Dean Stamoulis provides guidance to boards on CEO selection and succession, the development of CEO candidates and board and C-suite people related dynamics. Dean also leads the firm's Center for Leadership Insight which focuses on sharing fresh observations and solutions about C-suite leadership challenges and opportunities.

Professional Experience

Dean has over 20 years of executive assessment and development experience. He co-founded the firm’s global Leadership and Succession business. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Dean worked in the Management Development Center at IBM's corporate headquarters. He also authored a book titled Senior Executive Assessment: A Key to Responsible Corporate Governance which discusses distinctive recommendations on how to detect strengths and areas of risk among senior leaders. Dean’s ideas were also included in Ram Charan's recent book, The Attacker's Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities.

Affiliations

Dean is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association.

Education

Dean received his Sc. B. in psychology from Brown University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from Virginia Tech.