Cher Murphy is an anthropologist, an executive coach, and a reticulist. Cher has spent the last 20+ years building teams in scaling portfolio companies for Venture Capital firms and Private Equity firms, or Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 organizations. Her expertise is advising leaders to increase their capacity to build and pivot during uncertainty and the quickening pace of change.
As a C-Suite Advisor and Executive coach, Cher partners with CEO’s, Executive Teams, and Boards to align the people strategy to the business strategy. Enabling leaders to create cultures that drive performance, Cher's experience spans operating model and org design, organizational culture, change leadership, and executive coaching.
Having consulted for Nike, Amazon, McKinsey & Company, Ford Motor Company, Wells Fargo, LinkedIn, Patagonia, McDonald’s and Microsoft, Cher has partnered with large global organizations reaching an inflection point and needing leadership transformation and turnarounds ( growth, margin, EBITDA improvement, and working capital optimization) Working with Haven, WeWork, Chewy.com, and Opendoor, and as they were scaling, Cher developed strategy and executed plans that surpassed expected outcomes. Cher is an Advisory Board member for SemperVirens, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology transforming healthcare, future of work, and financial wellness, coaching founders on leadership and organizational strategy.
Cher was the Chief People Officer for a global creative agency and the Chief Talent Officer for a research think tank that studies the people practices of high performing organizations. Prior, Cher was a founding Partner/Managing Director of multiple executive search boutiques focused on Human Resources and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leadership.
Cher began her career in search at Heidrick & Struggles in the Asset and Wealth Management Practice and the Human Resources Practice working with clients in the US, EMEA and UAE.
Cher earned her Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Houston. She completed her Master of Science, Organizational Development at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and is an Adjunct Professor for the MBA program at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. Cher is a member of the Board of Directors for AID International, a nonprofit that focuses on enabling Haitian communities to become self- sustainable and an Advisor for Transform, the people driven thought leadership ecosystem driving the conversations and innovations building the new world of work.