Private Equity Practice

Representative Private Equity/Investment Clients

Cook Associates Private Equity/Investment Holding Company Clients 

Representative Private Equity Portfolio and Investment Holding Company Placements

Cook Associates Private Equity/Private Investment Holding Company Placements

Voice of the Client

"When we needed to find CEOs for three of our subsidiaries, we returned to Cook Associates because they possess a thorough understanding of industiral markets as well as the culture of the Midwest. We were impressed by their willingness to be "hands-on," taking the time to listen and understand our business objectives. The Cook team provided a strategy that embraced our distinct criteria, resulting in the indentification of two extremely talented leaders. We are very pleased with the outcome on both searches and value Cook's expertise."
-J. Douglas Gray
President, CEO and Director,  Everett Smith Group, Ltd. 

"Cook has outstanding search professionals, and they were instrumental in helping us find a CEO for our fast-growing portfolio company. The team listened carefully to our specific criteria, then leveraged their network of consumer industry contacts to identify a number of strong candidates."
- Josh Goldin
Board Member, CleanBrands LLC
Principal, private equity firm

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Private Equity

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Consultant Expertise:
Cook Associates’Private Equity Practice conducts executive searches for private equity portfolio and private investment holding companies.  Our firm has a track record of accomplishment in assisting the best middle-market private equity and private investment firms scale their businesses by providing access to the best talent. We combine our knowledge of private equity with our deep industry and functional expertise to create an effective executive search experience for our private equity clients.

We understand that the world of private equity is demanding and fast-paced, and that the task of identifying and assessing leadership talent for portfolio firms can be daunting. That’s why it’s critical that the search firm with whom you choose to partner truly understands not only the leadership and experiential characteristics necessary for today’s successful portfolio company executives, but also the nuances of the private equity business model.

Strategic Approach:
As strategic talent management advisors, we are committed to delivering a differentiated search process that supports the following value drivers:

  • We recruit operating executives that have a positive impact on profitability and EBITDA and have deep expertise recruiting across the C-Suite and one level down.
  • Our assessment process screens for the key leadership, experiential and cultural characteristics that best align to the business needs and strategies of your portfolio companies.
  • We have broad access to talent because we are not encumbered by the same blockage and off limits challenges experienced by some larger search firms.
  • We provide complete transparency at every stage of our search process.
  • We strive to complete every search in a timely and efficient manner; however, we will never sacrifice quality just for the sake of speed.

We have helped our private equity clients build out the management teams of their portfolio companies across many industries, but we have significant expertise in the following sectors:

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