Hal Johnson Senior Client Partner Human Resources New York City
“Like for everyone in management, but specifically for the CEO and the HR Executive, the game changer is talent....finding it, attracting it, growing and retaining it. There is no higher priority.”
Unique in the search industry, Mr. Johnson has specialized in human resources for almost two decades and works exclusively on providing HR solutions for a wide range of global companies. Having previously worked at Korn/Ferry, Mr. Johnson re-joined the Firm from another leading executive search firm where he was chairman of the global human resources practice.
Before entering executive search, Mr. Johnson held several policy-level corporate HR positions and became a well known HR practitioner.
Mr. Johnson spent 20 years holding the top HR position for three major corporations: Cigna (formerly INA), Federated Department Stores and the Travelers Companies, where he was also responsible for corporate administration.
Mr. Johnson has also held leadership positions with the employee relations committee of The Business Roundtable, Association of Executive Search Consultants, The HR Policy Association, The Conference Board, The HR Roundtable and the Human Resources Planning Society, among others. He also served on the committee at McKinsey & Company that produced the widely recognized “The War for Talent” report.
Mr. Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska.
