Kestrel Bay is a retained boutique executive search firm with an open source model that provides the firm’s private markets and corporate clients with access to a global coverage network of high caliber search firms. In addition to conducting Board, CEO, CFO, Operating Partner and investment professional searches personally, Kestrel Bay’s strategic partners (which range from large global executive search firms to high end boutiques), enable us to deliver the best industry and functional talent in executive search without being beholden to the partners resident solely inside one firm. By consolidating the management of dozens of search professionals on behalf of operating, talent, and deal partners, Kestrel Bay enables clients to spend their time on the most important value-added strategic talent initiatives while retaining the ability to hold one single partner accountable for the outcome of executive and Board searches.

Kestrel Bay’s tech- and AI-enabled platforms automate and streamline the redundant, inefficient aspects of the search process, enabling Kestrel Bay to deliver bespoke talent solutions at scale and to outperform the traditional large executive search firms at each stage of the search process. 

Finally, Kestrel Bay has a talent-centric approach to both search and talent advisory.  By cultivating and managing a stable of backable CEOs, CFOs and Board members, Kestrel Bay builds lasting relationships with important leaders and rising stars, proactively introducing them to clients in advance of retained searches. This ensures a deepening of Kestrel Bay clients’ knowledge of top talent pools, and delivers unparalleled access to backable talent.