Talent Harbour Group Acquires Goldbeck Recruiting
January 15, 2026 – Talent Harbour Group, a full-service Canadian talent management and executive search firm and part of the JL Davis Enterprises family office, has acquired Goldbeck Recruiting. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The acquisition strengthens Talent Harbour’s position as a leading national executive search and talent management platform delivering executive search, recruiting, leadership development, coaching, career transition & outplacement, fractional HR, and full life-cycle people solutions,” the firm said.
The acquisition also expands Talent Harbour’s cross-border executive search and recruiting capabilities, supporting U.S.-based employers hiring in Canada and Canadian companies recruiting across the United States – positioning the firm for continued U.S. expansion.
“Joining Talent Harbour marks a significant milestone for Goldbeck Recruiting and accelerates our next phase of growth,” said Henry Goldbeck, founder of Goldbeck Recruiting. “Their operator-led leadership, national platform, and long-term vision build on what we’ve created and expand the value we deliver to our clients, candidates, and team.”
“Talent Harbour’s acquisition of Goldbeck Recruiting is a smart, platform-building move that mirrors where the broader human capital market is heading—toward integrated, full life-cycle talent solutions under one operator-led umbrella,” said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO and co-founder of Hunt Scanlon Ventures. “Just as important, it meaningfully deepens cross-border execution at a time when U.S. employers are ramping up hiring in Canada and Canadian companies are increasingly recruiting leadership talent across the United States—positioning Talent Harbour for accelerated U.S. expansion.”
Talent Harbour is a Canadian provider of career transition and outplacement services, supporting organizations at scale through downsizing, restructuring, and workforce change with discretion, clarity, and execution.
Talent Harbour is backed by JL Davis Enterprises, a purpose-driven family office led by Josh and Loretta Davis. The firm acquires and scales founder-led businesses and supports growth-stage companies with people, systems, leadership, and operational strategy – focused on long-term value creation.
“We’re an operator-led talent management firm built for business owners and leadership teams who care about results,” Mr. Davis said. “Our leadership team brings firsthand experience building and scaling businesses, combined with deep HR expertise, allowing us to act as true strategic partners; aligning people strategy with business goals, building high-performance cultures, and delivering outcomes driven by execution, not theory.”
Recent Deals
Hunt Scanlon Ventures has facilitated a number of M&A transactions across the executive search space in recent months. Here is a look at a few:
Talento Human Capital has acquired R2 Global, a highly respected technology recruitment and staffing firm known for its niche expertise across cloud & data, business systems, and e-commerce. This strategic move will expand TalentoHC’s existing footprint in the technology sector and launch, as well as strengthen, its technology search & staffing service lines. “The combination of TalentoHC’s talent acquisition expertise with R2’s deep technical focus marks an exciting new chapter for both organizations,” said Juan Gaitan, CEO of TalentoHC, based in Coral Gables, FL. “R2’s agile approach to technology staffing and recruiting aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver tailored recruitment solutions. Together, as R2 Powered by Talento, we are positioned to become a premier go-to partner for IT talent and innovation,” he added. “TalentoHC and R2 Global customers will benefit tremendously from the portfolio of human capital offerings that the combined organizations now provide,” said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO and co-founder of Hunt Scanlon Ventures.
Global talent advisory firm ZRG has acquired Aspen Leadership Group, a search firm focused on placing and supporting top fundraising leaders and executive talent in educational institutions and the broader non-profit sector. “The addition of Aspen Leadership Group is nothing short of transformative,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG. “Their expertise in development and advancement is the perfect complement to our growing education practice, and as we roll into 2025 we are unlocking the collective power of these exceptional niche businesses under the unified banner of ZRG’s education practice, creating unmatched solutions for academic and non-profit leadership.” Aspen Leadership Group, established in 2013, conducts a wide range of searches across the fundraising, education and non-profit sector and is widely considered the eminent leader in its field. Its clients include Brown University, PBS, Robin Hood, the Humane Society of the United States, the Leakey Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Denver Zoological Foundation, among others.
Talento Human Capital (TalentoHC) has acquired The PeterSan Group and PeterSan Legal Staffing. The merger brings expertise in legal recruiting to TalentoHC’s customer experience model and comprehensive human capital services, including retained executive search, professional and management recruiting, RPO, staff augmentation, and human capital consulting. Managing partners Peter Gosule, Peter Goldfeder, and Sandy Friedman of The PeterSan Group will lead the TalentoLegal business unit from New York City, where the firm has been rooted for three decades. “The PeterSan transaction fits in well with our platform strategy as we build onto our customer-centric model and expand our industry and functional vertical focus,” said Juan Gaitan, CEO of TalentoHC, based in Coral Gables, FL. “The intersection of these two approaches will create opportunities for continued growth and value for our customers, candidates, associates and shareholders.”
ZRG acquired Jamesbeck, a New York City-based recruitment firm specializing in senior-level talent for the broad investment management community across private market and traditional firms. “This strategic move aims to establish ZRG’s presence in asset management and will support the firm’s existing private markets clients by adding a new channel for senior roles at the management company level across investments, product, and fundraising,” said ZRG. “Jamesbeck has been at the forefront of decisive changes that have impacted asset management leadership for more than two decades,” said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO of Hunt Scanlon Ventures. “The firm’s acquisition by ZRG will be beneficial to clients across the global investment management space who have come to rely on its network, judgment and guidance around senior-level leadership talent,” he noted. Jamesbeck specializes in the investment management industry across public and private markets. The firm recruits senior-level talent across investing, distribution, product and C-suite positions on behalf of a range of clients from boutiques to the largest multi-product organizations. Jamesbeck’s Melissa Norris, managing partner, and Beth Rustin, founding partner, will become the co-heads of asset management search at ZRG.
Related: How Search Firms are Winning Through M&A and Unlocking Value
Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
