Jeffrey Cohn
New York Practice Leader, Spencer Stuart
Jeffrey Cohn is New York Practice Leader at Spencer Stuart, one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms. He specializes in leadership assessment and succession planning. As a member of the firm's Executive Intelligence Group, he helps clients understand the depth of their executive talent and how best to develop rising stars. He has worked with a variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 clients, private equity portfolio companies, universities and international nonprofits. He has designed and launched numerous customized executive-development workshops for clients and for the Chief Executive Leadership Institute, now part of the Yale School of Management. Earlier in his career, Cohn was a principal with the Law & Economics Consulting Group in San Francisco, where he helped launch the company's strategy and organizational performance division. He also was a fellow at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy and applied corporate finance. Cohn has published widely in the areas of leadership development, succession planning and strategic management. He received a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. in applied corporate finance from Tulane University.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.