Steven J. Heaslip (Principal)
Steve
Heaslip has more than 25 years experience leading the Human Resource function in such marquis companies as Lever Brothers,
Thomas J. Lipton, Elizabeth Arden, and most recently International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., a $2.5B publicly traded
company (NYSE: IFF) that operates in 40 countries.
During
his time in these organizations, Heaslip was deeply involved in mergers and acquisitions; divestitures; business strategy
development; HR strategy development; organizational redesign; union negotiations; compensation strategy and redesign; and
all facets of talent management. Some of his key accomplishments include:
- Delivered a savings of $500M during his tenure at IFF
- Turned a non-profitable division
into a very profitable division, ready for divestiture, through overhead analysis and redesign
- Over-delivered
on targeted synergy's for a Thomas J. Lipton merger
- Divested Arden's largest factory at 3X the
expected sale price
- Negotiated a number of landmark collective bargaining agreements
- Redesigned talent identification, assessment and development processes to deliver a significantly improved talent
pipeline
Heaslip has been
referred to as "the most business savvy HR person I have ever worked with"1 and "one of the
few HR professionals who truly understands shareholder value while serving both employees and management"1
Heaslip is also a certified executive coach; guest lecturer at Fordham and Columbia Universities;
keynote speaker;and the author of "A Million and One Ways to be One-in-a-Million", a top-selling book targeted to
young people entering the workforce.
1E. Mark Landry;
CEO, Phoenix Brands
2Richard A. Goldstein, Former CEO, IFF; Board of Directors, IPG and
Fortune Brands