Recruiting the digital director: how to find them ... attract them ... and get value from them.

• Author: Kristie, James
• Position: COVER STORY - Cover story

THE RACE IS ON--to add digital experts to boards of directors. DIRECTORS & BOARDS is seeing it in the Directors Roster (page 59) as we record the profiles of executives being added to corporate boards. See our spotlights on Alex Schmelkin (page 28) and Ellen Siminoff (page 32), both of whom came to our attention last year when we rostered them. We are also learning of the demand from our board recruiting colleagues. Reflective of what is happening in the marketplace for board talent is what Russell Reynolds Associates has just done in launching what it calls "the industry's first fully integrated Digital Transformation Practice." According to the firm, an explosion of innovative technologies in mobile devices, social media platforms, and big...