Based in New York, Kenna Wyllie Baudin serves as Global Head of Private Capital. She focuses on senior-level executives at private capital funds (Corporate functions, partners/managing directors, principals, heads of IR/fundraising, etc.) and in private capital-backed portfolio companies. Kenna also has a particular specialization in Chief Financial Officers and Board Members. She is also active in the firm’s Consumer and Media, Entertainment & Sports practices.
I am passionate about being a connector — of people to people, and people to organizations. I ‘join the dots’ between my clients‘ needs and my candidates’ motivations.
Before joining Egon Zehnder, Kenna served as Head of Private Equity at J. Safra Asset Management. That was preceded by the role of Director of 3i Plc, an international investment firm. Earlier, Kenna was a Principal at Solera Capital. She began her career as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Kenna earned a BS in economics, cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, and an MBA with Second Year Honors from Harvard Business School.
Married with two children, Kenna serves as an Executive Board Member of the Parents’ Association of The Pingry School, Co-Founder of Pingry Parents of Black Children, and served on the Executive Board of the Delbarton Mothers Guild for two terms. She is the Immediate Past President of the Greater Essex County Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc., a member of the North Jersey Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and on the Advisory Board of the Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival. Kenna is also a yoga enthusiast.
