Beecher Reagan Names Partner
February 5, 2026 – Houston, TX-headquartered executive search firm Beecher Reagan has named Scott Ratliff as partner. His promotion reflects Beecher Reagan’s long-standing philosophy of recognizing leaders who create firm-wide impact and who actively shape the firm’s future. He joins the firm’s partner group alongside Tim Reagan, Clark Beecher, Mo Captan, and Raj Kapoor. “Scott’s promotion to partner is both well-earned and strategic,” said Mr. Beecher, managing partner and co-founder of Beecher Reagan. “Scott has fundamentally changed the commercial culture of Beecher Reagan since he joined. He took our vision and built the infrastructure, culture, and discipline required to scale it. His focus and excellence in private equity and commercial leadership have enabled us to serve more clients and strengthen the long-term resiliency of the firm.”
Since his arrival at Beecher Reagan in 2022, Mr. Ratliff has played a central role in translating the firm’s long-term vision into a scalable business development culture. He has built and led a multi-functional shared services team that leverages AI, modern technology tools, and process innovation to expand market presence, increase productivity, and give the firm’s production teams more time to focus on high-value client and candidate work.
“As a result of Ratliff’s leadership, Beecher Reagan has delivered year-over-year growth in both sales and search delivery every year since his arrival, while maintaining the firm’s reputation for quality, precision, and partner-led execution in the professional services and private equity markets,” the firm said.
Mr. Ratliff specializes in recruiting senior leaders who drive value creation, growth, and transformation in private equity–backed businesses across professional services, digital and it services, and business and industrial services. His work spans top-of-house leadership, board-level appointments, and executives responsible for scaling platforms, professionalizing go-to-market, and leading complex change through key inflection points.
In his expanded role as partner, Mr. Ratliff will continue to drive practice growth, lead executive-level search engagements, and oversee the shared services function that supports the entire strategic talent platform made up by Beecher Reagan, Kinavic Leadership Acceleration, and Beecher Reagan Capital.
“I’m incredibly grateful for the trust of our team and the opportunity that our leadership has provided me,” said Mr. Ratliff. “Beecher Reagan has always had a clear focus and point of view on the professional services and private equity market, and I’ve enjoyed building a team to further turn that perspective into opportunity. Becoming a partner is both an honor and a commitment to continue building something enduring.”
Founded in 2009 by Mr. Beecher and Mr. Reagan, Beecher Reagan is an executive search and leadership firm focused exclusively on senior professional services and the consulting talent market. The firm brings more than 100 years of combined experience to help professional services, Fortune 500, and alternative investment companies map search strategies to organizational goals. The partners at Beecher Reagan have longstanding relationships within the consulting, professional services, and private equity space.
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Mr. Beecher has spent the majority of his career advising management consulting, technology services, and business advisory service firms on building and growing their industry, functional and geographical practice areas. For over 20 years, he has led and completed searches for some of the leading professional services firms, including Accenture, AlixPartners, Bain & Company, The Boston Consulting Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, EY, Infosys, IBM, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, Oliver Wyman and PwC Strategy&.
Mr. Reagan leads the private equity practice and has completed numerous searches including operating partner roles for PE firms and hedge funds and helped their portfolio companies hire senior leaders. He has expertise in the areas of operations, enterprise transformation, commercial excellence, digital transformation, turnaround and restructuring, finance, strategy, and human capital leadership roles.
Past Addition
Beecher Reagan has recently expanded with the addition of Raj Kapoor as a partner. “Join us in welcoming Raj Kapoor as a partner at Beecher Reagan,” the firm said in a LinkedIn post. “With more than 25 years of recruitment experience—including 19 years in retained executive search—Raj specializes in placing partners, managing directors, and practice leaders who drive growth and transformation across professional services and technology-driven industries.”
“Raj is one of the most respected leaders in the executive search space, with a proven track record of placing transformational executive talent,” Beecher Reagan continued. “His expertise will enhance our ability to deliver resilient leaders who excel in uncertainty and drive growth for our clients.”
Mr. Kapoor has led partner and executive searches for global professional services firms, the Big Four, management consulting and IT services organizations, and high-growth SaaS and fintech companies. His work spans key leadership roles in financial services, including client partner, digital strategy, digital engineering, analytics, risk, regulatory compliance, and M&A (transaction advisory services). Before joining Beecher Reagan, Mr. Kapoor was a founding member and senior partner at Kingsley Gate, where he built and led the professional and technology services practice.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
