Wes Chisholm joins as Partner; Laura Bennstrom and Charles Telep join as Principals, deepening the firm’s go-to-market, technology, financial services, and human resources leadership search capabilities.
King of Prussia, PA – March 28th, 2026 — JM Search, the leading retained executive search firm for private equity and other growth-oriented private and public organizations, today announced it has added Wes Chisholm as Partner and Laura Bennstrom and Charles Telep as Principals within its Technology and Financial Services Practices.
The appointments come as clients across private equity, banking, and technology face increasingly complex leadership decisions tied to growth, transformation, and operational scale. Wes and Charles join the firm’s Technology Practice; Laura joins both the Financial Services and Technology Practices. Collectively, they bring experience spanning executive search, commercial leadership, in-house talent strategy, and organizational change.
Wes Chisholm joins JM Search as a Partner focused on senior go-to-market and commercial executive search for high-growth B2B software and services companies. He has more than a decade of sales leadership and executive search experience, including prior roles as Practice Lead, Sales and Revenue at Hunt Club and Partner in the Go-to-Market Practice at True Search.
Charles Telep joins as a Principal, supporting private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as privately held and public companies on senior technology, digital, product, go-to-market, and human resources searches. His career spans more than two decades of executive search, talent acquisition, and in-house leadership experience, including prior roles at Wayfair, LogMeIn, athenahealth, Indigo, Forrester Research, and Cooke & White.
“Wes and Charles have built their careers in areas where technology companies are making some of their most consequential leadership decisions,” said Tom Figueroa, Managing Partner of JM Search’s Technology Practice. “We’re excited to welcome them and look forward to the perspective, judgment, and momentum they’ll bring to our clients.”
Laura Bennstrom joins JM Search as a Principal and member of the firm’s Financial Services and Technology Practices. She brings more than 25 years of experience across enterprise recruiting, executive search, and workforce strategy, with prior leadership roles at U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Janus Henderson Investors, and Spectrum Enterprise, among other global organizations.
“Laura brings firsthand talent leadership experience that’s hard to replicate,” said Bill Borkovitz, Partner and Leader of the Financial Services team. “Her practical view of leadership decisions inside complex organizations gives clients a perspective they increasingly need, and we’re thrilled to welcome her to JM Search.”