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Jessica T. Sun

Executor

Practice Areas

  • Industrial
  • Operational Excellence
  • Private Equity
  • Strategy & M&A

Insights

  • Transitioning from Consulting to Private Equity
  • Next Steps: Life After Partner
  • 3 Questions to Consider Before Making Partner
  • Consultants and International Assignments

Education &
Credentials

M.A. in Near Eastern Studies, New York University

B.A. in Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies and Political Science, New York University & New York University Abu Dhabi

Arabic Language Proficiency Test (ALPT) – Advanced Mid PASS

Proficient in Arabic (Modern Standard and Levantine), Portuguese, and Spanish

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Raines Team

Senior Vice President and Head of Intel & ResourcesNew York

Jessica is responsible for search execution across the firm’s Fortune 500 and Private Equity clients across operational and commercial topics. She additionally leads the firm's Intel & Resource platforms.

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About Jessica

Jessica Sun is a Senior Vice President and Head of Intel & Resources at Raines. She is responsible for business development and search execution for the firm’s Fortune 500 and Private Equity clients. Working closely with CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, and their boards, she has identified and placed COOs, Chief Strategy Officers, Chief Talent Officers, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officers, and Global Heads of Pricing for Fortune 200 companies and middle-market portfolio companies owned by KKR and other premier private equity firms.

In addition, she is a member of Raines’s Operational Excellence Practice, recruiting post-MBA consulting talent for the firm’s corporate clients and Managing Directors and Directors within the Operating Groups of various private equity firms including KKR Capstone (KKR) and Vista Consulting Group (Vista Equity Partners). Prior to her current role, she managed the firm’s Research Department.

Industry & Consulting Experience

Prior to her current role, she managed the firm’s Research Department.

Jessica brings a wide range of regional and international experiences to the executive search industry, having lived, worked, and studied in Rabat, Morocco and Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Possessing extensive knowledge of the Middle East & North Africa, and Southeast Asia, and a strong understanding of executive opportunities in the regions, she travels frequently to the United Arab Emirates and Singapore, her key focus markets.

She is currently a Mentor Coach for the New York Chapter of America Needs You, a national nonprofit organization that fights for economic mobility for ambitious, low-income first-generation college students.

Specialties

  • Industrial
  • Operational Excellence
  • Private Equity
  • Strategy & M&A

Insights

  • Transitioning from Consulting to Private Equity
  • Next Steps: Life After Partner
  • 3 Questions to Consider Before Making Partner
  • Consultants and International Assignments

Education &
Credentials

M.A. in Near Eastern Studies, New York University

B.A. in Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies and Political Science, New York University & New York University Abu Dhabi

Arabic Language Proficiency Test (ALPT) – Advanced Mid PASS

Proficient in Arabic (Modern Standard and Levantine), Portuguese, and Spanish

Meet the
Raines Team
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