SLATE is a senior-partner-only retained search firm built around four focused practices: Core Financial Services, Human Resources, Privately Held Companies, and the SLATE Board Network, anchored by a single differentiator: the values that built the American Heartland.
Explore the Four Verticals"Before we were search partners, we were the clients. Every shortlist we send is one we'd want to receive."
What we do, we do at the highest level. Every search led personally by a partner who has lived the seat.
Senior-partner-led retained search for the institutions that move Heartland capital. C-suite, line-of-business presidents, risk, credit, wealth, and investment leadership.
We place the people-leaders who shape culture in the institutions that shape the Heartland. Led by a former Fortune 100 CHRO who has lived the seat.
Executive search for the privately held companies that form the backbone of the Heartland economy. Family enterprises, founder-led businesses, and long-term capital-backed companies looking for leaders who treat the business as their own.
A curated network of seasoned operators, former CEOs, and subject-matter experts available for board seats and advisory roles across our four practice areas.
Four verticals, one compass. The 4-H framework we use to assess every executive we present, across every practice.
Not just hard-working. Fully committed. Grit, determination, and something bigger than themselves.
They invest in people, communicate openly, keep their word, and define success as something shared.
Common sense over hype. Results without ego. They choose what's right over what's flashy.
They build people, community, and strategy for compounding success over time, not next quarter.
A SLATE original series. Unscripted interviews with CEOs, CHROs, and board chairs on the themes shaping the Heartland economy.
Coming soon: a sitting bank CEO on succession in the Midwest.
Brian Fishel in conversation with a Fortune 200 Chief People Officer.
Building leadership for family-owned and founder-led Heartland businesses.
New episodes monthly. Subscribe on YouTube to follow the series as our partners sit down with the leaders shaping Heartland finance.
Subscribe on YouTube →
Led C-suite recruiting and succession at Edward Jones. Founded SLATE in 2016.
Senior marketing and innovation executive across Fortune 300 financial services. Ph.D., Mass Communications & Psychology.
Former President of Busey Wealth Management. Senior leader at Commerce Brokerage and Fisher Investments.
Former CHRO of KeyBank. Head of Leadership Development at Bank of America. Senior HR leader at Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
Financial services specialist. Former private wealth advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors and Edward Jones.
We attract executive talent to small and mid-sized cities across the U.S. Heartland. Wall Street avoids "flyover country." We don't. We are flyover country.
Every search begins with a single conversation, a candid discussion about the role and what success looks like.