EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Board and C-Suite Executive Search

Raines International is an executive search firm specializing in critical C-suite and senior leadership appointments for Private Equity firms and portfolio companies, Fortune 500 organizations, and privately owned businesses. Our teams combine deep industry and functional expertise with an AI-enabled search infrastructure designed around pace, responsiveness, consistency, and data-informed decision making.

The Raines Difference

We provide clients with a consistently best-in-class experience because we are built differently. We’ve structured every stage of the Raines executive search process for a revolutionary customer experience and a results-driven approach.

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CARLYE HIRSCH-WOLF JOINS RAINES AS MANAGING DIRECTOR, CONSUMER

Carlye Hirsch-Wolf joined Raines as a Managing Director in its Consumer Practice. She has deep expertise in serving clients in the Restaurant, Retail, Direct-to-Consumer, and Beauty sectors, placing leaders across functions such as digital, technology, marketing, and operations.

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The Aerospace, Defense, and Government Services sectors face new challenges in the wake of innovative technolog and disruptive new players. To be successful, organizations need leaders with the right experience, skills, and connections to stay ahead of the curve and drive change in this evolving landscape.

Our Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Practice

Consolidation, increased regulations, continued uncertainty, and digital disruption have created an ever-changing landscape for Alternative Asset Management. The industry requires innovative and strategic leaders who possess the necessary edge and foresight to lead their organization through ambiguity.

Our Alternative Asset Management Practice

The consumer experience today is rapidly evolving, and businesses need to be prepared to meet consumers anywhere and everywhere they are. Our Consumer practice works with executives who thrive on change and who are driven by a strong desire to deliver the best products and transformative consumer experiences.

Our Consumer Practice

While the industrial sector has experienced widespread growth in recent years, the space is ripe for disruption. To set themselves up for success, organizations need leaders who spearhead change and embrace technology to navigate whatever challenges lay ahead.

Our Industrial Practice

We help organizations and their portfolio companies find outstanding leaders who are ready for the fast-paced worlds of private equity and venture capital. Our Private Equity & Venture Capital team has the skills and experience to identify and place business leaders with incredible depth of knowledge and potential to take firms to the next level.

Our Private Markets Practice

Raines’ Retail practice works with leaders who bring innovative approaches to the customer experience and an ability to adapt to the everchanging retail landscape.

Our Retail Practice

Looking to amp up your business or organization? It all starts with the right Chief Executive Officer at the helm and an exceptional Board to deliver strong governance and guide long-term strategy.

Our CEO & Board Practice

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No matter what unique challenges an organization may face, executives always rely on financial leadership to improve the company’s fiscal health. Raines’ Financial Leaders practice knows how to identify and place the right leaders for sustainable long-term success.

Our Financial Leaders Practice

The Chief Human Resources Officer and other Human Resources leaders are essential drivers of company strategy, overseeing arguably the most valuable resource a company has – its people. Raines’ Human Resources Leaders practice identifies and places business partners who understand how to drive change through talent to achieve measurable results.

Our Human Resources Leaders Practice

The Chief Marketing Officer is also the “chief collaborator,” engaging with every function across the organization to ensure the brand is set up for success. Our Marketing & Commercial Excellence team has first-hand knowledge of the CMO role and can find that unique talent to take your business to the next level.

Our Chief Marketing & Sales Officers Practice

The best operations executives combine strategic thinking and superior implementation skills to guide an organization to its most efficient and cost-effective state. At Raines, our Operational Excellence & Supply Chain practice can find the right leader to achieve the highest levels of operational performance for your organization.

Our Operational Excellence & Supply Chain Practice

Having the right leader for strategy teams makes all the difference in effecting real change. Raines’ Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions team works with executives who can expertly assess market conditions, develop smart plans, and build the proper foundation for ultimate success.

Our Strategy and M&A Practice