Ms. Pirrie brings rich industry knowledge and expertise in Risk Management, Quantitative Analysis and Controls. She joins Korn Ferry from Ashton Lane Group, a successful woman owned boutique executive search firm, where she was a founder.

During her 15 years with the company, Ms. Pirrie cultivated long term relationships as a trusted advisor and partner to her clients. She provided leadership and direction on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, seamlessly acted as an ambassador to promote client culture, and instilled efficiency and focus throughout the search process.

Before her career in executive search, Ms. Pirrie was US Deputy Head of Risk & Control for a hedge fund management company. She also held positions in Derivatives Risk Management, Trading, and Finance at several global investment banks in New York, London, and Amsterdam. She continues to leverage this unique market experience within her search engagements.

In addition to her professional work, Ms. Pirrie humbly serves as a crisis counselor for an online mental health texting service and is a volunteer mentor for Veterati, a mentoring network for veterans and military spouses. 

Ms. Pirrie received her BSc in Accountancy from University of Delaware.