Dennis Carey specializes in the recruitment of CEOs and corporate directors. In recent years, Dennis has conducted searches for the current CEOs of 3M, Tyco International, Unisys (previous CEO, not current), MCI, and American Standard, among others. Dennis also has conducted board director searches for dozens of companies, including American Express, CBS, Tyco International (entire new board), Rohm and Haas, AmerisourceBergen, Allied Signal, Amgen, V.F. Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline, CIGNA, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and UNOCAL. Dennis has also completed director searches for a number of spin off companies including AT&T, NCR and Sprint (2006). In 2007, Dennis led CEO succession assessment projects for 3 Fortune 500 Companies. Also in 2007, Dennis recruited the entire board of Covidian and TYCO Electronics, both spin offs of TYCO.
Dennis serves as a director of AirClic, The Edgewater Funds and Wharton’s Director's Institute, which he co-founded. He has been an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association since 1981. He founded G100, the Chairman Academy and the CEO Academy. He also co-founded the Wharton Board Excellence Award Program.
Dennis holds a Ph.D. in finance and administration from the University of Maryland and was a post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University in 1982-1983. Dennis also has held visiting Fellowships at Princeton Theological Seminary and the ECC. He has authored numerous articles on corporate governance, director recruitment, board compensation (Directors & Boards magazine), and business strategy related to spin-offs (McKinsey Quarterly). He also has published three books: CEO Succession and The Human Side of M&A, both published by Oxford University Press in 2000, and How to Run a Company, published by Crown Business in 2003.
Previous experience includes being managing director at Hay Management Consultants; Secretary of Labor and Industry to Governor Pierre S. Dupont IV; and serving as vice president of The University of Delaware.
In 1980, Dennis was ranked by the World Swimming Federation as one of the top 20 swimmers in the world after completing his swim of the English Channel. He serves on the board of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, chaired by Mark Spitz.
Dennis has two children and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dennis Carey was appointed Senior Client Partner of Korn Ferry International, effective October 9th, 2007. He will work directly with the former CEO of Spencer Stuart who also joined Korn Ferry a few years ago to support the firms CEO Practice.