Mary Kier
Managing Partner
Family Business Practice Leader
Global Consumer & Retail Practice Leader
Mary’s 40-plus years in search have made her one of ZRG’s key leaders both in our Chicago office and globally. She is a compassionate professional focusing on the consumer sector, family businesses, and the intersection of both with private equity. She previously worked with Cook Associates.
Mary specializes in consumer small durables, family businesses, founder-led businesses, and Private Equity owned consumer businesses. She often places CEO, CMO, CFO, COO, and board candidates in these concerns and takes great pride in her high-touch, personal approach to all her candidates and clients.
Mary holds a BS from Mankato State University. She is a caring mentor within and without her professional career, having become the U.S. 'mom' to a young lady from Brazil, helping her to go to college and on to get her Masters and her MBA in the U.S. and watching her grow into an amazing career woman and mother.
