Vancouver

Tom Summers is an experienced search consultant with more than 20 years of successful top-tier consulting and business leadership working with various executive search firms in Vancouver and word wide. With over 14 years in executive search, Tom has extensive senior-level executive placement knowledge and has led consulting engagements assessing the human capital skills required to lead businesses. The focus of his search work has been the placement of C-level executives and board directors, for small-to-mid-cap companies across a variety of industries throughout North America, including the technology sector. In addition to executive placement, Tom has led executive assessments, both pre- and post-acquisition, for businesses experiencing significant change events.

Prior to joining StoneWood Group Inc. - One of the leading executive search firms in Vancouver

Tom was the founder and managing partner of Tom Summers & Associates Inc., an executive consulting firm providing specialized services in executive assessment, coaching and search. Concurrently, he was also the Canadian Partner for Cleantech Search. Before establishing his own firm, Tom was a Managing Director with Korn/Ferry's International Search Practice and one of four leaders of the Korn/Ferry Leadership Development Solutions practice in the Americas. He began his search career as a partner with Pratzer & Partners Inc. with offices in Toronto, Chicago and New York.

During his diverse career, which began at Procter & Gamble, Tom has also led the turnaround of a private small-cap business and spent several years as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney. Tom has served as a board director for a public and private company, and assisted not-for-profit boards with human capital assessments.

Tom holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Toronto. Tom is a Partner of StoneWood Group Inc., one of the leading executive search firms in Vancouver, BC, Canada.