TERM SHEET

You warrant that by entering into this Contract of Employment and performing your obligations under it, you shall not be in breach of any terms or obligations under any previous or other agreement relating to your employment or any business agreement with any third party. You hereby undertake to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against all claims, costs, damages, liabilities and expense which the Company may incur in connection with any claim that you are or were not so at liberty.

You warrant that you are entitled to work in the United Kingdom without any additional approvals and shall notify the company if you cease to be so entitled during your employment.

You shall report to the person specified in paragraph 6 of the Term Sheet (your “Manager”), or as directed by him/her.

Your normal hours of work shall be 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday inclusive with an unpaid lunch break of one hour on each working day. You shall be required to work such additional hours as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties (without entitlement to additional remuneration for any additional hours worked).

Due to the autonomous nature of your role the duration of your working time cannot be measured or monitored and, accordingly your employment falls within the scope of regulation 20 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.

Your place of work shall be the Company’s London office or such other locations as the Company may require from time to time on a permanent or temporary basis.

The Company may transfer your employment to another Group Company. You may be asked to work overseas for periods of time. In the event that this is for more than one month at any time, the Company shall confirm the terms of any such assignment to you as may be applicable at such time.

In the capacity specified in paragraph 5 of the Term Sheet, you shall, during the continuance of your employment with the Company:

faithfully, diligently and competently exercise and carry out to the best of your ability all such powers and duties in relation to the Company and its business and the respective businesses of the other Group Companies, as may from time to time be conferred on you or vested in you by the Company together with such person or persons as the Company may appoint to act jointly with you;

obey the reasonable and lawful directions of, or under the authority of, the Company;

use your reasonable endeavours to promote and further the business interests of the Company and the other Group Companies;

hold such offices as a director or secretary in the Company or any other Group Company as the Company may from time to time require and, if the Company so requests, immediately resign without claim for compensation from any office held in the Company or any other Group Company;

abide by any statutory, fiduciary or common-law duties to the Company and any other Group Company of which you are a director;

subject as hereinafter provided unless prevented by incapacity, illness or injury or with the prior written agreement of the Company, devote, during normal working hours and such additional times as provided for in clause 2, the whole of your time, attention and skill to your duties and to the furtherance of the businesses and interests of the Company and the other Group Companies;

in pursuance of your duties hereunder perform without additional remuneration such services for any other Group Company as the Company may from time to time require;

comply with any Company rules, policies and procedures in place from time to time, including but not limited to, the UK Company Handbook, the Code of Conduct and the Global Guidelines;

undertake such travel both within the United Kingdom and abroad as the Company may reasonably require for the proper performance of your duties; and

report your own wrongdoing and any wrongdoing or proposed wrongdoing of any other employee or director of the Company or any Group Company (including without limitation any bribery or corruption) to your Manager immediately on becoming aware of it.

During the continuance of your employment with the Company you shall not:

do anything which may in the opinion of the Company bring the Company and/or any other Group Company into disrepute or harm the goodwill or the reputation of any Group Company and in particular, without limitation, you shall not make any untrue, misleading or disparaging statement in relation to the Company or any other Group Company (or any of its or their employees or officers);

without the previous written consent of the Company either as principal, employee or agent carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested either directly or indirectly in any other trade, profession, business or occupation (including any public or private activity which in the reasonable opinion of the Company may interfere with the proper performance of your duties) or hold any

without prejudice to the generality of clause 4.2.2 above, introduce to any other person, firm or corporation, business of a kind in which the Company or any other Group Company is for the time being engaged or capable of becoming engaged or with which the Company or any other Group Company is able to deal in the course of the business for the time being carried on or planned by the Company or any other Group Company to be carried on and you shall not have any financial benefit from contracts made by the Company or any other Group Company with any third party without the Company’s prior written consent; and

without the previous written consent of the Company, hold any shares or securities or have any interest of any kind in any company (other than the Company or any other Group Company) or other business organisation, save that you may hold not more than five per cent of the issued shares or other securities of any class of any one company which is not a competitor of the Company or any other Group Company, where such shares or other securities are listed or dealt in on a recognised investment exchange in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and are to be held by you for investment purposes only.

You shall avoid situations where your personal interests conflict with the interests of the Company, any Group Company or any of its or their clients or candidates. If you believe that any such conflict of interest may exist, you shall disclose the same to the Company without delay.

If during the course of your employment with the Company you are made an offer of employment with any firm or company competing with, or intending to compete with, the business of the Company or any Group Company you shall immediately notify the Company and, on request, provide any information that may reasonably be of assistance to the Company in acting promptly to protect its relationships.

During your employment with the Company, the Company shall pay you, as remuneration for your services hereunder, the basic salary set out in paragraph 7 of the Term Sheet, in 12 equal monthly instalments at the end of each month, less deductions required by law. Your basic salary shall normally be reviewed annually but the Company is under no obligation to review your salary or change your salary as a result of any review. Your basic salary is inclusive of any fees to which you may be entitled as a director of the Company or any other Group Company.

By signing the Term Sheet you agree and authorise the Company to deduct from your salary, or any other sums due to you from the Company, any sums due from you to the Company under your Contract of Employment.

In respect of each calendar year and subject to the provisions of clauses 5.4 to 5.7 below, the Company may, in its absolute discretion, award you a bonus of such amount and subject to such conditions (including, but not limited to, conditions for and timing of payment) as the Company may in its absolute discretion determine from time to time. The Company in its absolute discretion may modify, amend, suspend or discontinue any award or the bonus arrangements altogether at any time without prior notice. The Company reserves the right to award a nil bonus.

In respect of each period for which any bonus is to be awarded or paid to you, such award and payment shall, at all times, be subject to and conditional upon the prior approval, by the CEO of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. or such person as to whom he or she might delegate this power, of:

the amount allocated or to be allocated by the Company, in relation to that period, for the award and/or payment of any bonuses to you and/or any other persons employed by or providing services to the Company or any other Group Company; and

the amount of any bonus to be awarded and/or paid to you; and

any conditions upon which any bonus is to be awarded and/or paid to you.

Any bonus awarded to you shall be purely discretionary, shall not form part of your contractual remuneration under this Agreement and shall not be pensionable. The making of an award shall not oblige the Company to make any subsequent bonus awards.

Notwithstanding clause 5.3, you shall have no right to be awarded a bonus or, where an award has been made, paid a bonus (pro rata or otherwise) if at the time when any such bonus would otherwise have been due to be awarded or paid (as appropriate):

you have not been employed throughout the whole of the period to which the bonus relates; or

you are subject to any capability and/or disciplinary procedures; and/or

your employment has terminated (whether lawfully or unlawfully) or you are under notice of termination (whether given by you or the Company).

If you have been notified that you are under investigation in respect of any disciplinary, capability or performance issue then your eligibility to be considered for a discretionary bonus will be postponed pending the conclusion of any such investigation and any subsequent hearing or meeting.

Although the Company’s long term incentive arrangements are discretionary and may be varied at any time, it is intended that you will receive consideration for annual long-term incentive grants as part of your performance and compensation review.  In all cases,

During your employment with the Company, the Company shall make a contribution of the percentage set out in paragraph 9 of the Term Sheet to the Company Group Personal Pension Plan, subject to you satisfying certain eligibility criteria.

No contracting out certificate issued under the Pensions Scheme Act 1993 is in force in respect of your employment under this Contract of Employment.

You shall be entitled to participate in such benefit arrangements as the Company may put in place for employees of your seniority from time to time, in accordance with and subject always to the terms of the relevant scheme for the time being in force and as amended from time to time.

The Company may at any time withdraw any benefit arrangements without providing replacement for it or them. You acknowledge where any benefits provided are insurance arrangements, the payment of any benefit is subject to the discretion of the insurers and subject to the terms and conditions of the respective scheme. The Company has no obligation to assist you in the advancement of any claim you may make, nor any obligation to make any payment to you should the insurer refuse to pay for whatever reason.

Your eligibility to participate in or receive benefits from any insurance or other benefits scheme shall not prejudice the Company’s ability to terminate your employment with the Company.

The Company’s holiday year runs from 1 January to 31 December each year. Your holiday entitlement is set out in paragraph 10 of the Term Sheet. Please refer to the UK Company Handbook for further details about the procedure for taking holiday and your holiday entitlement.

If you are at any time incapacitated or prevented by sickness, injury, accident or any other circumstances beyond your control (hereinafter referred to as “incapacity”) from carrying

Please refer to the Section 1 of the UK Company Handbook for further details regarding sickness absence, sick pay and medical examinations.

In the event that you are required to be a director of the Company or any other Group Company, the conditions in sub-clauses 10.2 and 10.3 shall apply.

Except with the prior approval of the Company, or as provided in the articles of association of the Company or any other Group Company of which you are a director, you shall not resign as a director of the Company or any Group Company.

If, during your employment, you cease to be a director of the Company or any other Group Company (otherwise than by reason of your death, resignation or disqualification in accordance with the articles of association of the Company or the relevant Group Company, as amended from time to time, or by statute or court order) your employment shall continue as an employee only and the terms of your Contract of Employment (other than those relating to the holding of the office of director) shall continue in full force and effect and you shall have no claims in respect of such cessation of office.

On the termination of your employment for any reason and howsoever arising, you shall at the request of the Company, resign from all offices held by you in or as the representative or nominee of the Company or any other Group Company, including but not limited to any appointment as director or company secretary in any of the same. You hereby irrevocably appoint the Company to be your attorney in your name and on your behalf to sign, execute or do any instrument or act and generally to use your name for the purpose of giving to the Company or its nominee the full benefit of the provisions of this clause 10.4.

Without prejudice to any clause in your Contract of Employment providing for earlier termination, the minimum period of notice that is required to be given by either party to terminate your employment under this Contract of Employment is set out in paragraph 11 of the Term Sheet.

Clause 11.1 above is without prejudice to the Company’s right to terminate your employment without notice or payment in lieu of notice for gross misconduct, if you commit any other serious or repeated breach or non-observance of your obligations as an employee or any of the terms and conditions of your employment or if you refuse or neglect to comply with reasonable and lawful directions of the Company or if you cease to be entitled to work in the United Kingdom or if you have become bankrupt or applied for a receiving order or have a receiving order made against you or have entered into any arrangement or composition with your creditors or if you have been prohibited by law from acting as a director of any company or if you have become of unsound mind or a patient within the meaning of any United Kingdom statute relating to mental health. Any delay by the Company in exercising such right to terminate shall not constitute a waiver

The Company may in its absolute discretion put you on garden leave or suspend you in certain circumstances. Please refer to Section 1 of the UK Company Handbook for further details.

Without prejudice to clause 11 above, where notice is given to terminate your employment by either party or if either you or the Company otherwise purports to terminate your employment, the Company may (at its sole and absolute discretion) terminate your employment at any time and with immediate effect by notifying you that:

the Company is exercising its right under your Contract of Employment to make a payment in lieu of notice; and

that it shall make a payment in lieu of the notice period (or, if applicable, the remainder of the notice period) to you (or that it shall make the first instalment of such a payment to you).

Any payment in lieu of notice shall be calculated by reference to your basic salary only (as at the date of termination) for the duration of the notice period (or remainder of the notice period as the case may be).

The Company may pay any payment in lieu of notice as one lump sum or in instalments over the period until the expiry, if it had been served, of the notice period. Such payments shall be subject to such deductions as are required by law.

For the avoidance of doubt:

if the Company terminates your employment in breach of your Contract of Employment, any entitlement to damages for breach of contract shall be assessed on the normal common law principles (including your obligation to mitigate your loss); and

the right of the Company to terminate your employment in accordance with clause 12.1 does not give rise to any right for you to receive any payment in lieu of notice as a lump sum, but shall not prejudice your right to receive the monies due for the notice period.

The UK Company Handbook contains additional provisions which relate to your employment, including provisions relating to sickness absence, data protection and monitoring, amongst others. Section 1 (in its entirety), paragraphs 1.1 to 1.2 (inclusive) of Section 2 and paragraphs 1.1 to 1.8 (inclusive) of Section 3 of the UK Company Handbook form part of your Contract of Employment. Section 4 of the UK Company

The disciplinary and grievance procedures which apply in relation to your employment can be found in the UK Company Handbook.

References in your Contract of Employment to the UK Company Handbook are references to the UK Company Handbook as amended from time to time.

References in the UK Company Handbook to “the Company” shall be read as references to Co Company Ltd.

In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions contained in this document and the UK Company Handbook, these terms and conditions shall prevail.

Your Contract of Employment shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of Courts in England and Wales.

Your Contract of Employment supersedes and is in substitution for any subsisting agreements between the Company and you (whether of an employment nature or otherwise) and all such subsisting agreements shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent with effect from the date the Term Sheet is signed by you.

The following provisions shall have effect for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as amended:

there is no current requirement for you to work outside the United Kingdom for any consecutive period in excess of one month; and

there are no collective agreements currently in force which affect directly or indirectly the terms and conditions of yours employment.

In this Contract of Employment, unless the context otherwise requires,