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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.

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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

Will Hot M&A Recruiting Market Cool and Reset Valuations?

Acquisitions made big news in the recruiting industry this year, and for good reason. Outside investors finally caught on to the sector’s expansion potential and long growth runway ahead. Top search leaders also found ways to maximize profit (cutting back on office space helped every search firm achieve a better bottom line in 2022). That

Kingsley Gate Partners Expands in London

Private equity-backed Kingsley Gate Partners has expanded in London with the addition of Amanda Pitt as a partner. “We are truly excited to welcome Amanda into the team,” said Francesca d’Arcangeli, global chief operating officer for Kingsley Gate Partners. “Amanda builds on our strength in technology and digital, bringing a wealth of experience in multiplatform marketing

Kingsley Gate Partners Names Talent Acquisition Leader

Private equity-backed Kingsley Gate Partners has named Ali Brainard as senior vice president, senior talent acquisition, North America. She will be responsible for identifying and recruiting partner-level talent for the firm’s North America region. Ms. Brainard will join the firm’s New York City office. Ms. Brainard previously built and led the talent acquisition team for a $12 billion publicly

Kingsley Gate Partners Names Chief Marketing Officer

Private equity-backed Kingsley Gate Partners has named Aaron Mitchell Finegold as chief marketing officer. Based in San Francisco, he will oversee the firm’s full-funnel marketing strategy, external communications, and investment in business-critical capabilities such as experimentation, marketing automation, and measurement. “We are thrilled to add Aaron to Kingsley Gate’s leadership team,” said Umesh Ramakrishnan, CEO of Kingsley Gate

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Press Releases

Global Executive Search Firm Strengthens International Footprint in Latin America

Dallas, TX – August, 2019 – Kingsley Gate Partners, the leading firm in retained executive search that helps ensure a lasting fit between its clients and placed candidates, today announced that that three new firm members have been added in our Sao Paulo, Brazil location – Maria Eugenia Bias Fortes as senior partner, Priscilla Batistao

Arushi Bhattacharya and Shikha Sheth Join Kingsley Gate Partners as Vice Presidents

Dallas, TX – August, 2019 – Kingsley Gate Partners, the leading firm in retained executive search that helps ensure a lasting fit between its clients and placed candidates, today announced that Arushi Bhattacharya and Shikha Sheth have joined the company as Vice Presidents. They will be based in the firm’s New Delhi office. With nearly

Sanjay Sama Joins Kingsley Gate Partners

Dallas, TX – July 2019 – Kingsley Gate Partners, the leader in retained executive search that helps ensure a lasting fit between its clients and placed candidates, today announced that Sanjay Sama has joined the company based in the firm’s New York office. Sama is a respected business development leader in the technology-enabled services space,

Kingsley Gate Partners Announces Major Global Expansion in Latin America

DALLAS – March 20, 2019 – Kingsley Gate Partners, the leader in retained executive search that scientifically helps ensure a lasting fit between its clients and placed candidates, today announced that it expanded its global presence through the strategic acquisition of leading Latin American executive search firm CPGroup Latam. “We’re excited to welcome our Latin

Kingsley Gate Partners Announces New Global Knowledge Center

Dallas, TX – February 2019 – Kingsley Gate Partners, the leader in retained executive search that scientifically helps ensure a lasting fit between its clients and placed candidates, today announced that it has established a new Global Knowledge Center which will serve as a foundational platform to its growing global client base. The Global Knowledge

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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