Insights - Ridgeway Partners

GLASSWING VENTURES ANNOUNCES PREFERRED PARTNERSHIP WITH RIDGEWAY

Glasswing Ventures, a leading venture capital firm dedicated to investing in the next generation of AI and frontier technology startups that enable the rise of the intelligent enterprise, has engaged Ridgeway Partners as a preferred provider for search services.

“We’re excited to offer Ridgeway Partner’s search services to Glasswing’s portfolio companies,” said Emma Marty, Director of Platform & Marketing at Glasswing. In addition to having deep expertise in enterprise technology and artificial intelligence, Ridgeway is uniquely positioned to identify and place this hard-to-reach talent.”

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RIDGEWAY PARTNERS WELCOMES MICHAEL FITZGERALD, PARTNER - ASSET MANAGEMENT

Ridgeway Partners is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Fitzgerald as a Partner in their Boston office. Mike specializes in asset management and has a strong track record of recruiting senior leadership positions in distribution, marketing, product, investments as well as building new business lines.

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ONBOARDING EXECUTIVE TALENT FOR LASTING SUCCESS

Few things are more cringe-worthy for CEO’s and heads of HR alike than churning a “rock star” executive only a few months after they’ve come on board. Given the extraordinary amount of time and expense associated with recruiting an executive hire, this kind of departure hurts the business and the bottom line in painful ways.

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THE RIDGEWAY PARTNERS BANKING / FINTECH BOARD REPORT IS HERE

The Ridgeway Partners 2019 Banking / FinTech Board report is available for download below.

Preusse always enjoyed most the personal and social dynamics of what made a transaction work. Now, as a partner at Ridgeway, Preusse is a matchmaker of strategic talent: he works with his corporate clients as they build their senior management teams to position themselves for success. He and the team at Ridgeway are among the best in their business—their successful placement rate of 98 percent is peerless in their industry. “What really differentiates us is our ability as an international boutique to be incredibly focused on our clients,” he says. “The partners do the work. When you hire a Ridgeway partner, you get the partner.”

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CHARLES PREUSSE PROFILED BY TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Charles F. Preusse II T’95 was an investment banker for 20 years before being recruited to Ridgeway Partners, a global executive search firm, eight years ago. Why the change? In investment banking he saw that the two critical drivers of a company’s success are capital and people. Preusse always enjoyed most the personal and social dynamics of what made a transaction work. Now, as a partner at Ridgeway, Preusse is a matchmaker of strategic talent: he works with his corporate clients as they build their senior management teams to position themselves for success. He and the team at Ridgeway are among the best in their business—their successful placement rate of 98 percent is peerless in their industry. “What really differentiates us is our ability as an international boutique to be incredibly focused on our clients,” he says. “The partners do the work. When you hire a Ridgeway partner, you get the partner.”

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LEADERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Technology is “digitising” the world around us. As Michael Baresich, Chief Information Officer at Ally Financial Group puts it: “Every company is either a technology company or a technology company in hiding.”

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HOW TO FIND THE BEST EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR YOUR ORGANISATION

What are the most critical considerations in selecting an executive search firm to represent your company in the marketplace? Or otherwise, what kind of questions should heads of talent and CEO’s ask their prospective executive search partners before selecting one to work with?

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