Sheffield: Reflections on Leadership in 2025
Sheffield North Island identifies the critical skills boards, CEOs, and senior leaders need to thrive in the face of political volatility, financial unpredictability, and social change.
IIC Partners: 5 Insights on How AI is Shaping the Future of Executive Search
Read on to discover some of the key insights from the session and member firms can access the full report on our intranet.
AltoPartners: Women on Boards – Global Executive Search Consultants’ Perspectives
To mark International Women’s Day 2025, AltoPartners took an in-depth look at the state-of-play, bringing insights from our top board practitioners in Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Heller Unveils New Brand Identity to Reflect Evolving Technology Leadership and Future Vision
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 [...]
Leadership Moves: February 20 – March 5, 2025
Academic Search placed Dr. Erica Pereira-Amorim as Chief Data, Research, and Analytics Officer for Achieving the Dream Buffkin / Baker placed Nick Walker as Director for Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation. Search led by Ken Carrick and Janny DeLoache. Coulter Partners placed Andrew Miles as Chief Business Officer of Our Future Health Furst Group placed Marcos Bianco DeLeon as Chief People Officer for Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Furst Group placed Sylvia Allais as President & Chief Executive Officer for The Connecticut Hospice Harbour West Consulting placed Blair Fryer as Director of Coimmunity Services for the City of New Westminster Ichor Leadership placed Jordy Hendrikx as Chief Executive for Antarctica New Zealand Kaplan Partners placed Bill Fink as Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer for Provident Bank Kincannon & Reed placed Brian Patterson as Senior Director of Supply Chain for Palermo's Pizza Partners Pacific Talent Partners placed Ian Ball as Chief Operating Officer for Enero Group PFM Executive Search placed Alberta Monaghan as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial & Investment Officer for Pacific Blue Cross PFM Executive Search placed Jillian Brock as Director, Loyalty & Incentives for BC Lottery Corporation Preng & Associates placed Max Easley as Chief Executive Officer for [...]
Nolan Partners Rebrands as Excel Search & Advisory
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 & [...]
Acertitude: Rob Delaney: Managing Director at Carrick Capital Partners on Investing in Software Ventures, Scaling DailyPay, and Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Monster GalleryAcertitude: Rob Delaney: Managing Director at Carrick Capital Partners on Investing in Software Ventures, Scaling DailyPay, and Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Monster
Acertitude: Rob Delaney: Managing Director at Carrick Capital Partners on Investing in Software Ventures, Scaling DailyPay, and Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Monster
From professional basketball to private equity, Rob Delaney’s journey is a masterclass in decision-making and scaling businesses. Now Managing Director at Carrick Capital Partners, he shares insights on what truly moves the needle for companies and investors.
Spencer Stuart: Boards Around the World: Navigating Stormy Seas
Spencer Suart's latest edition of Boards Around the World explores how boards of public companies around the world compare on a range of governance measures.
Russell Reynolds Associates: Time to Tell a Different Story
As a business operating on the front line of leadership, our daily interactions and insights tell us that the prevailing stories about women CEOs are sometimes different from those of their male counterparts. We wanted to dig deeper and better understand the reality of today’s expectations of women CEOs. So, we commissioned a new piece of research to do just that.
Bryant Group: Building Strength in the Messy Middle
According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace: 2024 Report*, only 30% of managers and 23% of employees worldwide were engaged in 2023. Addressing this gap isn’t just about fixing problems—it’s a chance to strengthen organizational culture through collaboration, resilience to change, and cross-functional alignment.
