Alan Guarino

Alan Guarino is Vice Chairman in the Office of the Chief Executive at Korn Ferry, and Senior Partner in our CEO and Board Services practice based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Guarino brings a unique perspective to Korn Ferry as a former chief executive officer and experienced consultant, working with corporate boards and executive teams to drive business and talent management strategies. Alan led the creation of our Fintech & Electronic Trading practice and is considered the leading search partner in the Fintech/HFT/Exchange & Clearing space.

In that context, he launched our execution accelerator partnership program as an initiative within our office of the chief executive. Alan personally leads major consulting initiatives across industries, with deep expertise in global financial markets, helping clients drive their strategies. He also selectively leads CEO and Executive Chairperson searches and leads boards of directors through a framework to ensure high quality c-suite succession.

He is a well published thought leader and media commentator with broad business exposure enabling him to handle assignments for large Fortune 500 companies, as well as cutting edge emerging growth companies.

As a public company board member, he currently chairs the Compensation Committee of The Chefs Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF). Mr. Guarino has also served as founding chairman of the board of Boy’s Town of New York, president of the West Point Society of New York, finance chairman of Capuchin Youth and Family Ministries, and as an advisory board member to MuSigma, One-Page, HireRight, NobleMarkets, and FoundationSource, Inc. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and earned his master’s degree in business administration from Embry Riddle University while on active duty in the United States Army.

Starting from September 9, 2019, Alan Guarino become Chairman of the board of directors of the Saint Pio Foundation.