Connie McCann focuses on financial services where she is deeply experienced in searches for CEOs, board members, and senior executives in banking, asset and wealth management, private equity investment and key functional roles across these and other industries. With over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry – both as an executive and a key advisor – Connie is a senior member of Spencer Stuart's Global Financial Services Practice, in addition to being active in its Board & CEO Practice.
During her 18 years in executive search, Connie has led nearly 700 projects across five continents. She has also chaired the firm’s board nominating committee, and was a recipient of the firm's annual award for the highest quality client service. She joined the Philadelphia office of Spencer Stuart in 1993, and managed the Philadelphia office before assuming her recent role as head of the North American Financial Services practice. After over ten years in that role, Connie recently stepped down to focus even more of her energies on client work. She continues in a global role overseeing the Consumer Financial Services sector.
Prior to joining the firm, Connie was a senior vice president and managing director of Chemical Bank, where she held executive positions in consumer banking, private banking and technology based businesses. She began her career at McKinsey & Company, where she served as a strategy consultant to financial services firms.
Connie graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in economics and served as a vice chairman of Wesleyan University's board of trustees. She also holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arjay Miller Scholar.