About David A. Lord

David Lord founded ESIS in 1995, in response to requests from corporations for better information about executive recruiters and best practices in working with them.

Since then he has helped more than 100 Fortune 500 corporations improve executive search effectiveness.

David is a frequently quoted writer and speaker on issues in executive recruiting and serves as a moderator, panelist and presenter at executive search industry conferences worldwide.

He is facilitator of the Executive Search Information Exchange, a research and discussion group for senior human resources executives from 70 leading corporations.

David is former Editor at Kennedy Information, publishers of Executive Recruiter News and The Directory of Executive Recruiters.

He is a member of the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment, the Human Resource Planning Society and the Executive Search Roundtable.

David holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from The College of William & Mary.