About John
John Blank is chief operating officer of Caldwell. He oversees the firm’s business and people operations, including regional leadership, talent and people operations, operating effectiveness, and Caldwell’s professional leverage model. Working closely with the firm’s regional managing partners and practice leaders, John focuses on strengthening execution, collaboration, accountability, and alignment across Caldwell’s global platform.
John also continues to advise clients on the recruitment of board directors, chief executive officers, and senior executives for private equity-backed healthcare, healthcare technology, managed care, and provider services organizations. He has more than 20 years of executive search experience and has partnered with many of the nation’s leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies across every stage of the investment lifecycle, from executive team buildouts and board recruitment to management assessment and succession planning.
Since joining Caldwell in 2014, John has played a key leadership role in the firm’s growth, helping strengthen partner recruitment, onboarding, leadership engagement, and cross-practice collaboration. His appointment as chief operating officer reflects Caldwell’s continued investment in building a more connected, accountable, and scalable global organization.
John is a frequent speaker on corporate governance, board effectiveness, and leadership within the healthcare sector. He has led board and C-suite searches for private equity firms, publicly traded companies, and high-growth organizations, including cross-border assignments, pre-IPO companies, and spin-offs.
Experience
Prior to joining Caldwell, John held positions of increasing responsibility at several boutique executive search firms. Before joining the executive search industry, John was the director of recruitment for Vanguard Health Systems and worked for a small regional CPA firm.
