Rick Routhier provides executive search consulting services for a wide range of clients, with particular emphasis on consumer goods and business services companies. He is a member of the firm’s Consumer Goods & Services and Marketing Officer practices.
Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Rick spent 25 years in the consumer and financial services industries in marketing, sales and general management positions. He has broad experience in highly competitive categories and significant exposure to the sales, marketing operations and organizational needs of brand-oriented businesses.
Rick came to Spencer Stuart from American Express Company, where he was senior vice president and general manager of the middle market segment of the Corporate Services Group.
Following an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Rick spent 16 years at the PepsiCola Company. His last role was as senior vice president, general manager and chief customer officer, responsible for national sales, trade marketing and the U.S. Fountain Business. He then served as president of the sales and merchandising group of the Bantam, Doubleday Dell Publishing Company, a division of Bertelsmann AG. Rick has been awarded Spencer Stuart’s Lou Rieger Quality Award for his work on behalf of clients. He serves as chairman of the board of trustees of St. Stephen’s School in Rome, Italy, and is the past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He has lived internationally in Europe, North Africa and the Caribbean, and speaks conversational French and Italian.
Rick, his wife, Sarah, and their four children live in New Canaan, Connecticut.