Leadership Team

Paul Reilly President Raymond James Financial

In May 2009, Paul Reilly joined the management team of Raymond James Financial as president of the firm’s holding company and will succeed Chairman and CEO Tom James as chief executive officer in May 2010. He has served on the firm’s board of directors since 2005.

Most recent, he was executive chairman of Korn/Ferry International, a global provider of talent management solutions with more than 90 offices in 39 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Mr. Reilly began his tenure with the company as chairman and CEO in 2001 and became executive chairman in mid-2007. Prior to Korn/Ferry, he was CEO at KPMG International, a firm of more than 100,000 employees with annual revenues of $12 billion. Based in Amsterdam, he was responsible for the overall strategy and implementation of the firm’s products, services and infrastructure on a global basis. Before being named CEO at KPMG, he ran the firm’s financial services business and earlier had held senior management positions in its real estate consulting group.

Mr. Reilly earned his bachelor’s degree and an MBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame and holds the Certified Public Accountant designation. A St. Petersburg native and avid tennis player, he is married with three daughters.