ABOUT US

Cowen Partners is the nation’s executive search firm, enabling companies to harness the power of human capital to fuel their success. Cowen Partners gives our clients access to the top 1% of human capital to create opportunities that accelerate their growth and market share. With Cowen Partners, clients can grow at scale, create value, and drive results with world class talent.

Our clients are both small and large, publicly traded, pre-IPO, private, and non-profit organizations. Clients are typically $50 million to multi-billion dollar revenue Fortune 1000 companies or have assets between $500 million to $15 billion. Successful placements span the entire C-Suite and include VP and director level leadership roles.

With our proven processes and guaranteed results, we have successfully placed hundreds of candidates in industries including technology, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, financial services, and private equity.
Learn more at www.cowenpartners.com

Achievements

Representative Clients

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Find a Recruiter

Find a Recruiter

Shawn Cole

President & Co-Founder

Ash Wendt

President & Co-Founder

Thomas Paik

Managing Director

Sam Torres

Practice Leader

Jim O’Leary

Managing Director

Why We Started Cowen Partners Executive Search
Cowen Partners saw an opportunity not being met in the market. We saw that most executive search firms had a narrow focus on specific regions, or working with one or two industries. Others were filled with partners whose processes were out of date with today’s modern demands. Or worse, large firms were overstaffed with eager grads who had zero experience and no senior team support.

Cowen Partners Focuses On One Principle: Quality
Our team was developed to anticipate clients’ needs proactively, then develop a wide variety of networks where personal attention replaced automated online job ads. The reason why? Due diligence. It’s why we successfully place top executive talent in 38 days, on average.

Cowen Partners | Precision Over Quantity
We believe in sending the right candidates right away. That’s why our model focuses on precise placement of key talent. You don’t want a massive list of candidates, you want a list of the right candidates ready to lead. That’s where we come in and why clients come back to us, again and again, to place executive leadership.

Our Team Places Talent For Trajectory Level Growth
When you choose Cowen Partners, you get senior partner led searches, due diligence run networking, candidate vetting, critical review, and high level teamwork geared towards one goal: placing top talent, right away, for your role. This is how we became, and stay, a leading team of executive search consultants. Are you ready to make your next role the right one for massive growth?

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Solutions And Expertise

Solutions and Expertise

Solutions

Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
Diversity & Inclusion
Executive Search
Succession Planning

Industries

Advertising/Marketing
Aerospace/Defense
Alt. Investments
Asset Management
Automotive
Biotechnology
Clean Tech./Sustain.
Cloud Based
Colleges/Universities
Commercial Banking
Construction
Consulting
Consumer
Consumer Products
Consumer Services
Cybersecurity
Data & Analytics
Devices
Education
Energy
Engineering & Archit.
Family Offices
Financial Services
FinTech
FinTech
Foundations
Healthcare Services
Hedge Funds
High Tech
Industrial
Industrial Products
Insurance
Internet
Investment Banking
Investment Mgmt.
Legal/Compliance
Life Sci./Healthcare
Luxury
Medical
Mobile
Pharmaceuticals
Private Banking
Private Equity
Professional Services
Real Estate
Retail
Software
Sports
Technology
Transportation
Utilities
Venture Capital

Functions

Advertising
Business Development
C-Level
C-Suite
CEO/President
Data/Analytics
Diversity & Inclusion
Finance/Accounting
General Management
GM/Operations
Human Resources
Information/Digital
Invest. Mgmt./Banking
Investor Relations
Legal/Compliance
Manufacturing
Marketing & Sales

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News Briefings

News Briefings

Is an Executive Hiring Crisis Approaching?

The Great Resignation made headlines in 2021, with scores of employees leaving their jobs amid the pandemic and societal upheaval. But while these issues have receded, another crisis looms in the distance: the upcoming executive labor shortage as baby boomers leave the workforce. Baby boomers — generally defined as people born between 1946 and 1964

Search Firms Continue to Provide New Services for Clients

As the competition intensifies in the ongoing war for top executive talent, search firms are increasingly experiencing heightened pressure to provide an array of comprehensive services that go beyond pure retained search. The evolving landscape demands a strategic response, leading numerous firms to diversify, expanding their repertoire to encompass an assortment of supplementary offerings such

Cowen Partners Launches Proprietary Personality Assessment

Vancouver, WA-based Cowen Partners Executive Search has launched a proprietary personality assessment measuring behavioral, motivational, and thinking style assessments (DISC, motivators, and critical thinking) in one applicable tool. The firm’s personality assessment report offers insight into: the individual’s behavioral and communication tendencies; what can drive action toward, away, or against others, based on values; how an individual’s

What the Future Holds for CEOs

The past three years have been up and down for business across the globe. Macroeconomic shocks affected by a global pandemic, large-scale riots and protests, and Russia’s war in Ukraine, have changed expectations for the role of a CEO. Other factors, such as the shift to remote work, the reopening of offices, and the Great Resignation

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Press Releases

Press Releases

Cowen Partners Welcomes Bruce Henry, Managing Director – Healthcare, Executive Search Consultant

Bruce grew up in Chicago and worked as a surgical orderly during summers while in high school. He attended the University of Illinois and Tel Aviv University where he was a pre-med. He founded Bruce Henry Associates, Healthcare Executive Search when living in San Francisco in the ’90s. Through the years he successfully grew the

Cowen Partners Continues to Expand Their National Executive Search Team by Hiring Jim O’Leary, Managing Director, Executive Search Consultant

Jim has been a retained executive recruiter for over 20 years, working with regional, national, and international businesses to find and attract senior executives to build dynamic high impact teams. As a fixture within the Pacific Northwest business community, Jim has partnered with CEOs and boards to build exceptional companies ranging from venture-backed startups to

Cowen Partners is Happy to Welcome Thomas Paik to The Team as Managing Director, Executive Search Consultant

Prior to joining Cowen Partners, Thomas was the Global Talent Acquisition Director for Mercy Corps – a leading international non-governmental organization focusing on senior level and executive searches. He Co-Founded the People of Color Affinity group in partnership with the executive team. Prior to Mercy Corps, Thomas recruited for Knowledge Learning, the nation’s largest early

Sam Torres to lead Cowen Partners’ new Sports and Entertainment Executive Search Division

Cowen Partners Executive Search announced today Sam Torres will lead the new Sports and Entertainment Executive Search Practice. Mr. Torres will serve as a senior advisor to C-Suite leaders and front office administrators in the executive recruitment process while also providing guidance on talent and sports business best practices. The Cowen Partners Sports and Entertainment