Ruth Frantz
Managing Director
Wiser Partners Group
With over a decade of retained executive search experience, Ruth is a Managing Director in the Global Marketing and Growth Officers Practice and the Consumer Practice. Prior to joining ZRG, she was a Managing Partner with Wiser Partners, one of the most successful boutique search firms in the U.S. (acquired by ZRG in 2024.) She specializes in CEO, CMO, CSO, and senior level Marketing and Sales searches – recruiting and placing leaders who know how to build, fix, or drive transformative growth for businesses.
Ruth brings over 20 years of Global Marketing experience from the client-side driving growth for lifestyle, luxury, and innovation-driven product portfolios. Ruth was a Global Marketing executive at premier Consumer companies ranging from Beauty & Personal Care (Procter & Gamble) to Beverage Alcohol (Diageo and Pernod Ricard) to Food (Kraft Heinz). She served as Global Vice President, Diageo Vodka Portfolio; Vice President of Marketing, Pernod Wines & Champagnes; Global Brand Director, Clairol Salon Division (P&G). She was also a founder of a successful E-commerce start-up.
She takes pride in building transparent, consultative, career-long relationships with a global network of talent, as well as a high-touch, personalized approach with clients. Since moving to recruiting, she has collaborated with a wide range of Consumer & B2B businesses. Her client base ranges from Fortune 100, to private equity-owned, to VC-backed, to family-held, to non-profits. Ruth’s expertise spans Brand Development, Portfolio Strategy, Innovation, Digital, and Emerging Markets. She began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. She is an honors graduate of Wellesley College with a BA in Economics and Psychology and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
