Mr. Richard W. Pehlke, also known as Rich, has been the Chief Financial Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. since August 16, 2011. Mr. Pehlke served as Chief Financial Officer of GERA Danbury LLC. He served as Director for Investor Relations of Household International, Director of Investor Relations, Financial Planning and Financial Reporting at Beatrice Companies and New Zealand Telecom and Belgacom. He has over 35 years of global corporate financial leadership experience in the business services, telecommunications, food & consumer products, financial services and commercial real estate industries. He served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. from May 16, 2011 to August 16, 2011. He served as a Consultant of Grubb & Ellis Company since May 3, 2010. Mr. Pehlke served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Grubb & Ellis Company from February 2007 to May 3, 2010 and also served as its Principal Accounting Officer until May 03, 2015. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisors, Inc. since March 2007 and served as its Chief Accounting Officer. He served as Consultant of Hudson Global, Inc (also known as Hudson Highland Group Inc.) from December 2005 to December 31, 2006. He has more than 30 years of global business experience in key corporate finance positions. Mr. Pehlke served as an Executive Vice President of Hudson Global, Inc from February 2003 to December 1, 2005 and its Chief Financial Officer from February 2003 to December 31, 2005. Prior to that, he served as the President of Sapphire Solutions Ltd. He served as an Independent Consultant for various companies from 2001 to 2003. He served as Chief Financial Officer of ONE Inc. from 2000 to 2001 and served as its Executive Vice President. He served as Vice President and Treasurer of AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. from 1994 to 1999 and Vice President for Investor Relations from 1986 to 1993. He served as Principal Accounting Officer of Hudson Global, Inc. He served as Chairman of the board of trustees of Edward Health Services Corporation. Mr. Pehlke serves as Director of Windstream NTI, LLC. He serves as a Director of Sycamore IL and Valparaiso University. He has been a Director of IDEAL Industries, Inc. since 1999. He served as a Trustee of Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare. He served as a Director of Hudson Global, Inc from April 2003 to December 2005. He served as a Trustee of Edward Health Services Corporation (known as Edward Hospital & Health Services). He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Kinsale Capital Partners, LLC. He is a member of Heidrick & Struggles's Executive Committee. Mr. Pehlke holds MBA in finance from DePaul University and B.S. in Business Administration - Accounting from Valparaiso University.