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The Korn/Ferry Market Cap 100: Smooth CEO successions

By
Dennis Carey
Steve Mader
Jane Stevenson

Each year, Korn/Ferry’s Board & CEO Services Practice takes an in-depth look at the challenges today’s boards of directors face, and none is more significant than selecting a new CEO. The Korn/Ferry Market Cap 100: Smooth CEO Successions explores the state of succession planning at the 100 largest U.S. public companies, and uses four contrasting case studies to identify best practices in succession.

Author Profile: 

Vice Chairman
Board & CEO Services
Philadelphia

 

Dennis Carey is Vice Chairman of Korn/Ferry International.

He has recruited some of the most successful CEOs in American business, including companies such as TYCO International, 3M and American Standard.

As a board recruiter, Mr. Carey has built new boards from scratch ranging from CovidienHealth Care and TYCO International, to EMBARQ, TYCO Electronics, DELPHI and Visteon. He has also built boards for IPOs including Goldman Sachs and Ameritrade. During the past 20 years, Mr. Carey has recruited hundreds of some of the most preeminent directors for Fortune 500 companies across the United States.

Vice Chairman and Managing Director,
Board Services
Boston

Stephen P. Mader is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Korn/Ferry International’s Board Services Practice, based in the Firm’s Boston office.


Mr. Mader is a widely recognized expert on leadership dynamics and corporate governance, as he is a 20-year veteran of more than 400 key search assignments. He is a regular media contributor on these subjects to CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, and many others. He has been named by Business Week as one of the fifty most influential recruiters and by Directorship Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on Corporate Governance.

Vice Chairman, Board & CEO Services
Atlanta

Jane Stevenson is a Vice Chairman, Board & CEO Services Practice located in Korn/Ferry International’s Atlanta office.


Ms. Stevenson joined Korn/Ferry from a leading global executive search firm, where as a global managing partner, she focused on leadership succession and global search work for chief executive officers, chief marketing officers, chief innovation officers and board of directors for the past ten years. Additionally, Ms. Stevenson founded and for four years, led the firm’s global marketing, sales and strategy officers practice, which became one of the firm’s largest practices and the industry’s premier marketing practice. She also founded the firm’s venture capital practice. 

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