Richard W. Pehlke is a seasoned, global financial executive with over 40 years of experience in public company global financial leadership roles in the business services, telecommunications, food and consumer products and commercial real estate industries. He retired in April 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Heidrick & Struggles where he also served on the firm’s Executive Committee. In 2015, the Chicago Chapter of the Financial Executive Institute named him the CFO of the Year for Mid-Cap companies. Rich has served as a Director of Ideal Industries, a family owned global manufacturing company since 1998 where is chairman of the audit committee. He has served as a public or private company director since 1994. Past board experiences include Edward Health Services Corp, Hudson Highland Group, New Zealand Telecom, and Belgium’s Belgacom (now Proximus) and Valparaiso University. Rich is also a member of the Private Directors Association.