Heather Hammond

Heather co-leads the Global Private Capital Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates. She leads executive searches for funds and their portfolio companies, including investment leaders, senior fundraising professionals, value creation leaders, business development and capital markets professionals, operating partners, CFO/COOs, and advisors. She is also a senior member of the Global Banking and Markets Practice and conducts a broad range of senior-level searches across the financial services industry.

Heather has almost 20 years of C-suite and board search, assessment and talent advisory experience, during which time she has recruited for a range of senior executive roles within her areas of expertise, advising clients of all sizes and geographies.

She previously led the firm's New York and Stamford operations for seven years and was a member of the global Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Russell Reynolds, Heather spent her career at Morgan Stanley in Corporate Finance, Debt Capital Markets and in Equity Research on the Global Automotive team, ranked the top Automotive Equity Research team by Institutional Investor magazine. She also worked in the Global Capital Markets Group at Goldman Sachs.