Korn Ferry announced that Sherry Duda has joined the firm as a senior client partner in the firm's Consulting business, focused on organization strategy. She will lead the client-facing mergers and acquisitions practice in North America and is based in the firm's Chicago office. Duda joins Korn Ferry from a global advisory firm where she led the North American organization acceleration practice.

Prior to that she served as President & CEO of a Chicago-based culture-shaping firm specializing in brand and culture alignment and organization effectiveness. Earlier in her career, Duda has experience as the chief HR, talent, and DE&I officer for several Fortune 100 companies, including leading the talent related activities of the BP-Amoco merger.