Dave has deep experience partnering globally with boards, private equity sponsors, CEOs and CHROs needing to build, develop and enable high-performing, diverse and transformational leadership teams. Dave Zeman is a core member of Spencer Stuart’s Industrial, CEO, Board, Private Equity and Restructuring practices. Dave specializes across industrial manufacturing businesses with a particular depth in the process industries. Based in Chicago, Dave brings more than a decade of experience at Spencer Stuart guiding publicly traded, private equity-sponsored and privately held companies through CEO, board and C-suite search and succession engagements, as well as merger integration, culture transformation and team effectiveness engagements. Industries Chemicals Materials Packaging Building Products Process Automation Metals Expertise Board CEO COO CFO President Private Equity Restructuring Succession Diversity Executive Compensation Recent work More than 150 CEO and board search and succession engagements Recruited numerous CEOs with prior proven private equity-backed experience Partnered with numerous newly appointed CEOs to selectively augment their direct report teams Advised a board and CEO on over a dozen leadership appointments as the company implemented a new corporate strategy and integrated a transformative acquisition Following a highly successful IPO, brought the full breadth of Spencer Stuart’s functional expertise to build a new C-suite leadership team, including CFO, GC, CIO and CHRO Previous industrial experience: Corporate and financial sponsor banker covering diversified industrials at Wells Fargo General management experience at a privately held manufacturer serving diversified industrial and medical end markets Education M.E.M., Engineering Management, Northwestern University B.S., Mathematics, University of Iowa Practice Areas Board and CEO Engineered Products & Solutions Industrial Private Equity Process Industries