Chief Financial Officer
Comhar Partners
www.Comharpartners.com
Who We Are
Our Company Comhar Partners was formed to have all of the capabilities of the larger firms while being more nimble and entrepreneurial in the marketplace; exhibited by our people, one firm approach and our service offerings which include Executive Search, Talent Advisory Services and Professional Recruiting. Comhar Partners is headquartered in Chicago with specialized recruiting consultants in 7 offices across the US.
Our Mission Our mission is very clear - to provide flexible and transparent service.
Our Passion We have a passion for collaboration. Comhar, derived from the Gaelic word meaning “collaboration”, came together with the intent of providing expert recruiting in deep partnership with clients in order to solve talent management challenges.
What Sets Us Apart
We believe that the key to success is collaboration. We will be with you every step of the way We have 20 industry-specific consultants We provide you with consultative insights All data that we source will be given to you We provide talent advisory services that will help you attain your goal of creating talent management strategies
Executive Search Professional Recruiting Talent Advisory Services
Attracting top talent requires a This contemporary search process At Comhar Partners we understand meticulous approach in assessing offers flexible and scalable talent that your goal is to create talent executives’ abilities to be acquisition solutions tailored to management strategies to attract prosperous in their specific roles. attract professionals at the middle candidates who have the skillset to Our consultants hold a to upper levels of management. take your organization to new comprehensive understanding of With resources dedicated to each limits in the future. We provide different industries and functional industry and sector across the talent advisory services such roles to guarantee finding your nation, Comhar Partners is beyond as compensation analysis, best-fit leader who will make a equipt to meet your hiring needs. executive assessment, lasting impact within your and on boarding and acculturation. organization.
Chicago Headquarters 300 South Wacker, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60606 info@comharpartners www.comharpartners.com
Chief Financial Officer Services
Finding elite financial leaders who will drive organizational success to your company is a strength and key practice area for Comhar Partners. High-level financial officers must possess an impressive skill set in order to be successful in today’s dynamic market. Finance leaders must carry a rigorous understanding of key business drivers in capital planning, mergers and acquisitions, business planning, investor relations, and tax, combined with operational capabilities, in order to be trusted advisors to the board and management. Additionally, financial leaders must be able to guarantee the integrity and transparency of the organization’s financial condition and reported results.
Recruiting and assessing financial executives requires in-depth sector knowledge and strong relationships, as well as the ability to identify qualified internal candidates. This is the expertise that you will get from Comhar Partners, who’s consultants have years of specialized experience. The Comhar Partners team leverages a deep database and broad industry coverage to source accomplished outside talent who will build strong foundations and maximize productivity, securing the organization’s financial future.
Comhar Partners is here to help with any financial executive search including: • Chief Financial Officer • Vice President of Finance • Controller • Treasurer • Risk Management • Audit and Tax • Financial Planning and Analysis • Investor Relations • Chief Accounting Officer
Whether you are a startup company, a mid-market firm or a Fortune 500 company working on your succession plan, Comhar Partners is here to partner with you.
Our consultants help you stay ahead of the curve of ongoing transitions in the Chief Financial Officer landscape. We work closely with you to assess candidates´ key experiences, core competencies, and leadership potential.
Chicago Headquarters 300 South Wacker, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60606 info@comharpartners www.comharpartners.com
Our Team
Mitch Ornstein Paul K. Herrerias
Managing Director, Chicago Managing Director – San Francisco Chief Financial Officer, Consumer Products, Professional Services, Consumer Products and Industrial & Financial Services Practice Groups Services, Marketing and Sales, CFO
As Managing Director of Comhar Partners, Mitch Paul has over thirty years of executive search and has been dedicated to helping clients resolve their leadership consulting service in the Bay Area. He talent gaps since 2005. He is a functional expert in has conducted hundreds of search assignments in the CFO suite and started his career placing the professional and financial services, consumer executives and key senior-level talent in interim products, technology, and wine industries. Prior to and project based roles. Mitch’s clients have becoming Managing Director of Comhar Partners’ ranged from Fortune 100 companies to San Francisco office, he ran the Stanton Chase San entrepreneurial organizations, with an emphasis Francisco for 13 years and co-founded three on the middle market. Within Comhar Partners, he additional executive search and consulting firms. is an expert in our CFO functional practice and our Previous professional career affiliations include consumer products, industrial and financial KPMG Peat Marwick Executive Search and Deloitte services practice groups. & Touche, where he obtained his CPA license. He consults to PE-backed and high-growth firms on Mitch has been responsible for hundreds of recruiting, leadership development, high- placements throughout his career. As a leading performing business teams, and succession contributor to an Inc. 500 firm, he opened and led planning. Paul served as Chapter President, State their Chicago expansion and successfully Council member, and State Board member for the developed a team that grew into one of the leading California Society of CPAs, a 30,000-member firms in the market. He then worked for one of the professional association. He also is adjunct faculty largest human capital firms in the world and for Dominican University of California and has ultimately opened his own search practice lectured in their MBA program on career and dedicated to Chief Financial Officers and their marketing management topics. direct reports. While with a global retained search firm, he Prior to entering the recruiting profession, Mitch founded or led the global CFO practice, regional spent six years hiring and leading sales teams for a Financial Services, and regional Professional leading distributor of industrial products. He Services practice groups. began his career with Deloitte. Main: (415) 721-7001 x1 Main: (312) 724-4000 Cell: (415) 302-5300 Cell: (612) 810-9449 [email protected] [email protected]
Chicago Headquarters 300 South Wacker, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60606 info@comharpartners www.comharpartners.com