Most recently, Art Brown served Spencer Stuart’s Board, CEO, and Consumer practices. He has helped guide CEO succession planning and executive development in public and private ownership constructs. This included CEO and C-Suite executive search and Board recruitment and increasingly devoted his time to advising clients in the areas of leadership benchmarking, board development, top team effectiveness and culture enhancement efforts.Over thirty years of consulting and consumer expertise» He has led over 1500 consumer assignments throughout his career. Serving a host of global and North American companies and has advised many private equity firms and their portfolio companies.» He joined Spencer Stuart after several years at a boutique search and management consulting practice. Previously he was a senior management and strategy executive in consumer businesses. Most recently as an officer at PepsiCo. He began his career with Procter & Gamble.» In addition to his client work, Art held a variety of leadership roles at Spencer Stuart as an Area, Office, and Practice leader.Art earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and history at the University or Richmond. He has served on the Executive Advisory Board of the Jepson School of Leadership at the University of Richmond since its foundation.