Based in New York, Peter Hodkinson has been a consultant with the firm since 2014. He has 19 years of experience advising companies on succession, board and executive search and other leadership topics. He focuses on technology and product leadership, as well as general management of technology-centric businesses. He has particularly deep experience in financial services and a broad public and private company client base across North America, Asia-Pac, Europe and South America.
Global experience with market depth
- Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Peter worked for a boutique search firm with offices in London, New York, Hong Kong and Switzerland, most recently as co-leader of the firm’s business in the Americas and as leader of the technology practice. He secured and delivered mandates for clients in capital markets, asset and wealth management, market infrastructure, payments and retail banking.
- He began his career in search with another boutique retained search firm in London. He spent five years there focused on technology search in the financial sector.
- Before his career in search, Peter lived and worked in Japan for two years and held an export development role in Ireland.
Peter earned an M.A. in economics and politics from the University of Edinburgh and has a post-graduate qualification with distinction in marketing from the University of Ulster. He has competed in over 10 Olympic triathlons and completed 8 marathons in Europe and the U.S. He has varying degrees of proficiency in French, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese.