Scott Jon Freidheim is an American businessman specializing in turnarounds.
Education
Freidheim attended Northwestern University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University and an Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management.
Freidheim was a Division 1 athlete playing soccer while attending Northwestern University.
Career
On August 14, 2014, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of CDI Corporation in Philadelphia. Scott Freidheim was previously Chief Executive Officer, Europe for Investcorp International Limited. He also held the role of Vice Chairman responsible for Post Acquisition Management of the portfolio companies in Europe.
Prior to his role at Investcorp, Freidheim was Executive Vice President, President Kenmore, Craftsman & Diehard for Sears Holdings and CAO, and Executive Vice President of Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated.
Freidheim began his career in investment banking in Chicago at John Nuveen & Company In 1991, he joined Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking Division.
In 1996, he took the position of VP, Office of the Chairman for Lehman Brothers’ Chief Executive Officer Richard South. Fuld, Junior. Since then, he held a number officer positions in each of the Investment Management, Investment Banking and Corporate divisions.
Freidheim was appointed Company-CAO in October 2006.
In 2005, Scott Freidheim was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum as a leader in the field of business. Freidheim is a benefactor of Northwestern University. He is actively involved with the school and has a soccer scholarship in his name.
Membership
Freidheim was a member of the board of North&West Global Vending, a member of the board of Icopal, a member of the board of GL Group. Since 2006, Freidheim has participated in many panels at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland as well as at the inaugural New Champions Meeting in Dalian, China and was a member of the WEF"s Global Agenda Council. Scott Freidheim is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of International (Institute of International Education), which administers the Fulbright Scholarship program, as well as the Board and Selection Committee of the Institute of International Education"s Scholar Rescue Fund.
He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of Spelman College.
Freidheim is a member of The Economic Club of New York and The Council on Foreign Relations and of the Chatham House.