Danny

Leinders

Head of Executive Search Middle East & North Africa and Regional Industrial Market Leader

Danny Leinders leads the executive search business for Korn Ferry in the Middle East & North Africa and is responsible for overseeing the strategy and operations of the search business across all markets in the region.

She also leads the Industrial Market Practice across all Korn Ferry solutions in the Middle East & North Africa and is a member of the firm’s Global Industrial Market. She is a Senior Client Partner in the Dubai office.

In her seventeen years at Korn Ferry, Mrs. Leinders has worked extensively with Boards, CEOs and senior executives supporting their talent management needs. She has conducted executive searches for organisations in the energy, chemicals, infrastructure, construction, automotive  and diversified manufacturing space and been a Global Account Leader for several large corporations; a role which crosses the firm's full integrated talent management offering.

She specialises in the recruitment and assessment of senior leaders within the Middle East Industrial sector and has placed NEDs, CEOs and senior leaders for multinationals, local conglomerates, PE/Investment firms and start-up operations.

She has also worked with many companies to solve strategic talent and leadership issues and delivered industry benchmark leadership assessment programs.

Before joining Korn Ferry, Mrs. Leinders worked for a big four professional services firm and prior to that, she was a Consultant for another international search firm.

Mrs. Leinders holds a master’s degree in business administration, with a focus on employee relations from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. She also holds a bachelor degree in Hotel Management from The Hotel School The Hague, The Netherlands. She is fluent in English and Dutch and has working knowledge of German and French.