Financial Services (Strategy)

Driving Growth with Out-of-the-Box Thinking
Chief Strategy Officer for a National Leader in Health and Related Benefits

The Client Need
One of the largest U.S. providers of health, pharmacy, dental, and life insurance products needed a new leader for strategy company-wide. At this high level, individuals with the requisite experience and vision are few in number, making for a challenging search. The client trusted SEBA to deliver the right candidate.

The SEBA Solution
The obvious solution would have been to find an executive currently leading strategy for another company in the space. In SEBA’s view, as an industry leader, our client needed someone with a higher profile and a more robust skill set to help shape its future direction. We broadened our view beyond the conventional approach, and discovered a truly out-of-the-box solution.

The Result
Rather than limiting our focus to strategy executives, we brought in the CEO of a competitor, and found him to be a perfect match for the job. Beyond having a clear strategic vision for the industry, his operational experience—including P&L responsibility—contributes valuable senior leadership to help guide our client’s business into the future.