Retained Executive Search·Vancouver WA — New York — Chicago — Lake Oswego·Est. 2015·Forbes Top 100

Senior partner-led search for mission-critical C-suite.

99% Retention

38 Days to Candidate

96% Success

6–9 Weeks to Placement

Cowen Partners is a senior partner-led executive search & consulting firm in Vancouver, Washington — placing C-suite and senior leadership talent across private equity, healthcare and technology. Qualified candidate slates in an average of three weeks from kickoff. More than 500 executive placements nationwide since 2015. Every engagement led by a senior partner — never handed to junior recruiters.

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01 / THE LEDGER

Every number verified. Methodology attached.

No vanity metrics — each figure below traces to Apollo company data or cowenpartners.com.

0%Candidate Retention Rate

0Avg. Time to Candidate

0%Search Success Rate

0Replacement Guarantee

SOURCE KEY — VERIFIED: Apollo company details / cowenpartners.com SYNTHETIC: demo data, methodology shown EMPLOYEES: 13 primary (Apollo company details); Apollo range 13–30 noted

02 / The Boardroom Suite — Interactive

Ten board instruments.
Not a 40-page static PDF.

Governance, de-biasing, velocity and ROI — the working tools behind every retained mandate, live in the browser.

Demonstration dataset — synthetic, preview only Zero backend · vanilla JS · every figure in an instrument is illustrative unless tagged verified

03 / WHY COWEN

A boutique that moves like a platform.

Thirteen professionals. Four offices. All fifty states. One standard of proof.

DIFFERENTIATOR · 01

Senior partner-led — not junior-recruiter-run.

Most search firms sell you a partner's name and staff the mandate with researchers two years out of school. At Cowen Partners, search engagements are led by senior partners — supported by total market access to proven executive talent and a rigorous search process. The person who scopes your mandate is the person on the calls with candidates.

That is why qualified candidate slates land in an average of three weeks from kickoff, and why placements typically close within six to nine weeks — against a do-it-yourself market norm closer to six months.

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Engagement leadershipSenior Partners

Qualified slate, avg. from kickoff3 weeks

Placement window, typical6–9 weeks

Avg. time to candidate38 days

Market accessTotal — all 50 states

Talent tier targetedTop 1% leadership

DIFFERENTIATOR · 02

Speed without the usual failure rate.

Industry observers cite executive failure rates near 40% within the first 18 months of a placement. Velocity that produces the wrong leader is the most expensive speed there is. Cowen's meticulous approach — matching companies with candidates representing the top 1% of leadership talent — holds a 99% candidate retention rate across 500+ nationwide placements, backed by a 365-day replacement guarantee.

For a PE operating partner, that is the difference between a value-creation plan that starts in Q1 and one that slips a fiscal year.

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Cowen Partners — retained6–9 weeks

Qualified slate from kickoff~3 weeks

Internal / DIY search≈ 6 months

Big-firm committee search4–9 months

METHOD — 6–9 weeks & 3-week slate verified on cowenpartners.com; DIY and big-firm ranges are synthetic market estimates for comparison framing.

DIFFERENTIATOR · 03

Recognition that survives diligence.

Cowen Partners is ranked among the Top 100 Executive Search Firms by Forbes (Forbes 2025 Americas' Best Executive Recruiting Firms), named a Business Insider Top Recruiting Firm, and listed among Hunt Scanlon's Top Search Firms 2025. Boutique footprint — thirteen professionals, roughly $6M in annual revenue — with national reach: startups, public companies, Fortune 100 and private equity clients across all fifty states.

Forbes — Top 100 · 2025 Business Insider — Top Recruiting Firm Hunt Scanlon — Top Search Firms 2025

Founded2015 · Vancouver, WA

Team13 professionals (Apollo; range 13–30)

Annual revenue$6M (Apollo)

Executive placements500+ nationwide

OfficesWA · NY · IL · OR

CoverageRetained searches in all 50 states

04 / THE FAMILY OFFICE DESK

Where PE, healthcare and technology meet family capital.

A specialization most generalist firms simply don't have.

"A family office can run decades of capital without a single outside leader — until the day it can't. The first external CEO is a succession event, not a hiring event."

Jacob Gamble, Principal, leads Cowen Partners' executive searches for investment banking, family offices and asset management — with analysis featured in Fortune, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Wealth and Business Insider.

That desk is the firm's quiet differentiator: retained searches for family office CEOs, CIOs and multi-hat leaders require discretion, compensation fluency and an understanding of legacy risk that generalist C-suite search rarely demands.

Featured — Fortune Financial Times Bloomberg Wealth Business Insider

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05 / INDUSTRIES

Industries we transform.

Every industry needs talent. Elite recruiters connect companies with candidates prepared to take command — in less than six weeks.

06 / BY FUNCTION

Executive search by function.

From the corner office to the operating layer — retained mandates, every seat.

07 / THE RECORD

Who retains Cowen Partners — and what comes back.

Startups, public companies, Fortune 100 firms and private equity sponsors.

500⁺

Executive placements completed nationwide — with a 99% candidate retention rate and a 96% search success rate. The client base spans startups, public companies, Fortune 100 firms and private equity clients seeking top-tier leadership to drive growth and operational excellence.

METHOD — 500+ placements, 99% retention, 96% success: verified on cowenpartners.com (About / Our Promise).

Client Archetype	Typical Mandate	Why Retained	Cadence	Standard
PE-backed portfolio company	CEO / CFO / COO under value-creation pressure	Board needs a slate in weeks, not quarters	Slate ≈ 3 wks	Partner-led
Founder-led growth company	First external CEO or CFO succession	Legacy risk; confidentiality is non-negotiable	Place 6–9 wks	365-day guarantee
Public company / Fortune 100	CIO, CTO, CHRO, CLO — mission-critical seats	Governance-grade vetting and committee-ready materials	38 days to candidate	Board instruments
Family office	CEO, CIO, multi-hat leadership	Discretion + investment-grade fluency	6–9 wks	FO desk — J. Gamble
Startup scaling round	VP & Director layer, first CMO / CTO	Speed with 99% retention discipline	Place 6–9 wks	Total market access
Investment banking / asset mgmt	Senior leadership & succession planning	Compensation committee needs waterfall modeling	Slate ≈ 3 wks	Comp engine

ARCHIVE — archetype cadence figures reflect the firm's verified standards (3-week slate, 6–9-week placement, 38-day average). Archetype framing is illustrative.

08 / OUR PROCESS

Eight weeks. Four gates. Zero silence.

The same 8-week SLA tracked live in Board Instrument № 06.

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09 / LEADERSHIP

The partners behind the placements.

Verification status shown — because this preview practices what it preaches.

VERIFICATION LEDGER — Names, titles and the primary email (shawn@cowenpartners.com) are verified via Apollo People / Business Source Primary and cowenpartners.com. Emails marked Pattern-based synthetic follow the observed {first}@cowenpartners.com pattern and are not independently verified. Excluded from this preview: individuals surfaced by Apollo "similar people" who belong to other firms (e.g., Boyden, HireCapital, Talent Road) — none are affiliated with Cowen Partners. Headcount: 13 per Apollo company details (some Apollo views show 30; range noted as 13–30).

10 / INSIGHTS

The family office briefs.

By Jacob Gamble, Principal — investment banking, family offices, asset management.

TITLES VERIFIED — cowenpartners.com Insights section. Summaries are illustrative previews of the published themes; analysis featured in Fortune, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Wealth and Business Insider.

11 / LOCATIONS

Four corporate offices. Fifty states of reach.

A national executive search firm conducting retained searches in all 50 states.

Active search markets — verified locations section

Multiple offices across the U.S. enhance the firm's ability to serve clients nationwide — every mandate staffed senior-partner-led regardless of geography. Don't see your market? If it's in the United States, it's in scope.

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12 / CONFIDENTIAL BY DEFAULT

An empty C-suite seat is a daily line item. Let's price it.

One vacant mission-critical seat can bleed well past $500K in delayed EBITDA, stalled value creation and legacy risk. Cowen Partners typically closes the search in 6–9 weeks — with a qualified slate in three. Schedule a confidential call with a senior partner, or run the numbers yourself first.

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Corporate(800) 845-2183

Direct+1 (360) 947-2804

Primaryshawn@cowenpartners.com Verified — Apollo

HQ400 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98660

East14 Wall St, New York, NY 10005

Midwest111 W Jackson, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60604

West4800 Meadows Rd #300, Lake Oswego, OR 97035

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