Private and Growth Executive Talent Report 2022

• Highlights of 2022 executive talent appointments and partnering private and growth equity portfolio companies and funds

• ON reports 115% three-year growth revenue rate with a strong focus on private equity growth in 2023

• Recent insights from partners on evolving roles in executive leadership and predictions for 2023

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Private And Growth Equity Talent Report 2022

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ON Partners releases its 2022 Private and Growth Equity Executive Talent Report, highlighting executive search work in the PE sector across the year. With record growth over the past year, ON Partners highlights & celebrates a sample of the PE & growth funds, portfolio companies, and individual executives we collaborated with this year.

“The year 2022 represented a major period of expansion and growth for ON Partners, with demand for C-level and board executives across several sectors including health & wellness, consumer, sustainability and clean tech, and private equity,” noted Matt Mooney, co-president of ON Partners. “The executive shifts we’re making illustrate our commitment to building the most innovative and disruptive pure-play retained executive search firm in the industry.”

This year alone, ON placed 400+ executives in leadership roles, 97% of our placements stayed in their roles for more than two years, 80% of our clients have worked with us on multiple searches and 41% of our closed searches were diverse executive appointments.

As non-conformists focused on taking an untraditional approach to executive search, ON consultants continue to place C-level, board, and senior executives across various funds in the PE and growth sector including Carlyle, Francisco Partners, Little John & Co, Insight Partners, AKKR, LLR, Serent Capital and JMI Equity.

Recent placements include C-level appointments for portfolio companies including Niche,  WellnessLiving, Seeq Corporation, Vena, Trellix, Cooper Machinery Services, Little Giant Ladder Systems, and more.

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“After a strong 2022, we’ve built momentum going into the new year and the new leadership team has already been hard at work,” noted Tim Conti, co-president of ON Partners. “We’re excited about expanding our work into growth markets and continuing to deliver a premiere executive search experience for our ON community, and we’ve never been better positioned to do that.”

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2022 Private & Growth Equity Executive Search Highlights

 

ON Partners consultants have placed a diverse group of senior executives within consumer organizations this year. Following are a few of the new leaders we placed; click on the links to learn more about each of them:

 

Scott Buckhout, CEO, Cooper Machinery Services

Matt Tormollen, CEO, POWWR

Tosin Okojie, CFO, Niche

Kimberly Anstett, CIO, Trellix

Karen Maloney, Chief Customer Officer, Bloomerang

Adam Noble, Information Technology Operating Partners, Little John & Co

Melissa Howatson, CFO, Vena

Sarah Jacobs, SVP Sales, Vibenomics

Troy Vellinga, President & COO, American Equipment Holdings

Don Williams, CRO, WellnessLiving

Helen Davis, Board Member, Arrowstream

George Skaryak, CRO, Seeq Corporation

 

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Insights, Trends, and Awards of 2022

 

Additionally, our executive search consultants released thought leadership insights across 2022 including evolving executive leadership roles and predictions for executive hiring in 2022.

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ON released the NEXT series this year, exploring the evolution of executive leadership roles. Virtually every organization has had to evolve its leadership structure to accommodate the demand and evolution of executive roles including supply chain, adding an ESG component, marketing, and sales, to name a few.

ON researched the various consulting assignments we’ve taken on these past few years to summarize the evolution of specific executive roles and the attributes and experience required to take on a leadership position in this ever-changing business environment.

Want to check out the NEXT Series and learn how these roles have evolved?

• Volume 1: The Evolving Profile of the Supply Chain Leader
• Volume 2: The Evolution of the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
• Volume 3: Leaders Shaping ESG and its Future
• Volume 4: The NEXT Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Another popular insight this year was our sponsored live interactive webinar, in collaboration with Hunt Scanlon Media, discussing the rise of the operating partner in private equity with Anna Tye from Carlyle, Ed Richards from Marlin Equity Partners, Steven Berman from Accel-KKR, and Ryan Greene from Francisco Partners. The session was moderated by Tindall Hein and Jeff Hocking from ON Partners.

The webinar examined how PE firms are viewing the importance of the Operating Partner role, how it has shifted over the years and the impact the role has on portfolio companies success.

Additionally, industry recognition for the firm increased amidst our growth from the likes of Inc. 5000, C-Suite CV Secure, Forbes, and Hunt Scanlon.