Mr. Van G. Young serves as Executive Vice President in the firm’s Stamford, CT office. He is a member of DHR’s Board/CEO Practice. Prior to joining DHR, Mr. Young held the title of Client Partner working for Korn/Ferry International in Stamford, CT, as a generalist for four years. He has been in the senior-level retained executive search industry since 1995. Mr. Young has managed numerous search assignments for senior-level executives in general management, marketing, sales and key functional roles (i.e. CFO, CTO, general counsel) for client companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations. Mr. Young’s placements have been senior corporate officers and board members. His industry related search experience has been in the private equity, technology, financial services, legal/professional/business services, and industrial sectors. Previous to his position at Korn/Ferry, Mr. Young was a Partner with a small retained search firm in New York and spent over five years as a consultant with Heidrick & Struggles based in their New York office. Before becoming a consultant with Heidrick & Struggles in 1995, Mr. Young spent 12 years in management and sales with Xerox Corporation. His industry experience includes serving as the Regional Sales Director for color printing products channels in the Northeast. Earlier in his sales and marketing career at Xerox, he held management positions of increasing responsibility within New York’s Financial District. Mr. Young holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University