Private Equity

Chartwell Partners has accumulated significant expertise in partnership with our private equity and venture capital clients recruiting C-level executives for their portfolio companies, as well as Operating Partners and Strategic Advisory board members for the firms themselves. In addition to recruiting outstanding leadership teams for portfolio companies, we also provide other services including assessment, benchmarking leadership talent, and succession planning for those companies.

We have completed multiple searches in the following areas across a wide array of portfolio companies:

  • Board of Directors
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President/Chief Operating Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Information Officer
  • EVP/SVP Sales and Marketing
  • General Counsel
  • Business Unit Lead Executive

Sample engagements include:

  • Operating Partner and Strategic Advisory Board Member – San Francisco-based private equity firm
  • Strategic Advisory Board Member – Chicago-based private equity firm
  • Chief Executive Officer – healthcare portfolio company of Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm
  • Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer – portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm and Boston-based private equity firm
  • Chief Executive Officer – two portfolio companies of Atlanta-based venture capital firm