The Energizer
Geoff has a “never quit” attitude and enthusiasm for winning that is hard to miss. He leads teams to focus on the art-of-the-possible and drive toward solutions that will truly change the game for clients. His energetic approach doesn’t stop once a placement is made. Geoff is an incurable tinkerer, who is constantly looking at new solutions to improve all aspects of what we do. His enthusiasm for putting the client first creates better outcomes for our clients and candidates. Geoff derives his greatest pleasures from the continued growth and success of both.
Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have competitive advantage. It’s a discipline of its own. Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy
Geoff brings nearly 20 years of executive search experience to his role as partner, discovering, engaging, and placing Private Equity CEO, CFO, and executive leadership talent across industrial manufacturing and distribution, B2B services, and FMCG manufacturing and distribution. He is known for understanding the evolving PE landscape, tracking exit data, and moving executive talent through the deal lifecycle.
Geoff has a proven track record of more than 500 executive searches, hiring talent to lead the strategic vision and the deployment of strategy and change management associated with large scale transformation: turnaround, M&A integration, commercial transformation and excellence, digital transformation, and operational process improvement initiatives. He is an expert at identifying corporate culture and building leadership teams designed for PE pace and rigor.
Prior to joining Acertitude, Geoff was managing director at O’Neill Consulting, an Acertitude company. He spent the preceding two years as executive recruiting leader at Red Hat, where he built the internal executive search function from scratch for a $1B global technology leader. His introduction to retained executive search began earlier in his career at O’Neill Consulting, an Acertitude company, following a role with Robert Half International.
