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Tom Monahan was named Chairman of the Board of Directors of CEB (NYSE: CEB) effective 1 January 2008. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of the company since 1 July 2005, and as a company officer and director since 2001. Prior to this, he was a member of the firm's research and operating management team since the mid-1990s.

As part of the company's leadership for more than a decade, Tom has helped redefine how the world's leading companies make their most important decisions. By tapping the collective experience of and analyzing performance data from more than 5,700 companies, CEB has created authoritative insights and highly relevant management resources to help companies manage talent, innovation, and risk. The firm has been one of the fastest growing professional/information service companies globally throughout the past decade and has become one of the most respected authorities on management issues. Its network of active members has grown fivefold over that period.

During his 16 years with the company, Tom has led the firm's efforts on a wide variety of topics—including innovation and technology processes, operating and reputational risk, the structure and role of the financial sector, and employee productivity and performance. He has also partnered with CEB's service and advisory teams and members on six continents to drive outstanding corporate performance using CEB insights and tools. He is a widely quoted authority on management issues—particularly risk management, corporate governance, and ethical leadership.

Building on CEB's core ethic of service, the company's leadership team has also pioneered a range of innovations in community investment and philanthropy—including sizable community investments, pro bono advisory help, and a global service day.

Tom is also a member of the Board of Directors of Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), where he is Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee. He is a member of the CEO Fiscal Leadership Council, and serves as a Chair for Leadership Giving for Harvard University.  Tom also teaches Sunday school at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church and—along with his wife and daughters—is active in causes that facilitate the participation of women and girls in economic life globally.

Before joining CEB, Tom worked with Deloitte & Touche, the Committee for Economic Development, and Andersen Consulting. He holds an undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and received his MBA with distinction from New York University.

Tom is a regular contributor to CEB's blog. See his most recent posts here.

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Melody L. Jones is the firm's Chief Administrative Officer. From December 2005 until 2012, she served as the firm's Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Jones has firmwide responsibility for Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal and Compliance, Communications, Philanthropy, and the Member Meetings department. She is also responsible for managing CEB's Professional Services business, which delivers employee engagement assessments, development experiences for emerging functional leaders, and sales force effectiveness diagnostics and services.

Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Jones served from 2002 to 2005 as the Human Resources Director for T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm. In this capacity, she had overall responsibility for the global Human Resources function. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, Ms. Jones spent eight years at Aon Corporation, a Fortune 50 insurance brokerage and consulting company, serving from 1998-2002 as the Chief Human Resources Officer. She joined Aon in 1994, as head of the Midwestern Regional Office of Aon Consulting. In 1996, she assumed responsibility for the HR Strategy and Technology consulting practice, and managed this global practice until assuming her role as CHRO for the corporation. Ms. Jones also served as a senior consultant with Organizational Dynamics, Inc., and held several leadership positions across a six-year tenure with Citicorp Mortgage.

Ms. Jones holds a Master of Fine Arts degree and a Bachelor of Music degree, both from Southern Illinois University. She has also completed post-graduate work in Organizational Psychology at the University of Missouri.

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Richard S. Lindahl was appointed Chief Financial Officer of CEB on 18 May 2009. Mr. Lindahl brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience to the firm.

Previously, Mr. Lindahl worked at Sprint Nextel Corporation serving as Vice President and Treasurer from 2005 to 2006 and Senior Vice President from 2006 to 2008. From 1997 until 2005, Mr. Lindahl served in various positions at Nextel Communications, Inc., including as Treasurer and in Planning and Analysis roles. He held the position of Vice President, Finance, at Pocket Communications, Inc., from 1995 until 1997. Before 1995, Mr. Lindahl held positions at MCI Communications, Deloitte & Touche, and Casher Associates.

Mr. Lindahl holds an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a BA in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Steve Meyer, who serves as Group President and Chief Commercial Officer, joined CEB in May 2009. He is responsible for managing CEB’s commercial operations, including sales, service, and marketing, as well as product planning and development globally. He also is a member of CEB’s Corporate Leadership Team.

Mr. Meyer brings more than two decades of experience in driving growth at some of the world's leading organizations.  He most recently served as Vice President at Dell Inc., where he helped lead the Global Services division to be the company's fastest growing major business.  Previously, he served as Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Business Development at Trilogy Software and as Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company.  He began his career at Chemical Bank (now part of JPMorgan Chase & Company), where he was Assistant Vice President.  Prior to joining CEB, Mr. Meyer was a longstanding member of CEB leadership councils, and, in fact, led initiatives featured in some of CEB's best practice studies of customer-driven growth.

Mr. Meyer holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA in general management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Haniel Lynn is the General Manager of two practice areas within CEB: the Sales, Marketing, and Communications Practice and the Financial Services Practice. He has overall business responsibility for a range of research, advisory, and decision support products under the CEB umbrella and is also a member of CEB's Corporate Leadership Team.

Mr. Lynn was formerly the Executive Director of the New Business Development group at CEB, with responsibility for spearheading corporate growth and new product development. Prior to joining CEB, Mr. Lynn was the Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at LYTE, Inc. He also spent a number of years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he served leading technology and media companies globally on issues of marketing, strategy, operations, and organization. In addition, Mr. Lynn has worked with GE Information Services, where his professional responsibilities included software applications development, product marketing and management, and technical client support.

Mr. Lynn received his bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Anthony Parslow joined CEB in December 2009 as the Executive Director of Corporate Strategy and Global Development and is based out of the London office. In this role, Mr. Parslow is responsible for managing CEB's global corporate strategy, including all avenues for organic and discontinuous growth in domestic and international regions. He is also a member of the firm's Corporate Leadership Team.

Prior to joining CEB, Mr. Parslow's achievements include strong leadership experience at IBM, Forrester, and Datamonitor. As Forrester's Chief Operating Officer for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, he brought the business to profitability, led the integration of Giga Information Group in EMEA, and launched a number of new product and market expansions including setting up Forrester Middle East; he also later led a turnaround project to fix Forrester's Asia–Pacific operations. While he was the General Manager at Datamonitor, the business achieved a 59% increase in profits and a 50% growth in share price before its sale to Informa for $1 billion. He also led the successful acquisition and integration of Ovum. Throughout his career, Mr. Parslow has led numerous efforts to realign overall go-to-market strategies and drive the associated changes necessary for success.

Mr. Parslow received his Bachelor of Commerce from the National University of Ireland, a Diploma in International Management from IECS–The Strasbourg Graduate School of Management, and certification from the Paris Chamber of Commerce.

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With nearly two decades of experience at CEB, Kurt Reisenberg has a deep understanding of how to help senior executives identify and adopt functional best practices that improve corporate performance.

A member of CEB's Corporate Leadership Team, Mr. Reisenberg oversees a number of membership programs designed to help clients advance business goals in the areas of finance, legal, risk management, strategy, operations, and procurement. He and his team are focused on helping executives tackle critical challenges in these functions, including identifying where finance and legal departments can create unique value for the enterprise; improving efficiency in processes such as the accounting close, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation; implementing shared services strategies; understanding and responding to investor demands; and managing strategic, operational, and compliance risks.

Mr. Reisenberg has worked in various capacities during his tenure at CEB. In addition to his functional expertise in Finance, Legal, Risk & Compliance, and other areas, he has specific industry expertise in the financial services sector. He is an honors graduate of Brown University.

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Warren Thune has a deep understanding of how to equip senior executives and their teams with insight and actionable solutions to transform operations. During his career at CEB, Mr. Thune has worked with thousands of executives, across 30 different functional roles, to unlock the potential of organizations and leaders by advancing the science and practice of management.

As a General Manager, Mr. Thune has overall responsibility for CEB's HR, IT, and Government practices. For the HR and IT practices, he is responsible for leading the programs' research, decision support, and advisory service offerings. In the Government practice, Mr. Thune leads the firmwide strategy effort to further develop CEB's relationships with that segment. He is also a member of CEB's Corporate Leadership Team.

Mr. Thune has been with CEB since March 2004, previously spending over 10 years with Mercer Management Consulting/Oliver Wyman—the last three as a Senior Partner running the firm's San Francisco office. At Mercer, he concentrated on developing customer-focused corporate strategies across numerous industries. Mr. Thune received his MBA from the University of Chicago and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Robert Morgan was named President and General Manager of SHL in October 2012 taking responsibility for SHL’s worldwide business operations, reporting to CEB President and CEO, Tom Monahan and taking an active role on the CEB leadership team.

Since his appointment in April 2010, Robert has served as Vice President of the Americas business until January 2011 when he was appointed as Chief Marketing Officer, leading the merger with Previsor and transforming the company’s go-to-market strategy, including an award-winning rebranding and repositioning. In January 2012, Morgan was elevated to Chief Customer spearheading growth and expansion of SHL in the US, Asia Pac, Greater China and Europe, and playing an integral role in SHL’s acquisition by CEB July later that year.

Robert’s experience spans three decades across all facets of the Human Resources (HR) market, with over 20 years of senior talent management experience. He served  as Vice President of HR for Office Depot, headquartered in the U.S. He moved out of HR at Spherion, a global staffing and recruitment company where he ran the Employment Solutions business including the outsourcing and consulting business. While at Spherion he also served as President of The Saratoga Institute. Latterly, Robert served as President of Hudson’s Recruitment and Talent Management Business.

Morgan has served on the advisory board for Brass Ring, The Florida Governors’ Council for Workforce Initiatives and the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University and on the Advisory Board for HR.Com’s Leadership and Quality of Hire boards. He has a degree in Economics from Wake Forest University.

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