Kyle Cermak, Business Development Director – Hogan Assessments

Kyle Cermak is the director of business development for Hogan Assessments’ solutions partners channel. In this role, he is responsible for creating and implementing the commercial strategy that serves the recruiting, consulting, coaching, private equity, and technology sectors that work with Hogan all over the world.

Prior to joining Hogan, Kyle served as senior territory manager for Smith & Nephew, a leading global pharmaceutical corporation. During his more than 20-year career as a business development leader, Kyle has worked with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, major league sports franchises, Hollywood movie and television studios, tech startups, manufacturing organizations, and food service companies. His work has spanned a number of business development and organizational development roles, with a specialty in optimizing performance of plateaued business units.

Ed Chamberlain, CEO – Altus Partners

Ed is the founder of Altus Partners and has built an enviable track-record, over many years within Private Equity search. He has placed from Partner to Analyst level with a range of high-profile funds to emerging managers. His guiding principals of honesty and integrity have enabled him to build long-standing, trusted relationships with key figures in the Private Equity industry.

Ed graduated with a BA Hons in Architecture before starting his career in Search in 2002. He was a founding member of Investigo (a Virgin fast-track business), which grew from a team of 4 to, over 250 people, before its sale. He helped establish another search firm in 2006 – One Search – before identifying a gap in the market and setting up Altus Partners in 2009. Ed has also gone on to co-found sister company C&C Search, where he is Chair to the board.

Amanda Fajak, Global Culture Practice Lead – ZRG Culture Practice

Amanda is CEO of Walking the Talk, ZRG Consulting and is a leading expert on the topic of culture, with over 30 years’ experience advising on culture transformation and creating the workplace of the future. Amanda consults to start up organizations through to some of the oldest companies in the world on how they build their culture as a strategic asset. Continually challenging the status quo through applied research into the future of work and innovative product design, she shares her expertise through CEO advisory and keynote speeches.

Amanda’s professional career spans Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. She has a wide range of experience in enterprise-wide projects across a variety of industries inclusive of extensive experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology and financial services.

Amanda has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of London and has been published in the British Journal of Social Psychology on the topic of Diversity and Inclusion. She was a contributor to the World Book of Values as well as being involved in developing the Australian National Diploma in change management and has operated as an advisor to the UK government on culture. She was voted as one of the 50 most influential women in New York, 2023.

Larry Hartmann, CEO – ZRG Partners

Larry Hartmann is the CEO of ZRG, one of the fastest growing mid-sized global executive search firms in the industry. He is a results-driven leader with a broad business background in executive search as well as in industry. As CEO, Larry is responsible for driving overall growth, client engagement and profitability of the firm. A key focus for Larry is engaging and recruiting top talent to join the firm as well as selectively pursuing additional acquisitions that fit the ZRG culture. Larry also leads the charge in continuing to innovate and enhance the firm’s data driven value proposition.

Prior to joining ZRG in 2002, Larry was a founder of Rockford Industries, a NASDAQ traded commercial lending business that supported the medical device market. While at Rockford, the firm went from a pure start up, to an Inc. 500 recognized growth firm through IPO and ultimate sale to American Express. This experience provided a unique view of growing a business, raising capital and hiring talent, through virtually all business stages. After the sale, Larry was an EVP with American Express for three years.

Additionally, Larry also has broad board of director experience. In addition to public company experience as a board member, he has also served on boards in both Private Equity and Venture backed businesses. Larry has also served on the Equipment Finance Industry Foundation board for six years. Currently, Larry is a member of the Kean University Business School Board and leads a non-profit board, Crossroads Job Network, which creates jobs for the community of Paterson, NJ.

Kevin D. McVeigh, Managing Director – UBS Securities, LLC.

Kevin D. McVeigh is a Managing Director in Equity Research based in New York covering Business Process Management and IT Services. Mr. McVeigh joined UBS from Credit Suisse where he had been since 2018. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he was at Deutsche Bank where he was Head of US Business and Information Services.

Over the last 20+ years in research he has been recognized by Institutional Investor with accolades such as Best Up and Coming Analyst in 2009, several honorable mentions, and top five and seven ranked Business Services analyst in 2017-23. He also ranked 2nd in stock picking by StarMine in 2015 and 2017. Mr. McVeigh has covered the sector for over two decades at several investment firms including Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns.

Prior to Bear Stearns, he was an audit manager at Deloitte. Mr. McVeigh received his Bachelor’s (with honors) in Accountancy from Villanova University and is a CPA in New York.

Logan Naidu, Founder & Group CEO – Kernel Global

Logan Naidu Founder and Group CEO of multi-brand recruitment Group Kernel Global. He now considers himself an industry veteran but began his career in Corporate Finance at JPMorgan and PwC, where he developed a strong foundation in financial strategy and management but lacked the ability to work all-nighters.

He co-founded The Cornell Partnership in 2005 and successfully exited via an MBO. In July 2012, he launched Dartmouth Partners, with a unique “Classroom to Boardroom” model. Dartmouth went through an initial PE transaction in 2018 with Literacy Capital, and after acquiring Corporate functions business Pure Search, Kernel was formed. Kernel now has three operating brands that include Catalyst Partners which focuses on HR, Reward and CPO professionals within the PE and portfolio arena. The Group went through a secondary transaction in March 2023 and is now backed by Three Hills.

Drew Seaman, Managing Director – Hunt Scanlon Ventures

Drew Seaman is a Managing Director at Hunt Scanlon Ventures. He is responsible for co-managing the firm’s investment portfolio of executive search, talent acquisition, private equity, and investment firms. In addition to sourcing new opportunities and managing the firm’s current investments, Drew leads the technical aspects of client engagements, including valuation and financial analysis and the preparation of investment marketing materials.

Drew began his career in wealth management before joining BMO Capital Markets as an Investment Banking Associate in the Financial Institutions Group. Drew assisted with transaction execution and prepared comprehensive valuation and financial analyses for clients in the specialty finance, asset and wealth management, and insurance sectors.

Drew earned a B.A. in Economics from DePauw University, where he was quarterback on the varsity football team. He earned his M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

K Sudarshan, Managing Director – EMA Partners India

Sudarshan leads EMA Partners across India, Singapore & UAE and is part of the global firm’s executive board as the Regional Chair, Asia. Based in Mumbai, he has over 25 years of experience in Executive Search. He is also an Independent Director on the boards of several listed companies in India.

EMA Partners India Limited is India’s first and only publicly traded search firm and is amongst the largest companies in the business in India.

He is an engineering graduate from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. An alumni of Harvard Business School, he completed the Owner / President Management Program (OPM).