Richard Sumner, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

Richard is a Principal in the Consumer Practice in the London office of Korn Ferry and a member of the firm’s Global CMO Centre of Expertise.

He joined Whitehead Mann in 2008 and then Korn Ferry Whitehead Mann in 2009. He specialises in senior-level commercial roles across the international FMCG and Consumer Products sector as well as leading the recruitment of leadership roles in the Marketing function for blue-chip and emerging brands across all industry sectors.

Richard had previously worked for Korn/Ferry’s strategic talent acquisition subsidiary, Futurestep, where he was a Consultant focusing on search and selection assignments for the UK Consumer sector.

Prior to this Richard spent four years at Mellor Watts International, a specialist media search consultancy becoming Head of Research.

Richard has a degree in European History and French from the University of East Anglia.

He speaks French and German

Richard Sumner