Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 27, 1999
WINDLE B. PRIEM is President and Chief Executive Officer of Korn/Ferry
International, with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries throughout
North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. The firm works in
partnership with its clients to identify the CEOs of today and tomorrow
through high-level search; Futurestep, its Internet-based search
business; and K/F Selection, its advertised recruitment division.
Previously, Mr. Priem was Korn/Ferry's Chief Operating Officer,
responsible for the firm's global search business, which encompassed all
four of Korn/Ferry's regions, as well as the firm's specialty practices
and its K/F Selection division. Before that, Mr. Priem served as
President of Korn/Ferry's North American operations and had long been
responsible for the firm's highly regarded global financial services
practice. He has conducted senior-level executive searches for financial
institutions, insurance companies and investment banking firms
worldwide. Mr. Priem has 24 years of search experience and has recruited
more than 80 presidents or chairs for major financial institutions.
Prior to joining Korn/Ferry in 1976, Mr. Priem was Regional Director of
the U.S. Small Business Administration for New York, New Jersey, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands. Previously, he was a Vice President in
Corporate Banking for Marine Midland Bank in New York from 1964 to 1972.
He serves as a Trustee of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is a
member of the Board of Overseers of the Lahey Clinic. Mr. Priem received
a BS degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1959 and an MBA from
Babson Institute of Business Administration in 1964. He also completed
the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School in
1975. Mr. Priem was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1962. Profile
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