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Kingsley Gate Partners Announces Major Global Expansion in Latin America

Adds offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, Mexico City, Miami, São Paulo and Santiago

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Kingsley Gate, a leading global, executive search and human capital advisory firm, today announced the continued strengthening of its international presence with the appointment of five new partners across key regions. Dan O’Donovan joins the firm’s Chicago office, Spencer Knibbe joins the New York office, Tatyana Freitas and Loreto Montoya strengthen the Latin American presence in São Paulo and Santiago respectively, while Alejandro Salazar-Simpson enhances the firm’s European capabilities from Madrid.

“These strategic appointments reflect our commitment to expanding our global footprint and delivering world-class executive search and advisory services to our clients across diverse markets,” said Andrew Holmes, CEO of Kingsley Gate. 
Andrew Holmes, CEO of Kingsley Gate

“Each of these accomplished professionals brings unique expertise and deep regional knowledge that will be invaluable as we continue to help organizations identify and secure high-impact decision makers. Their collective experience across technology, industrial, consumer goods, private equity, risk management, financial services and transformation initiatives significantly enhances our ability to serve clients with increasingly complex talent needs in today’s evolving business landscape.”

Kingsley Gate Partners, the leader in retained executive search that scientifically helps ensure a lasting fit between its clients and placed candidates, today announced that it expanded its global presence through the strategic acquisition of leading Latin American executive search firm CPGroup Latam.

“We’re excited to welcome our Latin American colleagues.” said Nancy Albertini, Office of the CEO (OCEO), Kingsley Gate Partners.”Our growth strategy supports the needs of our global clients by providing them with functional and vertical expertise, as well as access to professionals that bring local knowledge to the table.”

Through this acquisition, Kingsley Gate Partners continues its global expansion by adding 14 partners across eight offices including Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Caracas, Venezuela; Lima, Peru; Mexico City, Mexico; São Paulo, Brazil; Santiago de Chile; and Miami, Florida. CPGroup Latam previously operated under an affiliation agreement with Caldwell Partners International Inc., which was mutually terminated on February 28, 2019.

“With this acquisition, Kingsley Gate Partners will bring the technology and science that is revolutionizing the executive search industry to this important, growing region” stated Umesh Ramakrishnan, OCEO.

Buster Houchins, OCEO, added, “Having worked previously with many of CPGroup’s partners, it became an easy decision to pursue this acquisition. We share the same values and business ethics, including a passion for leveraging science and technology in servicing the needs of our global clients.”

Nestor D’Angelo, one of the Senior Partners in Latin America stated, “The executive search industry is going through a major transformation, and Kingsley Gate Partners is leading that change by combining science and technology with savvy, experienced executive search consultants. We have an in-depth understanding of Latin America, coupled with state-of-the-art cloud-based mobile tools developed by Kingsley Gate Partners, which will help ensure a lasting fit between our clients and our placed candidates.”

About Kingsley Gate

Kingsley Gate is a global executive search firm born with native AI and people at its core. Founded in 2015 to disrupt a recruitment model that hadn’t evolved in nearly a century, the firm combines seasoned human expertise with a proprietary AI platform purpose-built for executive search.

By embedding artificial intelligence into every stage of the process, Kingsley Gate helps organizations hire leaders who fit their specific strategy, culture, and ambition – rather than just a job description.

Operating as one unified global firm, Kingsley Gate serves more than 2,000 clients across 50+ countries, partnering with Global 2000 organizations, private equity–backed companies, and high-growth VC firms to deliver leaders who perform, adapt, and endure in their roles.
The firm is backed by private equity firm Crescent Cove Advisors.

For more information, please visit www.kingsleygate.com

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