Ricardo Sunderland, based in San Francisco, is a senior leadership development Consultant whose life’s purpose is to “connect humanity at corporations, one leader at a time”. Ricardo fulfills his purpose by coaching senior leaders on how to unlock their potential to become a better version of themselves. Ricardo is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. His passion is to help organizations find it’s signature culture and unlock the collective with close partnership with the CEO and Group CHRO across industries and geographies. In addition to Coaching CEOs and their leadership teams, most of his work is focused on CEO and Executive Suite succession and search solutions.

Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Ricardo was a Senior Partner at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting). Earlier Ricardo held various management roles for Citigroup, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Citi’s Global Consumer e-commerce business. Ricardo’s early banking career at Citi Global Consumer centered on financial performance and risk management.

Ricardo earned a BS in finance & marketing from Iberoamericana University and an MBA from the IPADE University.