Robert leads the Consumer & Commercial Financial Services (CCFS) practice for the Americas at Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA), the world’s leading leadership advisory firm with 600+ consultants in 47 offices. A seasoned veteran of executive search and leadership assessment & development, Robert is responsible for scaling the practice globally through new client development, growth within existing relationships, largescale project management, partner recruitment and retention, and the development of new processes and IP.
Robert’s global practice focuses on serving financial services companies, transaction processors, fintechs, payments companies, and private equity firms with enterprise-wide executive and board search, leadership assessment, and succession projects. Since joining RRA as a Managing Director in 2015, Robert grew the practice from $5M to $40M+ in billings, generated and executed numerous CEO and Board searches, launched enterprise-wide assessment projects at Fortune 500 companies, and built the practice through organic growth as well as through the recruitment of numerous associates and partners.
Under Robert’s leadership, the CCFS practice and its members have been featured as keynote speakers at Money2020, the Consumer Bankers Association Annual CBA Live Conference, the Risk Management Association, and America Bankers Retail Banking and Digital Banking conferences. Robert has been featured in articles in Forbes, Bloomberg, American Banker, CIO Today, Institutional Investor, National Mortgage News, Credit Union Journal, and USA Today.
Prior to joining RRA in 2015, Robert spent 17 years in senior leadership roles with CTPartners, a publicly-held global executive search firm. Robert lead the company’s global quality initiative program, served on the technology committee, and was one of a handful of partners selected for the company’s C-Suite succession program. Prior to CTPartners, Robert began his career in education as a teacher.
Robert is a member of the board of Don’t Ever Give Up, the governing body of the V Foundation, and is actively involved in USA Rugby initiatives. He received a BA in history from Kenyon College in 1992 and lives in Cleveland, OH with his wife, Susan. Robert and Susan have two sons, Bobby and Hayden.
Robert Voth | Consultants | Russell Reynolds Associates
Areas of Expertise:
- Executive Search
- Leadership Succession & Development
- Organizational Design
- Scaling/Driving Business Growth
- Quality Assurance
- Digital Innovation
