High-Impact People
& Talent Leaders

Dedicated Practice Recruiting High-Impact Chief People Officers, Chief Human Resources Officers, Talent Partners for Private Equity Firms, Human Capital Operating Partners, Vice Presidents of Human Resources

Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate onboarding of transformative leaders of Talent and Human Resources.

Our unique Search 2.0 process ties human resources leadership search to the specific value creation plan for achieving the investment thesis for a private equity-backed software or SaaS company.

Find out why Bespoke Partners was selected as the search firm of choice for Chief People Officers, Chief Human Resources Officers, and Talent leaders for Tier 1 private equity firms.

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Track record for this Practice:

50+

Number of People and Talent Executive Placements

7+

Number of Exits assisted

$4.8B

Enterprise Value Created

9.8

client satisfaction

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Average days to close

HR 1H2025 spread

Private equity talent report:

People & Talent Leadership Trends

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Our leaders in this practice

Alex Bossetta

Alex Bossetta

Partner

People & Talent Practice Expert

Go-to-Market Practice Expert

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As Partner at Bespoke Partners, Alex is the practice lead for the firm’s HR, People and Talent practice. During her tenure, she has successfully completed over 110 career placements including multiple team builds.

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HR Leaders Strategic Outlook, Comp, & In-Demand Profiles

Alex Bossetta, Partner and Head of Bespoke’s People & Talent Leadership Practice, and Loreal Shea, Senior Principal join CEO Eric Walczykowski to delve into the transformative trends reshaping the HR landscape. The discussion includes a variety of trending topics including how AI is revolutionizing HR functions, from talent acquisition to compliance.

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.

Investment Thesis Knockout

"Completed 9 different senior executive team placements for an attendance workforce management organization led to a 69% increase in headcount and 4 key acquisitions, resulting in greater market share and a 148% increase in revenue."

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Industry Leader Take Private

"3 successful Bespoke-placed candidates changed the fate of a learning and talent management platform company by completing a major take-private transaction with a top tier PE firm, overseeing 4 acquisitions leading to massive revenue growth and over 20 prestigious industry awards."

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Payments Team Build

"Bespoke appointed 4 C-level executives for a Hospitality Payments organization. This team spanning Finance and GTM roles successfully completed two different Recapitalization efforts with Tier 1 investment firms and went on to achieve a 6X revenue growth during their tenure."

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Bespoke-placed Leaders create value

We place human resources leaders with proven track records in:

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    Aligning the human capital strategy with the business strategy to drive value creation

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    Fostering strong corporate cultures that drive company growth and investment thesis realization

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    Establishing best practices in compensation, organizational design, training and development, recruitment, and talent management

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    Structuring a global state-of-the-art HR function with high-impact talent to sustain scale and growth

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    Serving as a trusted advisor to the ELT, CEO and Board with the ability to act as a sounding board for top-down issues

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Exclusive

Exclusively for private equity portfolio companies: People leader search driven by value creation plans

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Efficient

Ultra-efficient recruiting with 95% success rate 

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Unique

Unique network & data-driven process find transformative Talent and Human Resources leaders in half the average time

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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.