---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-012711"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001066605"
company_name: "HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:52:34.992546+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Heidrick & Struggles CEO Krishnan Rajagopalan to retire; Thomas Monahan III appointed CEO

## Summary
- Krishnan Rajagopalan stepping down as President/CEO March 4, 2024, retiring April 1; will serve as advisor through Dec 2024.
- Thomas Monahan III appointed CEO eff. March 4; base $900k, bonus 150%, LTI $2M; previously CEO of CEB and DeVry.
- Tom Murray promoted to President from Global Managing Partner of Executive Search, reporting to Monahan.
- Preliminary Q4 net revenue expected $240M-$260M, in line with prior guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-012711
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001066605
- company_name: HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312524012711/0001193125-24-012711-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312524012711/d665413d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-012711.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC reported preliminary financial results for fiscal year 2023.
  - Period: fiscal year 2023
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: issued a press release regarding certain estimated, unaudited financial information relating to the fiscal 2023 reporting period
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312524012711/0001193125-24-012711-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas L. Monahan III was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 23, 2024, the Company announced that the Board appointed Thomas L. Monahan III to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and, following the recommendation of the Nominating and Board Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Mr. Monahan to serve as a member of the Board, each effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312524012711/0001193125-24-012711-index.htm
- Executive change
  Krishnan Rajagopalan resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 23, 2024, Krishnan Rajagopalan, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company of his decision to step down as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer on March 4, 2024 (the “Transition Date”) and retire from the Company on April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312524012711/0001193125-24-012711-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.