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Eric Walczykowski
How CEOs Are Thinking About Their Next Act: Timing, Risk, and Conviction in 2026
In a recent Tailored Talent conversation, I sat down with Katherine Baker, CEO, Board and P&L Practice Lead at Bespoke Partners, to unpack what is actually shaping CEO decision-making right now. What stood out was not just the constraint in the market, but the degree of nuance executives are applying as they think about what comes next. This is increasingly a market defined by conviction, not volume.
CEO Trends: How Shifting Market Dynamics Are Shaping the CEO Market for Private Equity Portfolios
I had the opportunity to catch up with two of Bespoke’s in-house CEO experts, Katherine Baker, co-lead of Bespoke Partners’ CEO practice, and Jenny Gray, Senior Vice President in the practice to discuss the CEO trends they have been seeing firsthand in the market over the last few months.
Navigating Q3 CEO Hiring and Market Trends
A CEO’s role is undeniably crucial in guiding a company toward growth, fostering a successful culture, and achieving value creation objectives. Bespoke is proud to be their premier leader in CEO placements for private equity-backed software and SaaS firms for over a decade.
Navigating the Future: Bespoke CEO Trends
The role of a CEO is undeniably pivotal in steering a company towards growth, nurturing a winning culture, and fulfilling value creation goals. Our work recruiting CEOs into software and SaaS companies sheds light on how CEO needs are evolving, especially in private equity backed companies.
Why Executive Searches Fail – and How to Avoid the Pitfalls
A failed executive search can be an expensive mistake for a company or sponsor to make. In our experience evaluating tens of thousands of executives and recruiting more than 1,000 leaders for technology and SaaS companies, we see a range of reasons that these mistakes happen.
