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About Us

ZRG helps organizations win by getting leadership decisions right—faster, smarter, and with measurable impact.

We align talent strategy with business goals, timing, and what’s next. Our approach combines human judgment with advanced intelligence to improve decision quality and deliver leaders who drive performance.

Executive search is our foundation, but not our limit. We partner with clients across the full talent lifecycle, including retained search, on-demand and interim talent, and consulting and advisory services. Each engagement is built to match the urgency, complexity, and stakes of the moment.

What differentiates ZRG is how we work:

  • We combine human insight with AI-driven intelligence to make better leadership decisions
  • We deliver at pace without compromising rigor
  • We scale globally while staying close to each client’s context
  • We operate as an embedded partner, accountable from search to outcome

Backed by RFE Investment Partners, ZRG supports clients across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. From CEO and board placements to building leadership teams and critical functions, we help organizations move with clarity and confidence.

In a market where talent drives performance, the advantage goes to organizations that act with precision. That’s where ZRG delivers.

ACHIEVEMENTS

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ZRG Partners’ mission is to bring talented candidates to leading companies. We adhere to a set of core values that allows us to fulfill our clients’ needs on an optimal scale. We take pride and care to ensure that the core values we instill in our staff help our clients acquire strong leadership within their company.

At ZRG Partners, we pride ourselves on going above and beyond the expectation of our clients. Those results are achieved by taking the time to thoroughly listen and understand the leadership requirements of each individual company. We make it all possible by putting the client first. At ZRG, it’s not a numbers’ game, we provide individual and specialized attention to each client. It’s not just about filling the role—our talented team searches for the rising stars that will make an impact for our clients. And while we are client-centered, we know that candidates matter and deserve great treatment as well.

As a mid-sized firm, our strategy is unique to our larger firm counterparts. We bring the best aspects of a boutique firm along with our global reach. Our thorough Z Score process provides global clients with the best results. Our scalability and flexibility allows us to provide consistent deliverables to our clients across the board.

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Solutions And Expertise

At ZRG Partners, we pride ourselves on going above and beyond the expectation of our clients. Those results are achieved by taking the time to thoroughly listen and understand the leadership requirements of each individual company. We make it all possible by putting the client first.

At ZRG, it’s not a numbers’ game, we provide individual and specialized attention to each client. It’s not just about filling the role—our talented team searches for the rising stars that will make an impact for our clients. And while we are client-centered, we know that candidates matter and deserve great treatment as well.

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Org. Chart Mapping
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
Industries
Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Invest. Mgmt./Banking
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

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News Briefings

ZRG Assists Purpose Brands with CEO Search

Global talent advisory firm ZRG has recruited Tom Leverton as the new CEO of Purpose Brands, LLC, the $3.7 billion global wellness holdings company formed by the merger of Orangetheory Fitness and Self Esteem Brands. Dan Searby and Brian Meany led the assignment. “The creation of Purpose Brands gives us the opportunity to move fast and be flexible in

The Registry: Transforming Higher Education with Deeply Experienced Interim HR Leaders

The need for HR transformations, a new report finds, is driving a dramatic rise in the number of interim CHROs being asked to provide strategic leadership in times of change. In just the first half of 2024, demand for interim CHROs matched the entire year of 2023, according to Heidrick & Struggles’ latest Fortune 1000 CHRO Trends data.

ZRG Expands Presence in Middle East 

ZRG, a global talent advisory firm and portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners, has expanded in the Middle East with the addition of Hanan Alsaif as managing director – strategic account relations. She is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “Hanan’s expertise as a practitioner and search professional in strategy, transformation, and HR is a great asset to

TurnkeyZRG Expands Revenue Functional Practice

TurnkeyZRG has expanded with the addition of Jamie Spencer as a managing director within the revenue functional practice. “Jamie Spencer has been a top revenue executive for 25+ years – especially in tickets, premium and season ticket holder programs,” said Len Perna, chairman and CEO of TurnkeyZRG. “Jamie is joining TurnkeyZRG as our managing director to

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Press Releases

ZRG Partners Expands Financial Services Practice with the Addition of Doug Hanslip

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, September 19, 2016 — ZRG Partners, a fast growing global leader in executive search and talent management, has added Doug Hanslip as a Managing Director to support the continued growth in the Financial Services sector. Doug is a deeply experienced Executive Search Consultant that has successfully conducted numerous searches for many of the world’s

Samantha Foster Rejoins ZRG Partners Expanding the Global Industrial Practice

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, September 13, 2016 — ZRG Partners, a fast growing global leader in executive search and talent management has added Samantha Foster as a Managing Director and member of the firm’s growing global industrial practice. She will also lead the firm’s efforts in the Aerospace & Defense vertical where Samantha has spent more than

ZRG Partners Expands Life Sciences Practice with the Acquisition of McLean Consulting

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, September 12, 2016 — ZRG Partners, a fast growing global executive search firm, has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of McLean Consulting. As part of the agreement, John McLean will join ZRG Partners as a Managing Director in the firm’s Global Life Sciences practice. John McLean brings 14 years of executive search

ZRG Global Life Sciences Hiring Index Second Quarter Hiring Activity at Unsurpassed Levels

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, August 25, 2016 — ZRG Partners has announced the findings for the second quarter Global Life Sciences Hiring Index. 2016 has shown an increase in hiring demand consistently, posting 50% higher than the same period last year. Medical Device continued to show historically high index numbers, as did BioPharma. Outsourcing / Services decreased for

ZRG Partners Q2 2016 Industrial Hiring Index

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, August 25, 2016 — ZRG Partners, a client-focused global executive search firm driven by data analytics, announced its Q2 2016 Global Industrial Hiring Index, with findings dedicated to the Industrial sector. Q2 2016 Industrial hiring results posted a slight decrease over Q1 2016, yet still posted a 12% increase year- over-year. Aerospace and Defense

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In the Media

INVESTMENT FLOW AND THE TALENT POOL
State-of-the-art technologies are driving transformation; powerful players are disrupting traditional competitive dynamics; major markets across the globe are opening up or expanding; and, as always….

Global Industrial Hiring Index
The Q2 2018 release of the ZRG Partners Global Industrial Hiring Index posted an 8% increase in global hiring demand quarter-over-quarter. Additionally, the Index improved 27% year-over-year, when compared to Q2 2017.