Greg Welch serves as the global practice leader for Spencer Stuart's Consumer Goods & Services Practice. Greg is also a member of the Marketing Officer Practice, which he helped to launch in 2002. He joined Spencer Stuart in 1998 following a successful career in sales and marketing. In his last role prior to Spencer Stuart, Greg served as customer vice president for sales and integrated logistics at Nabisco Foods. Additionally, he brings previous experience in classic brand management, field sales and trade marketing with Colgate-Palmolive, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Nestle Foods Corporation.

Prior to assuming his current practice leadership role, Greg led the firm's 80-person Chicago office. He also has served as a member of the firm's nominations committee and was a recipient of the firm's annual Lou Rieger quality award. His personal areas of focus include consumer goods manufacturers, restaurants and a broad range of retailers. Greg's diverse client list includes companies like Wal-Mart Stores, The Hershey Company, Diageo, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Con-way Transportation Services, Yahoo!, The Allstate Corporation, Pfizer and Novartis to name a few.

Greg has performed more than 100 searches since joining the firm and is recognized as an expert in the recruitment of senior-level marketing executives. He co-founded the M50 marketing group, created Spencer Stuart’s annual CMO Summit, and has been featured on CNBC television and in The Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek. Greg is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, the American Marketing Association, and an active board director of Springboard, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of inner city youths, and TCG, a private organization that designs and implements nonqualified executive benefit plans.

Greg holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and completed the Cornell Food Executive Program. Greg and his wife, Sandy, reside in Winnetka, Illinois, with their four children.