Jack Downing

Jack Downing

Jack Downing is a Founder and Managing Partner of WorldBridge Partners, a national executive search firm with 15 offices across the United States. He leads the Technology practice group for WorldBridge Partners and has successfully completed over 1000 searches worldwide.13

Downing, a founding member of WorldBridge Partners, is a nationally recognized expert in recruitment.1 He began his executive search career in 1992, and in 1997 he opened the Chicago office, which he has grown since then.13

In addition to his work at WorldBridge Partners, Jack started the RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) Division WorldConcert.1 He earned his BA from Loras College and his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.12

Downing is a founding member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment of Greater Chicago (Past President) and on the Board of Directors of KC Clean Technology Hedge Fund.1 He also serves on the Advisory Board of R3 Biofuels and on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, where Jack was matched as a Big Brother for over eight years.1

In 2010, Jack was inducted into The University of Illinois's Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame.12