Keith

Feldman

Senior Client Partner, Global Practice Head, Consumer & Commercial Financial Services

Keith Feldman leads Korn Ferry’s Consumer and Commercial Financial Services practice globally. The practice partners with banks, monolines, and FinTech companies for their human capital needs. Mr. Feldman is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. 

Mr. Feldman has a personal track record of completing high profile c-suite searches, including CEO, COO, CRO, CIO/CTO, CFO, and CMO positions, for financial services firms of all sizes. He has particular expertise in general management, marketing, and risk positions, and is a valued advisor to his clients in the areas of succession planning and leadership assessment.

Mr. Feldman is also a key member of Korn Ferry’s Digital, Marketing, and FinTech Centers-of-Excellence. His experience in this area includes searches in digital strategy, digital marketing, branding, communications, marketing analytics, and customer experience. His recent work has focused on the increasing interplay of talent between incumbents, disruptors, and other overlapping industries such as consumer, retail, and healthcare.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Mr. Feldman spent six years with another leading executive search firm in their San Francisco and New York City offices. He began his career with a boutique search firm located in New York, where he executed and managed front office searches in capital markets and investment banking. He served as co-head of financial services research before becoming a recruiter in 2002.

Mr. Feldman earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Yale University, where he swam and played water polo.  He remains a competitive swimmer and an avid road cyclist.