CEO, Board & P&L Recruiting
Our ultra-efficient CEO, Board, & P&L search and related services will source, recruit and accelerate onboarding of transformative CEOs, GMs, Presidents and Board Members.
Our unique Search 2.0 process ties CEO, Board, & P&L recruiting and senior leadership search to the specific value creation plan for achieving the investment thesis for a private equity-backed software or SaaS company.
Learn more about CEO compensation, turnover and other market trends in our CEO executive search talent report.
Track Record for CEO, Board & P&L Executive Search:
370+
Number of CEO, Board & P&L Placements
78+
Number of Exits assisted
$40.8B+
Enterprise Value Created
9.5
client satisfaction
<100
Average days to close
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Our leaders in this practice
Katherine Baker
Partner
CEO, Board & P&L Practice Lead
Go-to-Market Practice Expert
Based in Bespoke’s Austin office, Katherine leads the CEO, Board, & P&L Practice and is a GTM Practice expert to help build the executive teams for private equity backed software and technology companies. Over the last several years Katherine has completed over 200 searches for firms such as WCAS, Francisco Partners, Clearlake Capital, Insight Partners, TA Associates, Providence Equity, and more.
Kristie Nova
Founding Partner
CEO, Board & P&L Practice Co-Lead
25+ years of executive search experience, Kristie founded Bespoke Partners in 2011. Through Kristie’s tireless efforts Bespoke now partners with the world’s most successful private equity firms.
Jenny Gray
Partner
CEO, Board, and P&L Practice Expert
Jenny Gray is a Partner at Bespoke Partners within our CEO & Board Practice. Jenny specializes in leading CEO & Board searches for our clients across growth equity to buyout with portfolio companies in B2B SaaS.
Alexandra Bossetta
Partner
CEO, Board, and P&L Practice Expert
Alexandra serves as Partner at Bespoke in our CEO, Board, and P&L Practice. She leads executive recruitment and assessment for high-growth, PE-backed and public software organizations and has extensive experience placing leaders in CEO, President/ COO, Sales and Marketing, and HR Talent leadership roles.
News & Insights
How CEOs Are Thinking About Their Next Act
What makes a CEO say yes today—and what makes them walk away? CEO Eric Walczykowski joins Katherine Baker, Co-Lead of Bespoke Partners’ CEO, Board, and P&L Practice, to explore how elite CEOs are thinking about timing, market conditions, compensation, and equity through the lens of both professional ambition and personal life stage.
Bespoke-placed leaders create value
We recruit CEOs, board members, P&L executives and other senior leaders with proven track records in:
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Expanding addressable markets
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Streamlining operations and increasing margins
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Leading M&A and inorganic growth
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Deploying technologies that deliver major efficiencies
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Driving partnerships that expand go-to-market capacity
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Implementing high-efficiency revenue generation
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Building & inspiring world-class teams
The Bespoke Experience:
Unmatched results
The reach of a large firm, the grit and hustle of a boutique.
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Cap on searches
Recruiters capped at 6 searches for intensive attention on your search.
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Speed
Tech-enabled, data-driven search cuts days-to-close in half.
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Deep validation
10+ backchannel reference checks on every search, for comprehensive candidate backgrounds.
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Placement guarantee
Placed candidates will be in the role for at least 1 year or we redo the search.
Your full-spectrum human capital partner
Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.