Reintroducing Pinnacle Search

We’re excited to share our new brand. It’s not a new direction, but a clearer expression of who we’ve always been. This isn’t cosmetic. It’s strategic.

It reflects who we’ve become and where we’re headed. This rebrand makes a simple statement: we’re not changing direction. We’re making it clearer.

Why We Rebranded

Our clients are predominantly mid-market private businesses undergoing change. Many are private equity-backed, family-owned, or founder-led. They’re scaling. Integrating. Getting ready for a sale. Or all the above. Companies in motion. Teams under pressure. Leadership that has to land right. But, finding and onboarding the right talent isn’t always straightforward. Or easy.

That’s where we come in.

The hawk in our brand is more than a symbol. It reflects how we work — Focused. Alert. Patient. Scanning the landscape and moving with intent when the right fit is clear. We don’t try to be everything to everyone. We’re laser-focused on the industries and roles where we do what we do best – spot transformative leaders who deliver when the stakes are high.

Built for Private Equity and Privately Held Businesses

This is more than a visual refresh. It’s a doubling down on our go-to-market strategy.

  • Our core clients
    We understand the dynamics of privately held businesses and get the urgency, complexity, and accountability that comes with private capital investment.
  • Our focus
    We are focused squarely on the roles that drive value creation – from the Board level to C-Suite executives and their teams in Finance, Commercial, Operations, and Strategy & Transformation functions, across the sectors we know deeply.

We partner with family-owned and founder-led businesses to recruit talent, helping them scale, improve profitability, and/or prepare for their first institutional capital. We work closely with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to:

  • Identify key leaders pre-acquisition
  • Upgrade portfolio company C-suite and functional leaders
  • Build teams that drive value creation
  • Strengthen leadership ahead of a sale

We understand the high stakes and limited runway. That’s where we thrive.

How We Work

We are a retained executive search firm driven by delivering outcomes, not activity. We don’t get paid in full until we deliver.

Our team includes executives with direct private equity experience, and leaders who have held positions in Finance & Accounting, Sales, Operations, and HR, bringing deep industry and functional expertise, sharp judgment, and a clear point of view on cultural and performance fit. Each search is led by a senior professional who remains fully engaged throughout.

We’re focused, efficient, and relentless in our pursuit of lasting matches.

Where We Win

We work in sectors where we have strong track records and deep candidate networks:

  • B2B and B2C Services. Leaders with focus and discipline to profitably scale multi-site, field-based commercial, consumer, healthcare, and environmental services businesses.
  • Consumer Products. Leaders who drive success through product portfolio management, salesforce effectiveness, and manufacturing and distribution efficiencies.
  • Distribution and Logistics. Leaders who manage through supply chain challenges and optimize the business model for different channels, customers, and product categories.
  • Light Manufacturing. Leaders who navigate the leadership challenges that come with seasonality, variable labor, and operational complexity.
  • Industrials. Leaders who steer their companies through industry cyclicality, macroeconomic pressures, and ever-increasing labor shortages by driving operational excellence and innovating for competitive advantage.

Our recruiting expertise spans Board Director and Operating Partners roles, CEOs, the C-Suite leadership team, and we also excel at helping them build out their teams:

  • Finance & Accounting – CFO, FP&A leader, Controller, Treasury, Pricing, Tax, Audit  
  • Commercial – CRO, VP Sales and their teams, Marketing, Customer Experience
  • Operations & Supply Chain – COO, VP Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Plant leadership
  • Human Resources – CHRO, HR Business Partners, Field HR leaders
  • Strategy & Transformation roles – M&A, IMO leader, Chief of Staff, Strategic Initiatives

We’re clear where we can help you win, and transparent where we’re not the right fit.

What We Look For

Credentials are only the beginning. We look for leaders who perform under pressure, adapt to change, and are the right fit for the moment.

We assess track records, mindset, and cultural fit with rigor. We probe into how leaders act when things go wrong, how they lead through uncertainty, and how they drive outcomes.

If a candidate isn’t right, we won’t present them. If a role needs to be reframed, we’ll say so.

A Sharper Standard Going Forward

We’ve doubled down on the sectors, clients, and leadership moments where we drive real impact. We’ve elevated how we talk about what we do, how we show up, and how we deliver.

If you’re looking to make a key hire or building a team for what’s next, make Pinnacle Search your First Call.