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About Us

Decisions power performance, with decision effectiveness predicting superior financial performance at a 95%+ confidence level across all industries and geographies.  Business decisions (which range from what company to acquire, to how to communicate with employees, to what culture initiatives to pilot) are a core part of every senior executive’s remit and no one can absolve the executive from that responsibility.  Senior executives and decisions go hand in hand.

Why, then, is business decision making almost entirely absent from the executive recruiting conversation, as well as the executive search industry’s approach to helping companies hire executive leaders?

At Kingsley Gate, it’s not only present, it’s front and center.  The firm’s proprietary, data-driven methodology for identifying, evaluating, and selecting executives operates under the belief that deeply understanding candidates’ decision capabilities, readiness, and approach is the best way to identify and hire the best executive leader.

Headquartered in New York and operating globally since 2015, the firms’ consultants have helped over 1700 client organizations successfully hire and onboard thousands of decision-making executives across all industries, functions, and markets.

Since 2022, the firm has been backed by private equity firm Crescent Cove Partners LP.  For more information, please visit www.KingsleyGate.com

Kingsley Gate.  A decisions company.

Achievements

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Kingsley Gate’s team of global consultants understands that the stakes are high. Having met and placed thousands of high-impact decision making executives around the world, they bring expertise in all industries, functions, and geographies. They collaborate across borders to offer bespoke, fit-to-purpose solutions that meet your business requirements.

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Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Board Services
  • Executive Search
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Asset Management
  • Biotechnology
  • Commercial Banking
  • Construction
  • Consumer
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Government
  • Healthcare Services
  • Hedge Funds
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • Investment Banking
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Mobile
  • Non-Profit
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Sovereign Wealth
  • Sports
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Transportation
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
  • Venture Capital
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • CEO/President
  • Finance/Accounting
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Marketing & Sales

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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

Kingsley Gate Expands in London

Private equity-backed Kingsley Gate has expanded with the addition of Simon Gray as a partner in London. “We’re delighted to welcome Simon Gray to Kingsley Gate,” the firm said in a LinkedIn post. “With over two decades of executive search experience, Simon brings deep expertise in placing senior product and technology leaders across private equity-backed and public market

Kingsley Gate Recruits Chief People Officer for The Vitamin Shoppe

Private equity-backed Kingsley Gate has helped to recruit Kate Vukelich as executive vice president and chief people officer of The Vitamin Shoppe. “It was a true pleasure to work with Sharon M. Leite, CEO of The Vitamin Shoppe to place Kate Vukelich as the company’s new chief people officer. “Kate will be an amazing addition to a

Kingsley Gate Assists J. Crew Group with CHRO Search

Private equity-backed Kingsley Gate has assisted in the recruitment of Gena Smith as the new chief human resources officer of J. Crew Group. “I was honored to work with J. Crew Group, CEO Libby Wadle and team to place Gena Smith as the company’s new chief human resources officer,” Mike Bergen, senior partner, global markets at Kingsley Gate,

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Press Releases

Kingsley Gate Launches IGNYTE AI Ensuring Executive-Level Quality for Every Professional Hire

New AI-powered, consultant-led solution delivers executive-level precision to professional search and high-scale hiring with unmatched speed and quality. Kingsley Gate, a leading global executive search firm, today announced the launch of IGNYTE AI, an innovative solution that combines proprietary AI technology with decades of executive search expertise. The new platform empowers organizations to hire faster

Kingsley Gate Expands Global Presence with Strategic Partner Appointments

May 19, 2025 – Kingsley Gate, a leading global, executive search and human capital advisory firm, today announced the continued strengthening of its international presence with the appointment of five new partners across key regions. Dan O’Donovan joins the firm’s Chicago office, Spencer Knibbe joins the New York office, Tatyana Freitas and Loreto Montoya strengthen the Latin

Chris Coe and Paul Cashman Join Kingsley Gate – Global Executive Search Firm Deepens Life Sciences Expertise with Two Key Appointments

London, September 5, 2023: Kingsley Gate, a global executive search firm that is private-equity backed, tech-enabled, and rapidly expanding worldwide today announced that Chris Coe and Paul Cashman have been appointed to help with the expansion of the firm’s global life sciences practice. Before joining Kingsley Gate, Chris Coe was a senior client partner at

Kingsley Gate Uncovers Decision Making as the Missing Piece in Executive Hiring

New York – July 17, 2023 – Kingsley Gate, a leading global, private equity-backed executive search firm, today unveiled “Bad Decisions: Why companies miss the most important factor in executive hiring”, a new report that examines decision-making as a critical and too-often-overlooked lens to identifying, onboarding and empowering leadership talent. Despite the essential role that decision-making plays

Iain Brockbank Joins Kingsley Gate Partners

May 16, 2023: Kingsley Gate Partners, a global executive search firm that is private-equity backed, tech-enabled, and rapidly expanding worldwide, today announced that Iain Brockbank has joined as a Partner in the firm’s global Industrial Practice. He is based in the London office. Iain has over 23 years’ experience working with clients in the UK and

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Multimedia

Webinars:
In the Spotlight with Ginny Mullins: A Conversation on the Evolving Human Capital Within Private Portfolio Companies
In the Spotlight: Luigi Maria Fierro on Reinventing HR with People Analytics
In the Spotlight with Mohith Mohan: A conversation on the Evolving GCC/GIC Trends in India
In The Spotlight with Sameer Tandon: A conversation on Agribusiness in India
In The Spotlight with Prashant Issar: A conversation on the trends, challenges, and talent in the restaurant sector of India
In The Spotlight with Antonio Marzia, VP General Manager EMEA & APAC, Topcon Positioning Group
In The Spotlight with Bill Bozeman, CEO and President, PSA Security
In The Spotlight with Sebastien Girard, SVP Workforce Operations at Atrium Health
In The Spotlight with George Arison on SPACs – The benefits of the Process and Why You Should Consider It
In the Spotlight with Quint Studer – A Conversation on mentorship
Women in Business: Diversity at the Top (in Spanish)
Women in Business – The Formula for Success (in Spanish)
Galaxy of Leaders – “The Accelerating Transformation of the Education Sector”
Galaxy of Leaders CEO Panel Discussion: The Legacy of COVID-19 – Best Practices to Emerge in the Post-COVID Era
Galaxy of Leaders CHRO Panel Discussion: Living with COVID-19. How to Manage Organizations and their HR Strategies through Crisis

Whitepapers and Perspectives:
Bad Decisions: Why Companies Miss the Most Important Factor in Executive Hiring
Leading HR in Hypergrowth
How to…Help First-Time Non-Executive Directors be a Success in Their New Role
Chief Diversity Officer as the New Path to Chief HR Officer?
The New Face of Agribusiness
Four Tips for Recruiting in a Hot Market
Decoding the Talent Matrix with Dr. Antoine Yver
Women in Business – Executive Leaders in IberoAmerica
CHROs Take Center Stage – Redefining the New HR and People Leaders in a Post-Pandemic World
Virtual Care Revisited – The Rise of Telehealth in a Post-COVID World
Leadership in a Post-Pandemic World. What’s next?
Reimagining the Crisis as Leaders of 2020
Who Cares About Performance Evaluations?
COVID-19 Impact on Business Survey Results
Getting Personal with Healthcare via the Consumerization of Medical Devices
Is there a Place for Women in the World of Artificial Intelligence
COVID’s Impact on Cybersecurity Planning
How has COVID-19 affected D&I
Business & Leadership Transformation to Face the New Reality
Innovation that must grow – EdTech 2021