Ned Philie

Ned Philie serves as the President of North America Professional Search. In this role, Ned oversees both Industry/Markets and functional Center of Expertise (COE) practices. He is responsible for driving growth, team engagement and client satisfaction within the Professional Search business, as well as facilitating collaborative relationships with the firm’s other solution offerings.

As the Office Managing Partner for Korn Ferry’s Boston office, Ned works closely with Korn Ferry clients in Boston and the greater New England region. In this role, Ned connects the solutions and teams within the firm with clients to solve for their talent management needs.  

Ned brings more than three decades of enterprise leadership experience to his role within the firm.  Prior to Korn Ferry, he served as the Senior Managing Director for a publicly-traded global search firm. Ned’s executive search experience includes numerous assignments with publicly-traded, private equity-backed, family-owned and non-profit clients. 

Before entering the executive search industry, Ned held senior officer roles in the Financial Services industry in Sales & National Accounts Management and Corporate Development for Sallie Mae/Academic Management Services, a national education lending institution. Prior to that, he worked in privately-backed entrepreneurial environments with roles that included CEO and COO.

Ned is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He has served on the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement in New England and is a regional representative for Deerfield Academy and the Cardigan Mountain School. Ned is a long-time participant and fundraiser in the Pan-Mass challenge, an annual 2-day cycling event that raises funds for the Dana Farber Cancer institute in Boston, MA.