Overview
John Wood is a vice chairman in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York office and a member of the CEO & Board of Directors Practice. He has more than 25 years of executive search consulting experience and an extensive track record of recruiting chief executive officers and board directors for a broad range of clients.
Experience
John has completed more than 300 chief executive officer and board searches in recent years, including the placement of the chief executive officers at Bloomin’ Brands, Sysco, Wendy’s, Chiquita, Newell, Hershey, Campbell Soup, Interpublic Group, Kenvue, Hertz, Clorox, VF, and Heidrick & Struggles.
Bloomberg named John one of “The 50 Most Influential Headhunters in the World”. He is a regular commentator in the media on issues including succession planning, executive compensation, and board assessment.
John began his career in advertising and has held senior management positions at Grey Advertising (now the Grey Group) and Foote, Cone & Belding.
Education
University of Oregon, MBA
University of Oregon, BS in Journalism