Ken Taylor

CEO, Taylor Meyer Associates

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Ken Taylor

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Web site: www.tma-llc.com

Address: 1 N. Franklin St., Ste. 1680, Chicago, IL 60606

Phone: 312-960-1400

E-mail: ken.taylor@tma-llc.com

Advice: Surround yourself with only the very best in talent, especially your CFO and your CHRO.

Qualities sought in emerging leaders: An uninterrupted career of increasingly responsible and developmental assignments; proven leadership ability to work with others and develop talent; unimpeachable integrity and ethics; demonstrated readiness for the position; right mix of EQ and IQ for the situation.

Sector specialization: Automotive; industrial energy; health care; consumer products

Job function specialization: Board of Directors and C-Suite

Geographical Focus: Global

Companies I often recruit for: Not Provided

Favorite historical figure: Ronald Reagan

Education: University of Chicago, MBA, 1977; Georgetown University, BSBA, 1975

Languages: English

Employment history: Taylor Meyer Associates, CEO, 3 years; Egon Zehnder International, Executive Committee Member, U.S. Managing Partner, Head of Board Consulting Practice, 17 years; Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, Vice President and Group Executive, 10 years; American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Loan Officer, 3 years (Dates not provided)

Other interests: Cars, Golf, Scuba Diving, Travel

Professional/Membership Affiliations: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois CPA Society

Experience in executive search consulting: 20

High Profile Placement: Spin-out Board, Arvin Innovation (new Board announced end of July); BP plc, Board Member, George David, Chairman and CEO, UTC. Dana, CEO, Gary Convis

Other paths I might have pursued: Consulting

The global business trend that will most influence corporate performance in the future: successfully arbitraging global markets for customers, employees, commodities, labor, and capital coupled with the continual alignment of shareholder interests through effective corporate governance.