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Our firm benefits from the complementary talents and backgrounds of our three partners. John Wilson, our founder and President, was a banker for many years prior to founding a strong CFO specialty search practice at both Russell Reynolds and Korn/Ferry. Charles Adams was a banker with commercial and capital markets experience in North America, Europe and Asia prior to becoming a CFO himself. Seiki Murono was a banker with broad experience, most recently in private banking, before becoming Chairman of the Board of a San Francisco-based bank and Director of several companies in the United States and Asia. The principals of J.C. Wilson Associates have more than 80 years combined experience in their respective fields and offer a unique combination of skills and dedication to client relationships of the highest quality.
John Wilson is the founder and President of J.C. Wilson Associates. John has personally specialized in senior executive searches for the financial services, advanced technology and biotech sectors. Before starting this specialist search firm in 2002, John was a senior Partner with Korn/Ferry International, where he founded and, for five years, ran that firm’s CFO practice in the U.S. At the same time, he was the senior Partner in charge of their Financial Services Practice on the West Coast. Prior to Korn/Ferry, John spent 10 years as a Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Before moving to San Francisco in 1993, he was the Managing Partner in charge of their Hong Kong and Singapore offices. During his 18-plus years in executive search,
John has successfully recruited more than 300 senior executives,
including CEOs, General Managers, functional heads and heads of
geographic regions for a wide variety of organizations in the U.S.
and the Asia/Pacific region. John holds a BS degree from St. Joseph’s
University in Philadelphia and an MBA in International Finance from
The George Washington University. John is an avid tennis player,
golfer, fly fisherman, and an accomplished mountaineer, having successfully
summited six of the world’s Seven Summits. > Click to download a printable file | (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
Vickie Johnston is a Financial Services Consultant with J.C. Wilson Associates specializing in investment banking and asset management searches. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1978, Vickie spent 12 years working on Wall Street in various corporate finance functions, in both public and private companies. Her experience includes roles with Kidder, Peabody & Co, Wertheim & Co., Morgan Stanley and Bankers Trust. In the mid-90s, Vickie worked as an independent corporate finance consultant in Hong Kong, where her projects ranged from raising capital to writing strategic business plans for various Asia-based companies. Since relocating to San Francisco in 1997, Vickie has done pro bono consulting for non-profit institutions. She is a director of Community Partners, a group that teams Harvard Business School graduates with philanthropic projects in the Bay Area. Recent projects have included financial, marketing and strategic plans for San Francisco arts and civic organizations. Vickie is a Trustee and City of San Francisco Commissioner for The Asian Art Museum. Her involvement has included capital raising, long-range financial planning; overseeing (as a committee member) the $180 million renovation of San Francisco’s Old Main Library, the Museum’s new home; and co-writing the Museum’s 2004 Strategic Plan. Vickie has also chaired the Museum’s Acquisitions Committee since 2000. Vickie graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Economics, and holds an MBA from Harvard. > Click to download a printable file | (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
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