Gilman Partners

Gilman Partners is a retained executive search and leadership development firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It says it has more than 45 years of experience and describes itself as a majority woman-owned company. Its services are executive search, leadership development, including a management programme called GP Elevate, and independent board search.

The firm searches for leaders in the top third of the organisational chart across a variety of industries. It specialises in family-owned and privately held companies and also serves nonprofit organisations. Its practice areas are executive and C-suite management, manufacturing, operations and supply chain, nonprofit leadership, finance and accounting, family-owned businesses, human resources, professional and business services, engineering, real estate and construction, and sales and marketing. It focuses on passive candidates and says it places more than 100 leaders in key roles across the nation each year.

Most of its work is in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, Dayton, Indiana, Louisville and Columbus, though it also leads national searches. It has offices in Cincinnati and Louisville. It reports that two-thirds of its searches in the past three years came from repeat clients.