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Heidrick adds eBay, finance execs to board

February 08, 2016

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASD: HSII) appointed Elizabeth L. Axelrod and T. Willem Mesdag as independent members of the company's board, effective Feb. 5, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Committee appointments have not been determined.

Both Axelrod and Mesdag will stand for election at the company's 2016 annual meeting.

Axelrod, 46, was the senior VP, human resources, for eBay Inc. from March 2005 to July 2015. Prior to her tenure at eBay, Axelrod was chief talent officer for WPP Group PLC, a global communications services group, where she was also an executive director, and as a partner at McKinsey & Company. She is a co-author of The War for Talent.

Mesdag, 62, is the founder and current managing partner of Los Angeles-based Red Mountain Capital Partners, an investment management fund established in 2005. He previously was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs & Co., and a securities lawyer with Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll.

Mesdag also serves on the board of directors of Encore Capital Group, Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. and Destination XL Group Inc. He is also a director of Davis Petroleum Acquisition Corp., a private company. Mesdag previously served on the boards of Cost Plus Inc., 3i Group plc and Skandia Group AB. Mesdag also serves on the board of trustees of the Aspen Music Festival and School and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.