Tom Simmons manages Spencer Stuart’s Houston, Dallas and Mexico City offices. He has a broad-based search practice, but focuses on senior-level energy and financial services assignments. Recent searches have included chief executive officers, chief operating officers and board members for clients such as Anadarko, Baker Hughes, EFH, Noble Energy, DLJ Global Energy, El Paso, McJunkin Red Man, Reliant Energy, Spectra Energy, Sunoco, Questar, Pioneer Companies, Tronox and KBR. Recent chief financial officer searches include Reliant Energy, KBR, Kerr-McGee, Baker Hughes and Transamerica Life and financial institution assignments include USAA, Comerica and Sterling Bancshares.
Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Tom was president and CEO of Transamerica Fund Management Company, which had 17 mutual funds with assets under management in excess of $3 billion. Tom was with Transamerica and its predecessor for 10 years in a variety of staff and line positions. Prior to that, he had a very successful seven-year career with Continental Illinois National Bank in Chicago and Houston. In Houston, he was a manager of Continental Illinois’ Houston office, which focused on oil and gas lending and investments. Previously, Tom served as a teaching assistant in the finance department of the University of Texas, where he received his B.B.A. in 1975 and M.B.A. in 1977, both with highest honors.
Tom has been a member of YPO and serves on the boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, The Kinkaid School and the Greater Houston YMCA. In addition, he has served on the Houston-based boards of an AMEX-listed financial services company and several prominent not-for-profit organizations, including the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, The Alley Theatre, The Children’s Fund and the Houston Symphony.
For the past five years, Tom chaired Spencer Stuart’s Audit Committee.