Chartwell Partners

About Us

Chartwell Partners is the retained executive search and leadership advisory firm built for Community Banking. Our Partners bring decades of hands-on industry expertise gained at the world’s largest global search firms, delivering large-firm rigor with boutique-level focus. Every search is led hands-on by a Partner from start to finish.

Chartwell recruits CEOs, C-suite executives, and Board Directors across commercial and community banking, mortgage, wealth management, fintech, and real estate. Beyond placement, the firm offers Board Assessment, Succession Planning, and Executive Advisory Services, positioning Chartwell as the search partner clients return to for every critical leadership decision.

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Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Board Services
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Succession Planning
Industries
  • Asset Management
  • Commercial Banking
  • Family Offices
  • Private Banking
  • Real Estate
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • All Functions

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News Briefings

Chartwell Partners Recruits CFO for First United Bank

Dallas, TX-based executive search firm Chartwell Partners recently assisted in the recruitment of Brian Johnson as the new CFO of First United Bank. Scott Petty, managing partner of Chartwell Partners’ financial services practice, led the search along with principal Sean O’Neal. “We were excited to partner with Greg Massey on this strategic hire,” said Mr. Petty. “Brian

Chartwell Partners Recruits CISO for the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes are awakening to the perils posed by cyberattacks. For years, many groups tried to ignore the problem, dismissing cybersecurity as a concern only for the biggest, most high-profile entities, be they government or corporate. These days, more groups are coming to understand how ruinous such intrusions could be. This has

Chartwell Partners Recruits Chief Medical Officer for Frontier Medicines Corp.

Chief medical officers are typically cited as the senior government official designated head of medical services, sometimes at the national level. The post is held by a physician who serves to advise and lead a team of medical experts on matters of public health importance. According to recruiters, the role of the chief medical officer

Chartwell Partners Assists Dieterich Bank with CEO Search

Executive search firm Chartwell Partners has assisted in the placement of Jason Semple as the new CEO of Dieterich Bank, effective May 1. He succeeds Chuck Deters who is retiring after 15 years with the bank. “Chartwell’s financial services team was pleased to partner with the board of directors on this CEO succession project,” the firm

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Press Releases

Farm Credit Bank of Texas Announces CEO Retirement

Farm Credit Bank of Texas (“FCBT”, “bank”), a cooperatively owned wholesale bank for agricultural and rural financing, announced today that chief executive officer, Amie Pala, has decided to retire after 38 years of dedicated service to the bank. Pala has agreed to remain in her role as chief executive officer as long as necessary to

Amy Bottoms Joins Chartwell Partners

Chartwell Partners, a national leader in executive search and leadership advisory services, recently announced that Amy Bottoms has joined as a Partner in their Biopharmaceuticals practice. With the recent appointments of Amy and Ellen Travers, Chartwell’s Biopharmaceuticals practice adds a wealth of industry specific executive search and inhouse talent acquisition experience across our offices in

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Names Andrea DiFabio as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Chartwell is delighted to continue their partnership with neurology-focused Xenon Pharmaceuticals, assisting in the recruitment of Andrea DiFabio as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.  Andrea brings considerable experience helping organizations transition from R&D to commercial stage, most notably during her twelve-year tenure with Biogen and the subsequent spinout of Bioverativ. She served as Executive

Protagonist Therapeutics Appoints Accomplished Hematologist-Oncologist, Arturo Molina, MD, MS, FACP, as Chief Medical Officer

Chartwell Partners is honored to have worked with Protagonist Therapeutics to recruit Arturo Molina, MD, MS, FACP, as Chief Medical Officer. Arturo will be instrumental in guiding the Company’s lead asset, rusfertide, through its global Phase 3 trials, potential regulatory submissions and commercialization. Rusfertide, a mimetic of the natural hormone hepcidin, could transform the treatment

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