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Succession

Successful Succession: With a robust plan in place to pick a CEO, a board can look ahead at generations of leaders

By
Jane Stevenson
Peter Thies

The foundation of a smooth transition to a new CEO is laid layers down in the leadership of a company. When CEO succession is approached as an ongoing process based on strategic long-term thinking, it can be a positive step in the natural growth and development of the company.

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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. 

Senior Partner
Leadership and Talent Consulting
Industry Leader, Financial Services

 

Peter Thies, Ph.D., is a Senior Partner for Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting, a member of the Firm’s Board & CEO Services Practice, and also the Industry Leader for Financial Services located in the Firm’s New York office.


Mr. Thies has over twenty years’ experience helping global companies implement strategic and organizational changes. He has worked with a broad array of clients, including CEOs and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies, professional service firms, leaders in the non-profit sector, and a range of industries including financial services, consumer products, retail, energy, airlines, and telecommunications.

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