Suzzane Wood specializes in board-level finance and Non-Executive Director recruitment for leading global organizations. Her extensive search and leadership assessment experience includes CFO succession planning for public and private organizations across all sectors. Based in London, Suzzane is a senior member of the Board & CEO Advisory Partners and previously led our European Financial Officers Team.

Previous Experience

Suzzane has more than 30 years of experience as a trusted advisor working with boards on financial officer appointments and succession planning/team assessment. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, she was Head of the European Financial Officers Practice at a leading global executive search firm. Earlier, Suzzane established the CFO practice of a specialist global search firm, where she was a Partner.

Education & Affiliations

Suzzane received her BA (Hons) in English and American literature from the University of East Anglia. She is a regular presenter at Deloitte’s Next Generation CFO Academy. Suzzane has also represented the England Women’s Chess Team both in the UK and abroad.