Kincannon & Reed

Kincannon & Reed is a global executive search and leadership development firm that works exclusively within the food and agriculture industries. With 45 years of experience across diverse international sectors, the company recruits and develops leaders for organisations that feed the world and keep it healthy. Kincannon & Reed places chief executives, chief financial officers, functional C-suite leaders, and board directors for companies, cooperatives, associations, and investors around the world. The firm's consultants have sat in operating roles across the value chain, which enables them to assess senior talent with the industry context that generalist firms lack.

Kincannon & Reed specialises across the full spectrum of food and agriculture sectors, including agricultural technology and inputs, capital and investment, distribution and retail, food service, food and beverage consumer products, industry associations and non-profits, processors, production agriculture, research and development, and sustainable solutions. The company's expertise spans animal health and nutrition, crop protection, data analytics and artificial intelligence, equipment and automation, vertical farming, asset management, banking, private equity, venture capital, e-commerce, grocery, restaurants, bakery and snacks, beverages, dairy, meat products, nutrition, packaged foods, pet food, seafood, food ingredients, aquaculture, biotechnology, cellular meat, crops, horticulture, livestock, plant-based proteins, alternative proteins, biologicals, diagnostics, food safety, genetics, and regenerative agriculture.

With team members positioned around the world, Kincannon & Reed operates at a scale large enough to bring specialised expertise whilst remaining nimble and responsive. The firm's approach is built on peer-to-peer advisory relationships rather than outsider transactions, with principals who understand client priorities and the calibre of talent required. The company has demonstrated an impressive track record, placing over 240 executives across the globe in the last two years, with 93 per cent of placed candidates remaining with clients through the first year and twice the likelihood of three-year candidate retention compared to search industry averages. Kincannon & Reed also supports leaders after placement through executive coaching, leadership assessment, and succession planning.