About Us

The Tolan Group (TTG) is a proven executive search firm delivering superior results for nearly two decades placing senior-level executives across the healthcare and finance and accounting sectors.  Our focus in on portfolio company recruiting for executives for middle market private equity portfolio companies.

TTG also offers interim search for clients with an immediate need or when an executive suddenly departs leaving a void in leadership that must be filled immediately. TTG Interim maintains a robust talent bench of executives ready to engage to mitigate any loss in leadership from a recent departure.

While TTGs main office is in St Augustine, Florida, we have a team of associates located throughout the United States. Our industry leading metrics are the envy of the larger boutique firms and the multi-national firms as our PE clients demand efficiency as well as quality in each engagement. In addition to C Suite recruiting, we also work with our portco clients to build out management teams as well as individual contributors.

Whether you are recruiting a CEO or a CFO or an entire accounting department or new sales team TTG can help with all your human capital needs. We’ve done single placement engagements and engagements that resulted in over 40 hires within a four-month period. We can scale as our clients needs grow.   

We are client-focused, performance driven, and experts in executive search. We want to be your search partner.

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As experts in the Healthcare industry we know the market extremely well.

We understand your market niche and your competitors, and many of the issues that keep top executives up at night.

Our performance-based approach guarantees we’ll complete your assignment on average 90 days (or less) from taking the assignment.

Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Executive Search
  • Interim Staffing
  • Leadership Develop.
  • On-Demand Recruiting
  • Staff Augmentation
Industries
Functions
  • Business Development
  • CAO
  • CEO/President
  • CFO
  • COO
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Project Management
  • SVP
  • VP

News Briefings

The Tolan Group Recruits COO at Behavioral Health Solutions

The Tolan Group (TTG) recently assisted in the placement Brian Martin as the new chief operating officer at Behavioral Health Solutions. Managing partner Rachel Gauthier and Mallory Schmidt, senior search consultant, led the assignment. Mr. Martin brings over two decades of invaluable healthcare experience, a proven track record in leadership, and a commitment to driving excellence in healthcare services.

Candidate-Driven Market Continues to Complicate Hiring Top Talent

More movement in the job market appears to be on the way. According to a survey of more than 2,500 workers in the U.S. from Robert Half, one-four respondents are currently looking for a new role, and an additional 24 percent plan to start searching by year-end. The combined percentage (49 percent) is up three points

Executive Recruiters Scramble to Find Financial Services Executives

The financial services industry is perpetually in a state of change. From embracing digital banking in the 2000s, to the rise of fintech, banking-as-a-service, and all of the new options available to consumers today, institutions have always faced a growing need to evolve. Today is no different. Financial services firms must strategically differentiate themselves from

The Tolan Group Assists Max Surgical Specialty Management with CFO Search

Chief financial officers continue to be in high demand. Finding them is keeping many of the nation’s top recruitment operations busier than ever. In recent months, search firms of all varieties have placed chief financial officers at various companies, especially private equity-backed outfits. The Tolan Group (TTG) recently assisted in the placement of Paul Olson as the

Press Releases

Tolan Group Named to Hunt Scanlon Private Equity Power 75

(Sept. 15, 2020) The Tolan Group (TTG), a healthcare executive recruiting firm, recently announced it has been named a Private Equity Recruiting Power 75 executive search firm by Hunt Scanlon Media, the most widely referenced global news platform in the human capital sector. “The Tolan Group is honored to be designated a Power 75 Healthcare firm serving

The Tolan Group Announces Promotions

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Jan. 9, 2018 – The Tolan Group is announcing promotions as it launches its aggressive 2018-2020 growth strategy. Diana Ramsay, who leads the Behavioral Health, Human Services and Substance Abuse practice has been named President of the firm and is responsible for the firm’s growth strategy. Kaye Johnson has been named as Chief Operating Officer and will

The Tolan Group Acquires Discover Biopharmaceutical Search and Placement

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL, October 3, 2017 — The Tolan Group – A Member of the Sanford Rose Associates Network of Offices – announced that it has acquired Charleston, SC based Discover Biopharmaceutical Search and Placement, a boutique search firm dedicated to the biopharmaceutical field. Terms were not disclosed. The transition is effective immediately. “This is a very strategic opportunity

The Tolan Group Named Top Healthcare Executive Search Firm

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL, February 28, 2017 — The Tolan Group – a member of the Sanford Rose Associates Network of Offices, a leader in HCIT executive search, has been named as a top US healthcare executive search firm by Hunt Scanlon, the most widely referenced, single source for information in the human capital sector worldwide. Recently the firm

The Tolan Group’s 2016 HCIT Sales Compensation Report Released

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL, May 18, 2016 — The Tolan Group – A top performing office of the Sanford Rose Associates Network of Offices, and a leader in HCIT executive search released its annual HCIT sales compensation report. Participation in this survey was voluntary and completed by HCIT senior executives, VP’s, RVP’s and sales executives across the United States.

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How Managers Get ‘Interim’ Out of Their Titles
Interim managers “have to check their ego at the door” and not worry about “the labels people are going to put on them,” says Tim Tolan, chief executive of the Tolan Group, a St. Augustine, Fla., affiliate of the Sanford Rose Associates executive-search network.

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