Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASDAQ: HSII) announced today that Kamau Coar was named as chief inclusion officer and Jenni Hibbert was named as global managing partner, head of executive search go-to-market among other changes at the Chicago-based firm. Coar and Hibbert will report to President and CEO Krishnan Rajagopalan.

In addition to serving as chief inclusion officer, Coar will continue serving in his current role as chief legal officer. His responsibilities as chief inclusion officer will include shaping the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts.

“Kamau has been a champion for inclusion throughout his career,” Rajagopalan said. “This new role is both timely and crucial as our firm advances with a sharpened focus on diversity and inclusion.”

Separately, Hibbert will focus on deepening client relationships, finding new ways to scale the firm’s services globally and identifying growth opportunities. She previously had served as global practice managing partner for Heidrick’s financial services practice, the firm’s largest practice in size and scale.

Heidrick also announced a number of other new roles:

• Alyse Bodine, partner, global head of financial officers practice
• Sam Burman, partner, global practice managing partner, disruptive innovators team, and head of specialty practices
• Tim Dietlin, partner, global practice managing partner, healthcare and life sciences practice
• Jonathan Graham, partner, global practice managing partner, industrial practice
• Tom Murray, partner, global practice managing partner, global technology services
• Victoria Reese, partner, global practice managing partner, corporate officers practice; Reese also continues to lead the legal, risk, compliance and government affairs practice
• Todd Taylor, partner, global practice managing partner, financial services practice