Rida Mahmood is a Senior Associate at Spencer Stuart Canada, where she focuses on the Financial Officers and Broader Financial Services practices across private and public markets. Currently based in Toronto, she brings significant international experience to her role, having previously spent three years with Spencer Stuart in Dubai specializing in Private Equity, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and CFO functional searches. Rida’s background in executive search includes four years at Ward Howell International (now August Leadership), where she served as Senior Associate and Research Team Lead for the Consumer Practice. Earlier in her career, she was a Top Recruiter at the AI-tech unicorn Insider, leading strategic global hiring across Europe and APAC. Rida holds an MS in International Management from Koç University, where she was a Kofi Annan Fellow, and a BBA in Human Resources Development from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.