Los Angeles, Nov. 27, 2017 – Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) today announced that Jason Waterman has joined the firm as Senior Client Partner in the Global Financial Officer Practice. He will be based in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

Mr. Waterman joins Korn Ferry from a global executive search firm, where he was a Partner and a member of their Financial Officers Practice, specializing in Industrial, Consumer and Technology markets.

In his seventeen years of executive search, Mr. Waterman has focused on CFO recruitment and building financial leadership teams for prominent Fortune 500, mid-cap and privately held companies. He began his career in commercial roles serving the manufacturing and technology sectors. His career in executive search started with Korn Ferry in 2000.

“Jason is an exceptional search professional with an established reputation of advising clients on financial officer placement and succession,” said Bryan Proctor, Senior Client Partner, Global Financial Officer Practice Leader. “His understanding of the critical leadership issues impacting CFOs will benefit our clients and help further our strategy of optimizing the finance function. We are thrilled to welcome Jason back to the firm.”

Mr. Waterman has a B.A. from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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