Shelly Scott
Managing Director
Global Legal & Compliance Practice Leader
Shelly joined ZRG Partners in 2020 as a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Officers Practice. With 15 years of executive search experience, Shelly has led searches from Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer to legal and compliance executives in Privacy, Investor Relations, Government Affairs, Intellectual Property, Commercial and Technical Operations, Litigation, Labor & Employment, and Corporate Governance. Shelly’s industry expertise spans all highly regulated industries such as Financial Services (particularly Asset Management), Life Sciences and Healthcare with additional experience in the Technology and Industrial sectors. Her functional focus is lawyers in legal & compliance roles exclusively.
Prior to joining ZRG Partners, Shelly spent ten years with a New York area legal and compliance boutique search firm as the Chair of the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice. Prior to search, Shelly held leadership positions in an Am Law 100 law firm and a highly successful spin-off litigation boutique firm, working with Fortune 500 clients across the country to manage pressing litigation and pre-litigation issues.
Shelly has extensive experience working with public and private companies as well as private equity partners seeking legal and compliance leaders for portfolio companies. Whether looking for a first General Counsel or CCO or a seasoned business lawyer to lead an IPO or expansion into new markets, Shelly brings breadth and depth to the niche legal and compliance talent marketplace.
Shelly is passionate about diversity and the advancement of women in business and leadership. She has participated on panels and been interviewed by major news outlets regarding issues of gender parity, compensation, talent retention, and the rise of compliance in the C-suite. Her article, “What Drives CCO Retention,” was published in Ethisphere Magazine.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois with concentrations in Mathematics and Education.
