Ed Brady Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients align strategy with talent to drive superior performance. Our clientele includes 98% of the World’s Most Admired companies. As part of the CEO/C-Suite Impact Accelerator, my colleagues and I support CEOs and C-Suite executives during critical points in their career and help build a legacy of leadership in real time. We help these executives define their personal brand, strengthen relationships with stakeholders, and evolve organizations by building customized action plans that lead to differentiated outcomes and sustainable success.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Newport is a national strategic advisory firm that helps founders, owners and CEOs of middle market companies grow and improve the performance of their businesses, often in support of a successful capital transaction or sale. We do this by serving as peer advisors, fractional C-Suite executives, and board directors.

Chicago, Il, Us

My experience in aligning a firm’s human capital strategy to its business objectives led to recruitment by this S&P 500 healthcare-focused REIT. With a team of 15+ human resource professionals, I led a transformation of the human resources department from a capable and responsive administrative function to a strategically aligned business partner designed to proactively meet the dynamic needs of this deal-oriented (500+ employees) organization. Reporting directly to CEO, I was a member of the Senior Leadership Team and actively participated in ESG Steering and Risk Management Committees.HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Advised Executive Leadership Team on organizational and talent elements of 2015 spin-off of skilled nursing portfolio, leading to creation of ~$4B public REIT, Care Capital Properties. ► Redesigned HR technology architecture from array of transactional systems to integrated suite of human capital management capabilities - anchored by Workday - providing analytical and functional capabilities to support advanced talent management practices.► Overhauled executive long-term incentive plan to forward-looking plan designed to best align compensation with competitive market, governance best practices and shareholder expectations.

In forming this strategic boutique consulting services firm, I provided strategic advisory services in all human capital matters. My specialty was conducting M&A due diligence - talent assessment, organization design, employee engagement and cultural assessment, performance management, coaching, leadership development, human resources and business operations management. SAMPLE ENGAGEMENT ► Partnered with private equity firm and investment banking partners to conduct human capital due diligence on $500M global sporting goods manufacturer. ► Assessed employment contracts and compensation, organizational structure, talent assessment, benefits, payroll, systems and provider/support contracts. Leveraged infrastructure expertise (systems, process, providers, etc.) to advise on post acquisition needs.

New York, Ny, Us

After successfully helping leadership manage the sale of Diamond to PricewaterhouseCoopers, I led the global human resource function for this 300 person, $110 million privately held and private-equity-backed (New Mountain Capital; GCP Capital Partners) global risk management consulting firm. Reporting directly to founder and Co-President, I served as member of firm’s Senior Leadership Team, growing the HR department from two to eight professionals to support and guide performance management, comp & benefits, training & professional development, recruiting & onboarding.HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS:► Developed internal campus and expanded recruiting capability, improving firm economics by reducing reliance on external search in niche talent market. Led and conducted key searches to identify/onboard executive-level talent, onboarding 60-95 external hires per year. ► Drove US benefits costs down 12.5% and delivered savings of $600-700k in first year while enhancing access to human capital data and analytics. Transitioned organization from outsourced professional employer relationship to internal management of HRIS and benefits. ► Engineered human capital due diligence and professional integration planning for acquisition of boutique UK-headquartered consulting firm, expanding investigations capability in Europe, providing beachhead for firm in Asia and assessing additional acquisition targets.

Chicago, Il, Us

With direct reporting line to CEO, and serving as member of firm’s Leadership Committee, I took ownership for all global human resource functions of this 700-person, publicly traded management consulting firm. In close collaboration with CFO, I helped reduce operations expense as percentage of revenues while improving service levels and support of the consulting practice. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS:► Expertly navigated human capital activities for business expansion plans in new geographies and service lines including market entry into India and the Middle East. ► Spearheaded profit-improvement initiatives to include: achieving $5M+ savings through restructure of European/Latin American business unit; executed employee tender offer, driving $70+ million in incremental savings over five years and transforming firm’s capital structure, and enhancing Partner retention. ► Reduced health plan costs by 12% in first year following successful transition of health plan from local third-party administrator to national carrier. Continued to keep rising health plan costs in check through prudent plan management, averaging modest 2% increase per year over six years.

Chicago, Il, Us

After successfully operating as a consultant and project leader, I earned the respect of leadership and was elevated to Partner in the firm’s Enterprise Practice covering consumer and industrial products and services. Serving in a senior advisor role to clients in North America and Europe, I helped develop and execute technology-enabled growth and profit-enhancement strategies across a wide variety of industries. My expertise in generating, evaluating and defining new business concepts and models proved to be a catalyst that consistently propelled my client’s business profitable growth. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS:► Designed new claims management operating model for major US retailer, developing business case and economic model to increase revenues, reduce processing time and create flexible/scalable platform for future growth.► Architected e-business strategy for UK-based specialty chemical manufacturer (nascent fuel cell industry), leading team of consultants and clients in market analysis and design/implementation of client-sponsored web portal to stimulate cross-industry interaction and business relationship development.► Devised e-commerce strategy for leading US-based investment management firm, focused on capturing additional business in the IRA rollover market. Developed detailed business plans to articulate strategy, value proposition and operational feasibility of the conceptual design.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Dublin 2, Ie

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration; Finance And International Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management & Strategy, Marketing And International Business

High School Diploma