Eric Leventhal is based in the New York office of Spencer Stuart and is a member of the firm’s global Consumer Goods & Services and Marketing Officer practices. Building on more than 15 years of marketing and general management experience at American and European packaged goods companies, Eric now works with companies to recruit board directors, CEOs and CMOs for clients in both the public and private equity sectors.
Eric has held marketing and general management positions at Kraft Foods, The Coca-Cola Company, Campbell Soup Company and Danone. Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Eric was president of Danone Beverages North America and president of Evian North America. Previously he held the position of senior vice president of marketing for Dannon, where he was responsible for the company’s brand management, new product development, advertising, packaging, public relations and consumer affairs functions. He has been featured as a consumer marketing expert in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, Advertising Age and Brandweek, and has appeared on Fox Business Network and CNBC television.
Eric earned a B.A. in economics and psychology at Tufts University and an M.B.A. in marketing and management at Columbia Graduate School of Business. He is on the board of directors for America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Foodbank Network. He is an avid runner, having completed five marathons and dozens of half-marathons. Eric and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Westchester County, New York, with their two children.