The Team: Leslie Cariani

Focus: Financial services

Years in the business: 15

Past affiliations: Senior Partner, Global Financial Services Enterprise, Heidrick & Struggles; Spencer Stuart; Bear Stearns

Pertinent detail: Helped establish Heidrick & Struggles' West Coast financial services practice; previously worked on Wall Street in institutional equity sales

Why this career path: "It brings so many skills to bear-a combination of understanding people, understanding the business, and applying creativity, often to find the unexpected solution that turns out to be just the right answer."

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