Edward Speed joined Spencer Stuart in 1990, and has more than 20 years of executive recruiting experience across a range of board and senior management positions.

He leads the European Consumer Goods & Services Practice, and has special expertise in the packaged goods sector, where he has recruited chief executive officers, chief operating officers and top management for leading multinationals and local companies. He also is a member of the European Board Services Practice.

Edward is a product champion in Europe for the firm's Strategic Leadership Services Practice and specialises in management assessment and post-merger integration consulting.

In his early career, he served in senior management roles with a British manufacturing group and an international food company before spending three years with a leading recruitment firm. He has lived and worked in France, Germany and the Middle East.

A graduate of Cambridge University, Edward speaks Arabic, French and German.