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Beecher Reagan

Leading Principals

Clark Beecher, Global Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Tim Reagan, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Private Equity Practice

Beecher Reagan

Firm Overview

It takes the right executive hire to protect an investment thesis and accelerate outcomes. When growth expectations are high and disruption is looming, leading private equity, consulting, business services, and technology services firms turn to Beecher Reagan to identify, select, and hire key executives.
The transformational leaders firms need are already succeeding elsewhere, so we build a unique market for every engagement to find them and bring them to the interview table.
We de-risk that decision at every step, beginning with a Partner-led search that gives clients unmatched access to top leaders. We pair our talent access with decades of behavioral data and our proprietary Verity Leadership Assessment℠ to match the right talent to the right mandate in the right culture. And because our role continues through assessment, integration, and acceleration, we protect our clients’ investment long after the offer is signed.
The results follow: a 99% completion rate, 85% of placed leaders performing in the top 20% of peers, and 90% of clients re-engaging for their next search.
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News Briefings

Beecher Reagan Names Managing Director

Houston, TX-headquartered executive search firm Beecher Reagan has appointed David Rio as managing director. He will deepen the firm's work with consulting and technology-enabled services clients across publicly traded, private partnerships, and sponsor-backed companies. “David is a great addition, who will do nothing but strengthen our capabilities and the client experience we deliver," said Clark Beecher, co-founder and...

AI Redefining Search — Without Replacing Human Judgment

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping executive recruiting, speeding up how firms identify, evaluate, and engage leadership talent. As AI tools automate research and administrative work, search teams can move faster and surface stronger insights— changing what “best candidate” discovery looks like in practice. At the same time, demand is shifting toward leaders who can translate...

How Talent Diligence is Becoming a Priority for Private Equity Firms

Private equity firms are facing growing pressure to reduce execution risk as holding periods lengthen and operational performance becomes more critical to investment outcomes. In response, investors are placing greater emphasis on leadership evaluation earlier in the deal process, recognizing that management capability can have a direct impact on value creation, speed to scale, and...

Executive Search Continues Its Confident Climb As Transformation Takes Center Stage

The executive search industry entered 2026 from a position of strength. According to Hunt Scanlon, fee revenue at the 50 largest executive search firms in the U.S. / Americas – the global talent sector’s largest and most dominant region – jumped 11 percent last year, topping out at $6.69 billion. Seventy-five percent of search firms...

Beecher Reagan Names Partner

Houston, TX-headquartered executive search firm Beecher Reagan has named Scott Ratliff as partner. His promotion reflects Beecher Reagan's long-standing philosophy of recognizing leaders who create firm-wide impact and who actively shape the firm's future. He joins the firm's partner group alongside Tim Reagan, Clark Beecher, Mo Captan, and Raj Kapoor. "Scott's promotion to partner is both well-earned and...

The Private Equity Executive Talent Trends That Will Define 2026

Private equity is still a capital business, but it’s increasingly a leadership business. Deal flow isn’t what it was a few years ago and capital is more selective, according to a new report from Beecher Reagan. “Many funds are sitting on dry powder longer than expected,” the report said. “And when that happens, the spotlight...