Family offices are shifting toward fractional hiring, modular staffing, and specialized advisory roles as they navigate rising costs, next‑gen transitions, and new technological demands. This article explores the evolving talent landscape — including insights from Boyden Partner Bill Flannery on the growing importance of centralized digital coordination within family offices.
Bill Flannery recruits leaders in a range of industries, focusing primarily on the industrial sector. He has worked with clients, from startups to Fortune Global 500 companies, to place individuals in CEO, COO, CFO, CIO and other senior roles across functions. Internationally, this includes executives for the U.S. subsidiaries of foreign firms and for the overseas subsidiaries of U.S. firms.
Professional Focus
- Client roster including Fortune 500 corporations, private and family-owned companies, private equity firms and startups
- Successful track record of C-suite, president, vice president and director-level appointments in functional areas spanning general management, operations , finance, human resources, IT, marketing and sales
- Member of the Global Industrial and Social Impact Practices, with additional expertise in consumer products, financial services, professional services and technology
Business Expertise
- Started career with Boyden as an Associate; worked on research and candidate development for Managing Directors in energy, financial services, manufacturing, mining and technology
- Associate and research analyst roles at commercial real estate brokerage firms in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, including two of the largest commercial real estate firms in the U.S.
Additional Expertise
- Consumer Products
- Infrastructure & Transportation
- Mining & Primary Materials
- Professional Services
- Financial Services
- Technology
Areas of Expertise
Affiliations & Awards
- Board and Executive Committee Member, Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania
In a significant transition for our client, a leading family-owned agricultural producer across the eastern and midwestern United States, the challenge of appointing its first non-family CEO was met with success through Boyden's strategic recruitment efforts.
Boyden partners with a highly engineered products manufacturer to recruit a CEO who combines strategic pedigree with entrepreneurial execution, positioning the company for its next phase of growth.
Amid a politically sensitive crisis, our client, a major social impact organization, faced significant reputational risks. Lacking a Head of Public & Government Affairs for over three years, they turned to Boyden for urgent strategic communications leadership.
Industrial Trends Report: Analysing markets, studies, and trends on how AI, machine learning, and digitalisation are reshaping the industrial sector, with expert insights on talent and leadership from Boyden’s Global Industrial Practice Members.
Social Impact Report: Analysing the trends and companies reshaping the role of enterprise in society, with expert insights from Boyden's Global Social Impact Practice Members
How can organisations thrive in a complex world of risk?
How can organisations thrive in a complex world of risk?
Boyden is pleased to share the appointment news of Leonard Zuba, a recruitment led by Bill Flannery
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