At Townsend Search Group, our team has experienced a marked uptick in searches for human resources (HR) executives this year. We are not alone. Research indicates that HR roles rank among the most sought-after positions in the country. A recent analysis of LinkedIn data found that five of the 25 …
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Townsend Managing Director Bo Pennell shared key insights on the continued demand for specialized roles at middle-market private equity firms in the Middle Market Growth Fall 2023 issue. “It’s more competitive and harder to find the true impact-makers and game-changers— they’re in more demand than ever, and their compensation is …
When clients within private equity come to us, they are typically anxious to get a leader in place to start driving change. But more often than not, finding the right person can take time — and in these cases, it is more important than ever to follow the correct process. As a search firm, our role is to balance the desire to fill a vacancy quickly with the need to go through the proper procedures for executive selection.
Townsend Managing Director Dan Ellis spoke with The CFO regarding the higher level of sophistication needed from CFOs in today’s landscape and the critical role they play in the alignment of a company’s financial plans to its long-term business goals. “These are organisations that are partnering for the first time …
On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking representing the most substantial alterations to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) since it was enacted by Congress in 1976. In amending the premerger notification process, the FTC cites …
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