Diversified Search Group, which bills itself as the largest woman-led and woman-founded executive search firm in the U.S., has hired Sonya Olds Som as a global managing partner.

Som is widely known in executive recruiting, with more than a decade of experience in the field. In addition, she was a practicing attorney for more than a decade. Som, who is based in Chicago, will lead the Philadelphia-based firm's newly created legal, risk, compliance and government affairs practice.