Renee Neri

Renee is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York office and head of the North American Asset Management Practice. She has more than 20 years of experience in senior executive search focusing on financial services leadership challenges.

Renee has conducted hundreds of searches for presidents, chief investment officers, senior portfolio managers, risk managers, as well as senior sales, marketing, and distribution professionals. Her clients span a diverse base of endowments, foundations, family offices, insurance companies, investment management firms, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

Renee joined Heidrick & Struggles in 2004 from a boutique search firm where she was a vice president and member of the wealth management practice. Previously, she was the senior recruiter for Banc of America Capital Management, a division of Bank of America, where she specialized in recruiting executives in the investment management industry (retail and institutional) and asset management marketing. Renee began her career at another global executive search firm where she focused on a broad range of asset management, investment banking, and capital markets searches.

Renee earned a bachelor's degree in history and philosophy from Fordham University.

She currently serves on the advisory board for Girls Who Invest and as a board member for Gateway to Leadership, the impact arm of the Money Management Institute. She is an active participant on the retirement plan investment committee for Heidrick & Struggles. Renee contributes professionally to 100 Women in Finance, Ellevate, The Family Office Exchange, and the New York State Society of CPAs Family Office Group.