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About Us

Who We Are
Crist|Kolder Associates offers clients unobstructed access to the most qualified C-Suite and Board of Director candidates in the world. Our work is intimate, focused, and purposeful. Most importantly, we are never encumbered by “off-limits” issues, the inability to reach candidates because of conflicts with another client or within our own firm. We know the most qualified executive talent available, and we have the assessment capabilities and experience to ensure the best fit for your company.

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Access
We offer our clients unobstructed access to the most qualified C-Suite and Board of Director candidates in the world. Our limited number of searches translates to minimal “off-limits” issues and no internal “reserve” conflicts. We know the most qualified executive talent available, and they know us.

Knowledge
Our dedication to search has enabled us to build an extensive network of the most qualified executive and Board of Director candidates. We also know the next generation of “C” level leadership, enabling us to help your company build its bench strength. Our knowledge, intuition, and insight into people and corporations allow us to identify the best candidates to fill your key senior positions.

Selectivity
Our reputation precedes us. We have successfully filled key executive and Board positions for hundreds of clients, relying on the intellectual capital of our senior partners and dedicated team of professionals. We limit our searches to no more than 70 per year, in order to provide each client with personalized attention. Our selectivity accentuates our effectiveness.

Execution
Our approach draws on the strengths of our entire team. Each search receives the personalized attention of a dedicated Partner and experienced research and administrative team. Confidentiality and sound judgement are our hallmarks. Our focus is on completing searches. Strong outcomes matter to us, because every search has our name on it.

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Solutions And Expertise

Our Firm Focuses In Four Primary Areas:

  • Board of Directors
  • CEOs
  • CFOs
  • COOs

We distinguish ourselves by working at the highest level across the marketplace. The majority of our work is for public companies and large PE-owned and family-controlled companies.

Given the strength of our CFO practice, we have also established a strong position in Finance #2 searches, including Treasurers, Controllers, Group CFOs, IROs, CAEs and others. As with our other succession work, these projects have a strong succession to the CFO element to them.

Solutions
  • Executive Search
Industries
  • B2B
  • Consumer
  • Distribution
  • Financial Services
  • Healthcare
  • Industrial
  • Manufacturing
  • Private Equity
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Services
  • Technology
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
Functions
  • Board of Directors
  • C-Suite
  • CEO
  • CFO
  • COO

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News Briefings

Executive Search Continues Its Confident Climb As Transformation Takes Center Stage

The executive search industry entered 2026 from a position of strength. According to Hunt Scanlon, fee revenue at the 50 largest executive search firms in the U.S. / Americas – the global talent sector’s largest and most dominant region – jumped 11 percent last year, topping out at $6.69 billion. Seventy-five percent of search firms

The Expanding CFO Mandate: From Scorekeeper to Value Creator

As business complexity increases across industries, the office of the CFO is experiencing a significant transformation. Traditionally focused on financial stewardship, today’s CFO organizations are evolving into enterprise-wide strategic drivers—supporting growth, overseeing risk, enabling transformation, and acting as key partners to the CEO and board. With the CFO role increasingly viewed as a pathway to

CFO Recruiting Summit — Beyond the Balance Sheet: Executing Growth and Value Creation

As business complexity accelerates across industries, the office of the CFO is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Once centered primarily on financial stewardship, today’s CFO organizations are becoming enterprise-wide strategic engines—driving growth, managing risk, enabling transformation, and serving as critical partners to the CEO and board. As the CFO role increasingly serves as a pipeline to

Crist|Kolder Associates Recruits CFO for Howmet Aerospace

Crist|Kolder Associates has assisted in the recruitment of Patrick Winterlich as the new CFO of executive vice president and CFO of NYSE-traded Howmet Aerospace Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA. He succeeds Ken Giacobbe, who is retiring after more than two decades at the company. Mr. Winterlich most recently was executive vice president and chief financial officer at

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Press Releases

Timken Names Lucian Boldea President and Chief Executive Officer

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion, today announced that, following a search led by Crist|Kolder Associates, Dr. Lucian Boldea has been appointed president and chief executive officer, effective September 1, 2025. Boldea will succeed Richard G. Kyle, who has been

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