Courtney Fletcher is a senior member of Spencer Stuart’s Board, Financial Officer, Legal Officer and Private Equity practices, where she leads chief financial officer, general counsel and board searches for executive leaders and for audit committees and chairs. Based out of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, Courtney is a recipient of the firm's prestigious Lou Rieger Quality Award, recognizing the highest levels of work and client service.
Business, finance and legal experience across industries
- Courtney brings over 25 years of professional experience anchored at the intersection of talent, business and strategy. She advises boards, CEOs and senior executives on board and C-suite succession planning, including board director search, CEO succession planning, corporate officer succession planning and executive search.
- Courtney works across sectors with Fortune 500 and other leading public and private companies, as well as private equity firms and their portfolio companies. She has completed more than 425 executive search and leadership advisory assignments, bringing deep experience advising clients on their most consequential leadership decisions. This includes significant work in the context of complex M&A and carve-out situations.
- Her work spans board and leadership recruitment, succession planning, and leadership assessment and performance acceleration, with both individuals and teams. She has particular depth working with corporate officers and has built an extensive network of senior executives and board directors across industries. Her experience with private equity clients includes advising firms and their portfolio companies on board and C-suite leadership needs. Her client work spans technology, financial services, consumer and industrial sectors, among others. She has led extensive work with family-owned and privately-held organizations.
Prior to her career in executive search and leadership advisory, Courtney spent the first decade of her career in investment banking and practicing as a corporate attorney. She received her J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School and her bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University, where she was a Division I athlete and an Academic All-American.