Rebecca Hart

Rebecca Hart is a trusted advisor to boards, CEOs, and executive teams on long-term CEO and C-suite succession strategies, executive assessment and benchmarking, and leadership development. At Russell Reynolds Associates, she partners with organizations at pivotal moments—including leadership transitions, growth, and transformation—helping ensure the right leaders are in place and ready to perform.

Rebecca helps boards and leadership teams de-risk succession by bringing focus to what truly matters in role, the organizational context and timing, and strengthening leadership capability and alignment while decisions are still taking shape. Her approach combines rigorous assessment, market perspective, and practical development planning to elevate both individual leaders and how executive teams work together.

Rebecca brings depth in healthcare, industrial, and other complex, highly regulated environments. She is equally committed to mission-driven and social impact work, balancing for-profit and not-for-profit engagements to help leaders advance both performance and purpose.

Known for building trust quickly, Rebecca creates space for senior leaders to think openly and reflect honestly. Influenced by her background in hospitality, she brings warmth and presence to her work, enabling deeper insight into leadership style, potential, and aspiration. An ICF-certified executive coach with advanced training in Hogan assessment interpretation, she supports leaders in strengthening self-awareness, navigating complexity, and accelerating their impact over time.

Before joining Russell Reynolds, Rebecca spent seven years with a boutique leadership advisory firm, where she supported executive assessment, management team evaluation, and human capital due diligence for private equity-backed organizations across industries.