Ken leads executive recruitment projects exclusively for industrial companies, with an emphasis on engineered components, systems, materials and services. His clients are both private and publicly listed, regional and global, and are often controlled by financial sponsors and families.Since 1995, Ken has focused on Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Group Executive and similar general management assignments at the corporate and divisional level, as well as public and private Board mandates. His work also includes facilitating the design and delivery of CEO succession programs. Ken started his business career in the process chemical industry, where he developed a premium niche in the aerospace, automotive and general metal fabricating markets.He has lived and worked in the United States, Switzerland and Japan.Ken earned a master’s in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and graduated with a bachelor of arts in German from the University of Michigan.