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Lyndon A. Taylor

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Lyndon A. Taylor is a partner in Heidrick’s Chicago office and regional managing partner of the Americas CEO & Board of Directors Practice. He advises privately held and publicly traded clients on executive and board searches, succession, board effectiveness, and talent development.

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Experience

Prior management roles at Heidrick include leading the global Inclusion Practice and partner-in-charge of the Chicago office.

Previously, Lyndon worked in investment banking at UBS and Merrill Lynch, and in corporate development at Enron. He also served in the U.S. Navy prior to college.

Lyndon teaches governance in the University of Chicago’s Leadership & Society Initiative.

Education

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, M.B.A.

Southern Methodist University, B.A., history, with honors

Southern Methodist University, B.S., ethnic studies

Awards

In 2020, Lyndon received the AESC IDEA Award for contributions to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access.

Philanthropy and Service

He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and serves on the Economic Club of Chicago’s Forums Committee. He has served as chair of the board of Cook County Health & Hospital System and on the boards of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, CFA Society Chicago, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

Thought Leadership

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Board Monitor US 2023

Bonnie Gwin | Jeremy Hanson | Jeff Sanders | Lyndon Taylor

Progress toward greater diversity slows this year on Fortune 500 boards.
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Board Monitor US 2022

Bonnie Gwin | Jeremy Hanson | Jeff Sanders | Lyndon Taylor

In 2021, boards of companies in the Fortune 500 continued a trend that began in the second half of 2020: bringing in an infusion of fresh thinking by reaching out to groups of people from increasingly diverse backgrounds.
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