Dave Zeman is a core member of Spencer Stuart’s Industrial, CEO, Board, Private Equity and Restructuring practices. Dave specializes across industrial manufacturing businesses with a particular depth in the process industries. Based in Chicago, Dave brings more than a decade of experience at Spencer Stuart guiding publicly traded, private equity-sponsored and privately held companies through CEO, board and C-suite search and succession engagements, as well as merger integration, culture transformation and team effectiveness engagements.
Industries
- Chemicals
- Materials
- Packaging
- Building Products
- Process Automation
- Metals
Expertise
- Board
- CEO
- COO
- CFO
- President
- Private Equity
- Restructuring
- Succession
- Diversity
- Executive Compensation
Recent work
- More than 150 CEO and board search and succession engagements
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Recruited numerous CEOs with prior proven private equity-backed experience
- Partnered with numerous newly appointed CEOs to selectively augment their direct report teams
- Advised a board and CEO on over a dozen leadership appointments as the company implemented a new corporate strategy and integrated a transformative acquisition
- Following a highly successful IPO, brought the full breadth of Spencer Stuart’s functional expertise to build a new C-suite leadership team, including CFO, GC, CIO and CHRO
Previous industrial experience:
- Corporate and financial sponsor banker covering diversified industrials at Wells Fargo
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General management experience at a privately held manufacturer serving diversified industrial and medical end markets
Education
- M.E.M., Engineering Management, Northwestern University
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B.S., Mathematics, University of Iowa