1.28.2022 Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings
Dear Friends,
We are pleased to invite you to attend the seventeenth C100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative webcast, “Perspectives from the CEO of Heidrick & Struggles” that will feature a fireside chat with Krishnan Rajagopalan, President and CEO of Heidrick & Struggles, a global leader in executive search, leadership development, and organizational and team effectiveness. The fireside chat will explore his personal history and career as an Indian American who has risen to the top in a mainstream profession and his perspective on the ways that individuals and organizations can help to solve the career ceiling problem.
Peter Young, Chair of the Initiative and a C100 Member, will be the moderator. After the conclusion of the fireside chat, there will be a Q&A session during which members of the audience may ask questions. The webinar will be held on February 8, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Eastern Time / 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Central Time / 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Pacific Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-2-8-2022.eventbrite.com
We hope you will join us. Thank you!
Best regards,
Committee of 100
Topic: "Perspectives from the CEO of Heidrick & Struggles"
Speakers: Krishnan Rajagopalan, President and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Moderator: Peter Young, CEO, Young & Partners and C100 Member
Time: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET, February 8, 2022
This webinar will be the seventeenth in a series of events convened by the Committee of 100 that examine the challenges facing Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans with regard to barriers to advancement in a wide variety of professions in the U.S. The goal of this initiative is to contribute to the already significant efforts of organizations and individuals who have been tackling this issue.
This event will be a fireside chat interview of an Asian American of Indian descent who is the CEO of one of the leading executive search firms. He will share his personal perspectives and those of his firm, as well has some lessons from his own personal history regarding the Asian American Career Ceiling problem. Given the role that Heidrick & Struggles plays in the selection of senior executives and board members, he offers a unique perspective.
Asian Americans have been underrepresented historically with regard to leadership positions in the U.S. Although there has been improvement over time, there is still a significant gap that has not been closed.
Previous webcasts in this series have highlighted the data that shows how serious the problem is, particularly if you go above the middle ranks of companies. It is also true at the corporate board level.
The interview will be conducted by Peter Young, Committee of 100 Member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative. The webinar will be one hour long. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions during the last ten minutes of the webinar.
There is no fee and you can register HERE.
Speakers:
Krishnan Rajagopalan
President and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Krishnan Rajagopalan is President and CEO of Heidrick & Struggles, a global leadership advisory firm providing executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and culture shaping services. He serves on the Board of Directors of Heidrick & Struggles and leads the firm's global Management Committee.
Krishnan has over 18 years of experience in executive search, having led C-suite and Board level searches for global corporations across all industries, including private equity. He advises clients regularly on digital transformation, leadership, succession planning, governance, culture, and diversity and inclusion. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, Krishnan led Heidrick & Struggles global Executive Search division and, before that, he led the firm's Global Technology & Services practice. He has been recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential Executive Recruiters in the World" by Bloomberg Business Week.
Krishnan is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion and gender parity, both for the firm's employees and for its clients. Recently, Heidrick & Struggles pledged that on an annual basis at least half of the Board candidates that are presented to clients in total over the course of the year will be diverse. The firm also partners with organizations like the Paradigm for Parity® coalition and the 30% Club's Future Female Directors program to help close the corporate leadership gender gap and promote gender parity across all levels of organizations.
Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Krishnan served as a Vice President and Partner with a global management consulting firm, where he focused on strategy, operations, and transformation across a wide range of industries.
Krishnan graduated from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA, from Johns Hopkins University with an MS in Engineering, and from Johns Hopkins University with a BS in Engineering.
Moderator and Chair of the C100 Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative:
Peter Young
CEO and President, Young & Partners
Committee of 100 Member
Peter Young is CEO and President of Young & Partners, a boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy, M&A, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers, Schroders and Lehman Brothers, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co., the corporate strategy firm.
Mr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale, an MS in Accounting from NYU, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors, both corporate and non-profit and is President and board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization.
