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Recruiting the next generation of C-Suite leaders

JM Search is the leading retained executive search firm for private equity, and other growth-oriented private and public organizations.

With over 40 years of experience, our partners are immersed in your search every step of the way, supported by a passionate, cohesive team of recruiting experts. With deep sector and functional-specific expertise, our partners have built expansive professional networks from decades of firsthand experience to ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients and their businesses.

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Executive recruiting expertise

We have spent years identifying, assessing, and recruiting C-suite high-performing company builders and innovators and understand how to grow and transform a business without sacrificing culture.

Private Equity

For over four decades, we’ve worked alongside private equity investors and PE-backed organizations to evaluate tens of thousands of executives on behalf of PE portfolio companies. We excel in identifying transformational leaders to successfully drive value and execute the exit strategy.

Private Companies

We understand the unique blend of skills required to lead a private company toward enduring success – whether it’s transitioning from a founder-led firm, entering a new growth phase, or expanding offerings and markets.

Public Companies

Today’s public companies need to hire innovative executives with strong social skills who can motivate diverse, technologically savvy, and global workforces. We partner with public businesses to identify and recruit C-suite executives and build out their leadership and supporting teams.

C-Suite Executive Search

Our partners excel in placing transformational leaders across the C-suite. We understand that the success of the business, its employees, and its investors hinges on identifying transformational leaders with a unique blend of skills to successfully drive value and execute the exit strategy. With deep expertise in CEO Succession, CFO Transitions, and building effective leadership teams, we understand the unique demand of executive leadership.

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“With JM Search the partners are very hands on. They lead and stay involved in your searches unlike many other firms where the partner sells the deal but most of the actual search work is delegated to members of their team. There is tremendous value in having a partner immersed in your search every step of the way.”

Rick Riegel

Chairman

ActiGraph and Deerfield Agency

“What sets JM Search apart from other search firms is their use of senior level recruiters that roll up their sleeves and manage the process themselves. You’re not working with a junior recruiter on a team that is less experienced or disconnected from the search process. They’re also extremely thorough in background checks and the screening process to ensure they make the best use of their client’s time.”

Evan Kramer

CEO

MotionPoint

“By partnering with JM Search, our organization was able to access a stronger talent pipeline than we could have achieved on our own, leading to an executive hire that exceeded our needs. The team was well versed in our industry and hit the ground running on day one. I will confidently be returning to JM Search for future executive hires.”

Paige Sopcic

CEO

CanSource

“I have worked with JM Search as both a candidate and as a client and they are the best in the business. What differentiates them from other executive recruiters is their tremendous network of viable candidates, deep industry expertise, ability to tell your company’s story, comprehensive process, and sound council.”

Ashley Mathis

CEO

SmartLab Learning

CEO Succession Planning

We partner with investors, boards, and leadership teams to navigate pivotal moments, whether transitioning founder-led businesses or building a CEO talent pipeline, we understand no factor has a greater impact on a company’s success than selecting a new CEO.

That’s why JM Search takes a tailored approach to each situation, ensuring a successful outcome for the founder or current CEO, future leader, business, and PE sponsor. This requires a high level of attention to detail, including:

  • Supporting clients with defining the founder’s future
  • Preserving history while shaping future vision
  • Assessing for people skills & leadership expertise
  • Supporting the CEO & PE sponsor through complex transitions
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Client Results

  • Trinity Industries

    Trinity Industries, Inc. owns market-leading businesses that provide railcar products and services in North America under the trade name TrinityRail®. TrinityRail’s unique platform provides a single source for comprehensive rail transportation solutions that optimizes our customers’ ownership and usage of railcar equipment and enhances the value-proposition of the rail modal supply chain.

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    95 Percent Group, an education company dedicated to helping educators identify and address the needs of all readers, had recently been acquired by a private equity firm. With the two founders transitioning into board and investor roles, the company was left with only one executive, the CEO. As a result, JM Search was brought in to build out the next generation of management to scale the business.

One firm, focused on you.®Contact us today to discuss your executive recruiting needs.