Heller today announced its new brand identity, which includes a new name, logo, website, newsletter, and design that reflects its innovative approach to technology executive search and the firm’s vision for the future. The brand refresh also celebrates the firm’s 15-year anniversary this calendar year. “We are at the dawn of a seismic shift in the technology market, when CEOs and their boards will need new technology leaders to navigate the profound changes AI will bring to our economy, society, and lives,” said Martha Heller, CEO of Heller and technology leadership authority. “With technology underpinning any true return on an AI investment, our new generation of business leaders must harness and adopt a systems thinking approach. Heller’s decades of defining this emerging technology leadership role and cultivating the right talent networks uniquely position us to place the right leaders in today’s business environment.” Heller fosters a culture of continuous learning in emerging technologies and skillsets. Each Heller search professional helps organizations across a broad range of industries both define and fill senior-level technology roles – such as CIO, CAIO, CTO, CISO, or a new, emerging title, like “Chief Product Technology Officer” – with exceptional talent. The firm’s practices fill executive [...]

Excel Sports Management today announced Excel Search & Advisory, the industry’s premier executive search and leadership consulting practice that formerly operated as Nolan Partners. Excel Search & Advisory combines Excel’s deep industry relationships with the specialized sports and entertainment executive search legacy of Nolan Partners. Acquired by Excel in 2022, Nolan Partners has built an outstanding reputation around the world as trusted advisors to owners, investors, and boards in finding leadership talent and building leadership teams. Excel Search & Advisory will continue delivering business critical and strategic leadership solutions to the global sports and entertainment sector. Chad Biagini, who has been with Nolan Partners for nearly 10 years and led the practice in the US, will now lead all global business as President, Excel Search & Advisory.  Stewart King, who has been with Nolan Partners for nearly eight years, will lead the international business out of the UK as Managing Director, International, Excel Search & Advisory. Paul Nolan, who founded Nolan Partners and shaped the firm’s industry reputation, will continue with Excel Search & Advisory as Executive Chair. “Our goal has always been to assist clients in building world-class leadership teams and sustaining them through high-performing cultures. Excel Search & [...]

Buffkin / Baker, a national retained executive search firm based in Brentwood, Tennessee, announced the acquisition of Gallagher’s U.S. Executive Search Practice, including Frederickson Partners.