LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2015 – Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), the preeminent authority on leadership and talent, today announced that that Dave Pearce has joined the firm as a Senior Client Partner in the Global Consumer Practice. He will be based in the Minneapolis office.

Mr. Pearce has 25 years of consumer packaged goods, financial services, start-up and turn-around business experience. His network is broad and diverse, having served in various sales and marketing leadership roles with GlaxoSmithKline, Brach’s Candy, the Pillsbury Company, Wells Fargo and more.

“Dave brings to Korn Ferry strong consumer background and deep expertise while serving many top global organizations,” said Doug Charles, President, Americas, Korn Ferry. “His hands on expertise and understanding of the evolving talent and leadership issues facing consumer-driven organizations will be a great fit for our clients and our global consumer practice.”

Mr. Pearce is also the founder of The Executive Advisory Group, an organization dedicated to providing executives and business owners with access to a trusted advisory board, bringing together CEOs and CHROs for regular roundtables.

Mr. Pearce serves on the Be the Match Foundation board, and the marketing committee for Make A Wish, and formerly on the boards for Fraser Autism and the YMCA.

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