Heidrick & Struggles Names Three Board Directors

Heidrick & Struggles has appointed Elizabeth L. Axelrod, Clare M. Chapman and T. Willem Mesdag to its Board of Directors as independent directors.

Axelrod, served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for eBay Inc. for more than ten years. Previously, she was the Chief Talent Officer and an Executive Director for WPP plc, a global communications services group. Axelrod was formerly a partner at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. She is a co-author of The War for Talent, published by Harvard Business School Press in 2001, and is frequently invited to speak on talent and organizational performance.

Chapman, is the former Group People Director of BT Group, one of the world's leading communications services companies based in the UK and serving customers in 170 countries worldwide. Prior to this role, Chapman was the Director General of Workforce for the National Health Service and Social Care system where her responsibilities affected more than 2.2 million healthcare employees in England. Previously, she was Human Resources Director for Tesco PLC and Vice President of Human Resources for PepsiCo's operations in continental Europe. 

Mesdag, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Red Mountain Capital Partners, an investment management firm based in Los Angeles. Prior to founding Red Mountain, he was a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. Previously, he was a securities lawyer with Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll. Mesdag also serves on the Board of Directors of Destination XL Group and Encore Capital Group, and previously served on the Board of Directors of 3i Group, Cost Plus, Nature's Sunshine Products and Skandia Group.

The firm now has four independent directors including Lyle Logan who was appointed in December 2015.