Cathy Anterasian leads Executive Assessment Services for Spencer Stuart in North and South America. She is also a member of the firm's Technology, Communications & Media and Consumer Goods & Services practices.

Cathy is active in the firm’s work in software, mobile computing, media technology and Internet services. Her search work and prior experience counseling senior executives on strategy and leadership have gained her expertise across many functional areas, including chief executive officer/general management, marketing, sales, business development and finance. Her work spans senior-level executive search, board of director recruitments, executive assessment and other organizational advisory roles. Cathy also makes valued contributions in the training and development of Spencer Stuart consultants. She is a two-time winner of the firm's Lou Rieger Quality Award.

Before joining Spencer Stuart, Cathy was a principal with another international executive search firm, where she focused on the leadership needs of consumer-oriented businesses, including those in the areas of consumer technology, Internet, media and entertainment, retailing, packaged goods and consumer services.

Prior to launching her career in executive search, Cathy was a management consultant with McKinsey Company, where she specialized in serving consumer businesses in the areas of strategy development, marketing, organizational effectiveness and operational excellence. Previously, she was a professor of marketing at the University of Southern California and a systems engineer with IBM.

Cathy holds a Ph.D. in marketing from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, in economics from U.C.L.A.