Jonathan Harper leads the Consumer Goods & Services Practice in Europe which includes the Consumer Durables & Packaged Goods, Digital & Direct Marketing, Hospitality & Leisure, Retail, Apparel & Luxury Goods and Sports Business practices. He has more than 14 years of executive recruiting experience across a broad range of senior management positions for leading multinationals, private equity-backed companies and marketing services organisations. He previously led the firm’s Marketing Officer Practice in Europe. Jonathan is also a specialist in corporate affairs having recruited CEOs for agencies and placed senior practitioners in communications, public affairs and corporate social responsibility roles in Eurofirst 200 companies. Jonathan is the co-author of several studies on effective leadership in consumer, marketing and corporate affairs.
Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Jonathan was a partner at a leading search firm. He has spent the majority of his career in search after starting out as a management trainee at Rothmans of Pall Mall. He has lived and worked in France, Central and Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia.
Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Surrey, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in French, German and European Studies. He speaks English, French and German.