Eastward Partners

About Us

Eastward Partners Inc is a retained Executive Search and Human Capital Consulting firm with Consultants in New York City, Miami, Houston, Austin, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, London and across Canada.

Founded in 2015, Eastward Partners helps clients accelerate value creation by pulling the talent lever. Our research tool, ECHO provides human capital data and analytics insights on relevant themes across the entire human capital ecosystem for Professional Services, Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Our portfolio of work is focused on retained mandates for leadership positions – we are building capabilities for clients within the following areas of expertise:

Middle Market Private Equity Firms
Firm Level
• Portfolio Operations/Value Creation
• Operating Partners
• Corporate Development
• Talent Partners

Portfolio Level ($100M – $1B+ revenue)
• CEO/President | COO | CFO | Technology suite
• Sector Focus: Industrials | Manufacturing | Health Services | Business Services | SaaS

Professional Services
• Restructuring | Turnaround | Accounting Advisory | Financial Advisory | Valuations Advisory | Management Consulting
• Digital Strategy | Technology Strategy | Cyber Strategy/Security

Middle Market Investment Banks
• Buy & Sell Side M&A
• Special Situations

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At Eastward, they are committed to providing an executive search service in a highly competitive market. As a result, they are passionate about delivering hard to find talent to clients in a way that separates the firm from the rest of the marketplace.

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Solutions And Expertise

Eastward Partners Inc is a retained Executive Search and Human Capital Consulting firm. With more than twenty years of combined recruitment and industry experience, the firm is positioned to deliver best-in-class human capital solutions, comprehensive competitor intelligence, and market data.

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Executive Search
  • Org. Chart Mapping
  • Recruitment Research
Industries
Functions

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News Briefings

Eastward Partners Fills Senior Sales Role for LRN

New York-based Eastward Partners recently assisted in the recruitment of Dan O’Leary to VP of sales at LRN, a Leeds Equity Partners backed company. Brian Ippolito, Callie Swift, and Reagan Wren led the assignment. “We are pleased to celebrate the appointment of Dan O’Leary to VP of sales at LRN,” Eastward Partners said in a LinkedIn post. “Congratulations

Eastward Partners Fills CEO Positions for Aropha and General Trucking

New York-based Eastward Partners recently assisted in the recruitment of CEOs for Aropha and General Trucking. The firm placed Tammy Deblock as CEO of Aropha, a Comeback Capital backed company. “Congratulations to the team for a great outcome and for entrusting us with this important search,” Eastward Partners said in a LinkedIn post. The assignment was led

Eastward Partners Appoints Managing Director

New York-based Eastward Partners has expanded with the addition of Brian Ippolito as managing director, strengthening the firm’s focus on placing go-to-market leaders across private equity and venture capital-backed portfolio companies. Mr. Ippolito joins the firm as it continues to scale its consultative model through ECHO—Eastward’s proprietary intelligence platform. “ECHO integrates market data, human capital trends,

Eastward Partners Expands Search Team

New York-based Eastward Partners has expanded with the additions of Jessica Ern as a director and Kristi Kamesch as an associate. “With nearly a decade of recruiting experience, Jessica brings exceptional leadership, expertise, and a passion for building world-class professional services teams,” Eastward Partners said in a LinkedIn post. “We’re confident she’ll play a pivotal role in driving our

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Press Releases

Eastward Partners Acquires Press and Associates

Eastward Partners, a leading executive search and human capital consultancy, announced its acquisition of Press and Associates today. Press & Associates, founded by its namesake, Paul Press, in December 2016 to be a leading search firm that exclusively supports Private Equity firms, and their portfolio companies hire executive-level talent across the technology function. Prior to

Talent Management Is The Top Priority For Private Equity CFOs

Eastward Partners, a leading provider of Executive Search services, has released its latest private equity market report revealing that Private Equity CFO’s top priority in Q1, aside from asset growth, was finding and retaining talent. In addition to this, the report also reveals that the median tenure for private equity professionals is just 0.8 years.

2023 The Year Of Opportunity For Transaction Services Talent

A decline in M&A activity coupled with the slowdown in hiring across the industry and economic uncertainty sets up 2023 for significant movement across the Transaction Advisory space, according to Eastward Partners Transaction Services Market Report – 2022 Year In Review. The report emphasizes the potential for companies to benefit from the current TS climate,

Restructuring Industry Faces Critical Skills Shortage According To Latest Report

The number of professionals working in the US Restructuring industry declined by 29.7% throughout 2022, according to Eastward Partners’ recently published 2022 Year In Review Market Report, signaling a critical skills shortage. The Report noted that, as the year wore on, Restructuring Talent pursued different industries as and when activity slowed down in H2. In

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