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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 Acquires Wiser Partners

ZRG, a global talent advisory firm and portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners, has acquired Wiser Partners, a retained executive search firm headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, with offices across the U.S. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “By welcoming Wiser Partners, ZRG gains valuable experience in working with marketing, sales, and analytics senior executives

ZRG Acquires Ignata Finance Group in the U.K.

ZRG, a global talent advisory firm and portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners, has acquired Ignata Finance Group, a U.K.-based executive search & finance recruitment and interim placement business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Partnering with Ignata will enable our European growth strategy both in private equity but across our shared global customers,

A Look at How to Recruit Top Operating Partners

In recent years, the highly competitive deal market has shifted the private equity industry’s emphasis away from financial engineering and put pressure on firms to drive operational value growth in their portfolio companies. As a result, operating partners, whose job is to facilitate on-the-ground value creation, have become key components of investment strategy for many

ZRG’s Walking the Talk Unveils Enhanced Taylor Assessment Tool

The Walking the Talk division of ZRG Partners has introduced its enhanced Taylor Assessment, a tool for assessing leaders’ cultural preferences. The Taylor Assessment directly measures contribution to an organization’s current or desired future culture. It can be used for recruitment, leadership, team, and organizational development. The assessment is based on the framework first laid out

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Press Releases

ZRG Partners Releases First Edition of Global Industrial Hiring Index with Private Equity Investment Data

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, November 2, 2015 — ZRG Partners, a client-focused global executive search firm driven by data analytics, launches its Global Industrial Hiring Index findings dedicated to the Industrial sector. This index joins ZRG’s portfolio sister publications specific to the Leasing and the Life Sciences industries. The Q2 2015 release of the ZRG Partners Global Industrial Hiring

ZRG Partners Expands Payments Practice with the Addition of Rahul Kapur

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, October 15, 2015 — ZRG Partners, a client-focused global executive search firm, has added Rahul Kapur as Managing Director to support growth in the Payments and Retail Banking sector. Rahul will be part of the firm’s global financial services practice and bring specific expertise to clients in the payments and banking space. Rahul brings 23

ZRG Partners Adds Richard Morford to Accelerate Growth in Industrial and Life Sciences

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, September 2, 2015 — ZRG Partners, a progressive, client-focused global executive search firm, has added Richard Morford as Managing Director to further build out the firm’s global industrial practice and augment the life science efforts. Richard comes to ZRG with 12 years of retained search experience with Korn/Ferry International and a European boutique, where he

2015 Q2 Life Sciences Hiring Index Remains Near Historical High

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, August 20, 2015 — ZRG Partners has announced the findings for the second quarter Global Life Sciences Hiring Index. Hiring levels were at their highest levels yet for both the Pharma and Biotech sectors who each boosted their hiring demand by 10% or more over the previous quarter. Regionally, EMEA set an all-time index

ZRG Partners Adds Andy Talkington, Former Co-Head of Industrial Practice from CTPartners

WEST ORANGE, NJ, July 27, 2015 — ZRG Partners, a progressive, client-focused global executive search firm, has added Andy Talkington as Managing Director to further build out the firm’s global Industrial practice. This comes after last week’s announcement of Jim Aslaksen, also a former Co-Head of the Industrial Practice at CTPartners, joining the firm. Andy comes to

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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.