Cynthia Dow provides clients with world-class executive advisory services across a broad range of industries and geographies. Based in Boston, Cynthia leads that office and the New England region for Russell Reynolds Associates. She also heads the global Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Officers Practice. She focuses on general counsel, chief legal officer and other Board and corporate governance roles. Working with Fortune 500 companies to global mid-cap and small-cap private companies, Cynthia’s expertise extends to multiple industries, including legal, consumer, industrial, technology and more. Cynthia was a successful lawyer before joining Russell Reynolds Associates, serving as a corporate generalist, labor and employment attorney and litigator.
She practiced law for more than 14 years: as vice president and assistant general counsel with Cadbury Schweppes, the general counsel to a technology company, and as an attorney with Baker Botts LLP in Dallas. Earlier in her career, she served as a senior law clerk to Chief Judge Jerry Buchmeyer of the Northern District of Texas.
“I am not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott