior executives to navigate the challenges of leadership, succession, and governance across generations. Based on decades of experience serving many of the world's finest family companies, we know that the critical first step in this journey is to build alignment among family members around their unique philosophy and approach to business and ownership. With this in mind, our Family Business Advisors work closely with family members and owners to create an environment that drives the best people decisions in their specific context. A well-defined governance framework that separates business from ownership and defines a clear process for families and owners to resolve family and business issues is vital to family business management success. Our goal across all our services is to help you make better people decisions for critical roles, systematically increase your leaders' readiness to take on bigger challenges, build a sustainable talent pipeline, and ensure that your family business has the diverse strengths required to sustain competitive advantage.

Given continually changing regulatory requirements, the growing impact of data analytics, the emergence of disruptive business models as barriers to market entry erode, and ongoing geopolitical complexities, Egon Zehnder's deep expertise and integrated approach are positioned to enable financial services firms to address any leadership challenges. With 135 consultants globally, Egon Zehnder's Financial Services Practice is the largest in the industry. We have carried out more than 6,000 assignments for our clients over the past five years, including 300 CEO searches, with demonstrated strength in talent advisory, CEO succession, and C-suite assessment, development, and coaching. Our practice covers Asset Management, Digital Assets/Crypto/Web3, FinTech, Infrastructure, Insurance, Banking and Markets, Private Equity, Retail Financial Services, Risk Management, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Wealth Management. We hire exclusively from industry, ensuring our consultants have firsthand knowledge of the issues confronting leaders in the rapidly transforming financial services space.

Companies need a new kind of leadership in the rapidly transforming healthcare and life sciences sector. At Egon Zehnder, our Health Practice finds and develops leaders from across industries and geographies with the ability to catalyze change across an entire organization. The Egon Zehnder Health team serves organizations dedicated to improving global health and well-being through senior executive search, talent assessment, and leadership development. The firm's resources are focused on areas of critical importance to its clients, including consumer centricity, data and technology insights, product innovation, and global healthcare systems. With Egon Zehnder's leadership solutions, you can ensure that you stay at the forefront of the innovations in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. Our Health Practice serves a broad range of clients from large pharmaceutical companies to earlier stage biotechs, as well as VC and PE investors.

The industrial sector forms the backbone of today's society—and lays the groundwork for tomorrow. From integrating new technologies into business models, to a greater focus on ESG/sustainability, to increased local connectivity through globalized supply chains, the industrial sector continues to evolve—and so do its talent needs. While the industrial world will always have its roots in traditional veins, such as machinery and construction, today it is so much more—and those segments are all advancing. From smart mobility to CleanTech, new technologies and evolving stakeholder priorities have shifted how industrial companies do business and the talent they need. We have worked with more than 55 percent of the Fortune Global 250 industrial companies. We help companies, ranging from the Fortune 250 to midsized PE-backed enterprises and family-owned companies, identify, attract, assess, benchmark, and develop their executive talent. Our Industrial Practice encompasses Energy, Mobility & Automotive, Machinery & Industrial Technology, Building Components, Mining & Metals, and Chemical & Process Industries.

The private capital sector has been experiencing unprecedented fund inflows and investment activity. Given our long-standing focus in this area, Egon Zehnder is uniquely equipped to address the growing talent-related demands. For decades, we often have been the partner most trusted by private capital firms looking to expand from their home base to new geographies — whether starting in Europe, the United States, Asia or elsewhere. At the fund level, entities require top-caliber leaders across a full suite of roles: investment professionals, operating partners, senior advisers and functional leads such as human resources, investor relations, capital markets, CFOs, and COOs. At the portfolio level, C-suite and board positions across all industries are in high demand. Our geographic and sector breadth (including 71 offices across 37 countries) and deep expertise enable us to provide seamless services across countries. We welcome the opportunity to partner with you.

For 20 years we have been operating as Public and Social Sector Consultants working with international organizations and civil society to develop human capital. Egon Zehnder's Public and Social Service (PSS) Practice uses its global reach and long experience in the space to help a wide range of public institutions assess their organizational structure, design role descriptions that reflect this new reality, and build leadership teams that have the competencies and the commitment essential for success today. Our practice serves government administration, public finance (finance ministries, tax and customs agencies, central banks, government lenders, and public pension funds), public health, public infrastructure, economic/social/human development, education (K-12, higher education, adult education, and skills development training), environment and sustainability, arts/culture/sports, and interest representations/associations. We help find and develop leaders who can speak the language of both business and mission, and who also have the management abilities needed to handle the ever-increasing demands of transparency, efficiency, and performance.

Egon Zehnder's Services Practice Group encompasses Professional and Business Services, Hospitality, Travel & Leisure, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate Services, and Air Transport. What sets us apart is the depth of our industry and functional experience—many of our team members are former industry leaders. We offer deep insights and proven strategies to help you navigate today's complex business landscape, with a commitment to delivering sustainable, effective solutions that align with your goals. Business Services includes a broad and diverse group of companies that serve other companies with activities that are deemed non-core and are therefore being increasingly outsourced. Egon Zehnder's Transportation and Logistics Practice partners with both established logistics companies and new market entrants to find the leadership solutions they need to thrive. Egon Zehnder's Air Transport Practice serves the core stakeholders across the Aviation ecosystem to help them build a competitive edge.

Programs to ensure successful integration and rapid effectiveness of new executives. The firm provides accelerated integration tools for new leaders, recognizing that effective onboarding is critical to successful executive transitions and early performance impact.

Search and placement of strategic advisors and advisory board members. The firm identifies and places advisory board members, helping organizations build external advisory structures with the right expertise and perspectives.

Strategic advisory services to boards on governance, effectiveness, and sustainability matters. The firm advises boards on ESG integration and sustainability stewardship, helping organizations align governance practices with evolving stakeholder expectations and sustainability imperatives.

Programs to enhance board capabilities, dynamics, and overall effectiveness. The firm partners with IMD to enhance board performance and leadership development, and champions sustainability integration through programs like Championing Sustainability from the Boardroom in partnership with Stanford.

Comprehensive board effectiveness evaluations and performance assessments. The firm conducts in-depth reviews of board dynamics, governance structures, and overall effectiveness to identify opportunities for improvement and enhanced board performance.

Identification and recruitment of board directors and independent board members. The firm operates a global Board Practice with unique reach and deep networks, and has received UN recognition for its Independent Women Directors project, bringing specialized expertise in building diverse and effective boards.

Board director succession planning and search to build effective, diverse boards of directors. The firm conducts more than 400 international board-consulting assignments annually and brings over 50 years of collective board service experience, enabling comprehensive succession planning that strengthens board composition and effectiveness.

Creating and structuring advisory boards for organizations seeking external expertise and guidance. The firm provides comprehensive advisory board construction and governance services, helping organizations establish effective external advisory structures.

Executive search services focused on identifying and recruiting chief executive officers. CEO search is a core service offering with deep expertise in CEO succession and placement, leveraging extensive networks and assessment capabilities to identify exceptional leadership talent.

Comprehensive CEO succession planning and search services to ensure leadership continuity and organizational success. The firm has executed over 3,600 board assignments and placements in the past five years, with demonstrated expertise in building robust talent frameworks and leadership pipelines. Case study evidence includes work with McDonald's on developing comprehensive talent frameworks and succession strategies.

Development program for aspiring board chairs and directors to build governance capabilities. The firm provides specialized programs designed to prepare leaders for board chair and director roles, building the governance knowledge and leadership skills required for board-level effectiveness.

Specialized succession planning and search for board chair positions. The firm brings deep experience helping boards source and develop leadership talent specifically for chair roles, ensuring continuity and effectiveness in this critical governance position.

Executive coaching services to enhance leadership effectiveness and personal growth. The firm employs Certified Integral Development Coaches and provides specialized coaching for executives including Chief Sustainability Officers, helping leaders unlock new levels of effectiveness and impact.

Succession planning for board committee chair roles including audit, compensation, and governance committees. The firm leverages expertise in board committee structure and effectiveness to ensure appropriate leadership transitions in these specialized governance roles.

Organizational culture change and transformation consulting to align culture with strategy. The firm partners with Sinequanon on culture change initiatives and employs the Culture Profile tool for comprehensive culture analysis. The firm has published research on Building a Winning Cross-Generational Culture, bringing evidence-based approaches to culture transformation.

Tailored executive retreat and immersion experiences for leadership teams. The firm designs and delivers customized executive retreat programs that bring leadership teams together for intensive development, alignment, and breakthrough experiences.

Strategic planning for individual leader development and career progression. The firm creates personalized development plans as part of its comprehensive individual development services, helping leaders chart clear paths for growth and advancement.

Building diverse leadership teams and inclusive cultures through recruitment, integration, and development. The firm maintains the Global Board Diversity Tracker tracking 20 years of progress, operates the Leaders & Daughters Initiative with 32 annual events, champions the 25 by 25 Initiative for female CEOs, and partners with Out Leadership on LGBTQ+ representation, bringing comprehensive expertise in building diverse organizations.

In-depth assessment of executive capabilities, potential, and fit using proprietary methodologies. The firm partners with Talogy on the 16pf assessment tool and employs the Egon Zehnder Potential Model for identifying and unlocking executive capabilities, and is ranked among top firms in executive assessment by Leaders League.

Transformational program for senior executives to unlock new levels of leadership effectiveness. Part of the firm's breakthrough leadership programs suite, this intensive program is designed to help senior leaders achieve transformational performance improvements and breakthrough results.

Leadership development program focused on self-discovery and personal leadership transformation. This program helps executives gain deeper self-awareness and unlock personal leadership transformation through structured discovery and reflection processes.

Comprehensive executive search across all C-suite and senior leadership positions. As the world's largest privately held executive search firm, the firm averages 12 searches per consultant annually, bringing unparalleled reach, networks, and expertise in identifying and recruiting senior leadership talent globally.

Strategic planning and execution of executive-level succession across all C-suite and senior leadership roles. The firm has partnered with more than 30% of the world's top 1,000 organizations and assessed more than 10,000 executives over the past three years, bringing deep expertise in identifying and developing executive talent across all senior leadership levels.

Leadership development program for early-career and emerging leaders. Part of the firm's breakthrough leadership programs suite, Explorer is designed to build foundational leadership capabilities and accelerate the development of early-career talent.

Personalized leadership development programs for individual executives and leaders. The firm provides coaching and development planning services focused on helping leaders fulfill their potential and achieve breakthrough performance in their roles.

Specialized board advisory on environmental, social, and governance matters and sustainability integration. The firm published the 2022 Sustainability Board Report on ESG preparedness and partners with Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability to help boards develop robust sustainability governance and oversight capabilities.

Identifying, assessing, and developing sustainability leaders including Chief Sustainability Officers. The firm established its Sustainability Practice in 2008 and brings deep expertise in building sustainability functions from the ground up. The firm's consultants have experience at leading sustainability organizations including CDP, TOMRA Systems, and BP Alternative Energy, enabling comprehensive sustainability leadership development and recruitment.

Team effectiveness programs to enhance collaboration, dynamics, and collective performance. The firm provides team effectiveness tools and interventions focused on developing high-performing teams and improving collective leadership dynamics.

Specialized development program for Chief Human Resources Officers to drive strategic HR transformation. The firm provides dedicated development programs for CHROs focused on building the capabilities needed to drive strategic human capital transformation and organizational impact.

Intensive leadership development programs designed to drive breakthrough performance and transformation. The firm partners with Mobius Executive Leadership to deliver a comprehensive suite of transformational programs that help leaders achieve breakthrough results and unlock new capabilities.

Leadership development program for emerging and high-potential leaders. Part of the firm's breakthrough leadership programs suite, Voyager is designed to accelerate the development of high-potential leaders and prepare them for expanded leadership responsibilities.