Robert A. Proctor III

Bob brings over 20 years of executive search experience to Oak Hill Partners. He has successfully completed assignments for Directors, chief executive officers, chief operating officers and vice presidents in most line and staff functional areas. Among his major current and past clients are Armstrong World Industries, Bayer AG/Bayer NA, Constellation Energy Group, ITT Industries, Inc., PPG Industries, Kennametal, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Prior to Oak Hill Partners, Bob spent 11 years with Heidrick & Struggles, where he was a Senior Partner, Director and founding member of the Firm's Industrial/Manufacturing Practice and of the CFO Specialty Practice. While his personal focus is primarily in the industrial sector and the financial function, he has also worked with distribution/logistics organizations and a wide range of professional services firms. The organizational breadth of his work has run from recruiting the CEO for a Fortune 50 company, to CFO of a small privately held business.

Prior to joining Heidrick in 1990, Bob spent five years with Handy Associates as Vice President. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Director for Billington, Fox and Ellis, also in New York. Before his association with Billington, Fox and Ellis, Bob was Senior Manager in charge of Executive Search for Peat Marwick in Houston and Director of Recruitment and Professional Development for Meidinger, Inc. He began his career as an Associate Manager of the Travelers Insurance Companies.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Bob holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Louisville. He currently resides with his wife and two children in Bedford, New York, where he also serves on the Board of the Lounsberry Society of Northern Westchester Hospital.