Andy

Davidson

Senior Client Partner, Global Sales & Service Practice

Andy brings over two decades of experience in growth strategy and sales effectiveness in software, management consulting and industry as a Senior Client Partner in Korn Ferry’s Global Sales and Service Consulting Practice. 

Andy is passionate about helping firms achieve lasting growth. Andy’s unique experience living and working in several countries across multiple facets serving the financial services industry reinforces his perspective how cultural change within and across organizations, complemented by data-driven insights, underpins successful transformation.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Andy led growth strategies for the Financial Services verticals at Salesforce, Workday and Anaplan. In his software leadership roles, Andy developed and executed new solution development, improved sales coverage models, innovated new demand generation initiatives, and deepened industry ecosystem partnerships. Prior to his enterprise software leadership, Andy spent nearly a decade in operations strategy consulting with IBM Global Services. Andy consulted to global firms on topics including customer relationship management, operational effectiveness and innovation growth strategy.

Prior to management consulting, Andy worked in Financial Services, initially leading the transformation of Texaco’s European payments business, followed by incubating new lines of business for Citibank and GE Capital and advising Mastercard’s Chief Product Officer on new product launch effectiveness.

Andy received a Masters’ degree in International Finance from Columbia University in New York and a B.A. in History from Duke University in North Carolina. Andy has co-authored papers including, “Best Practices in Mobile Sales Enablement” and “Private Client 2020 - The Transformation of the Client and Advisor Experience.” He is a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt and is fluent in French and Dutch and lives in Washington DC.