biography
Gwen Sabo co-founded Olive Avenue Search Partners in 2012 after a successful career at Heidrick & Struggles, Inc. Gwen brings over twenty years of executive search and leadership identification experience to clients across a broad range of industries. Most recently, Gwen has focused on Financial Services firms - from small family operated entities to multinational public companies - with specific real estate and commercial banking interests. City National Bank, One West Bank and Christie’s International Real Estate are a few of the clients she has recently served. Gwen has successfully recruited COOs, Managing Directors, Vice Presidents and directors to key corporate functions.
In addition to her significant clients services work, Gwen served for years as manager and mentor to new search professionals across Heidrick & Struggles North America, teaching executive search Best Practices to many who are now some the industry’s finest recruiting professionals and is delighted to call many her great friends.
Prior to Heidrick & Struggles, Gwen was the Manager of Staffing and Employee Relations for Marshall Industries, one of the largest value-added technology service providers (now part of Avnet, Inc.)
A native of New York, Gwen earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and lives with her family in Los Angeles.