Stephanie Conway-Gillespie

biography

Stephanie joined Westwood in November 2008. She specializes in senior-level assignments primarily in the Asset Management, Global Markets, and Hedge Fund arenas.

Stephanie has over sixteen years of experience; five of which has been focused exclusively on executive recruiting. She began her career in executive search at Morgan Samuels Company, where she was engaged in senior-level cross-functional searches for large asset managers, commercial lenders, and retail banks. Prior to this, Stephanie worked in sales and business development for two technology start-ups in the San Francisco Bay area: eGroups, purchased by Yahoo! in 2001, and Tellme Networks, purchased by Microsoft in 2007. In addition to being a top revenue generator in her business development roles, Stephanie was active in recruiting new talent to support both companies’ rapid rate of growth. Earlier in her career, Stephanie worked for Ernst & Young, earning her CPA license in the state of New York.

Stephanie earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a BS in Accounting with High Honors from Rutgers University.