About Our Atlanta Office
About Our Atlanta Office
Caldwell is an executive search firm in Atlanta, Georgia, recruiting board directors, CEOs and senior executives for organizations across the Southeast. We opened our Atlanta office in 2011, in the heart of midtown, and have built a broad, well-established track record in executive search in the years since.
With more than 60 years of collective executive search experience, our Atlanta consultants serve clients across a range of industries, including consumer, retail and ecommerce, insurance, financial services, professional services, private equity and venture capital and industrial, alongside CEO succession and search projects and board composition and recruitment work.
Executive Search Services in Atlanta
Our consultants support you across the full leadership lifecycle.
Executive & Board Search
A retained, research-led search for the board directors, CEOs and senior executives who set your organization’s direction. We map the market across the Southeast, assess candidates rigorously, and give you a shortlist you can act on with confidence.
CEO Search & Succession
Appointing or replacing a chief executive is the highest-stakes decision a board makes. We identify and assess CEO candidates and partner with your board on succession, so leadership transitions strengthen the organization.
C-Suite & Functional Leadership
From CFOs and COOs to CHROs and CTOs, we recruit the functional leaders who turn strategy into results across the Southeast.
Consumer & Financial Services Leadership
Our Atlanta team recruits leaders across the sectors that drive the Southeast, including consumer, retail and ecommerce, insurance, financial services, professional services, private equity and venture capital, and industrial.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an executive search firm in Atlanta?
Start by looking for a firm with proven experience at the seniority and in the sector you are hiring for, one that runs a retained, research-led process rather than contingency recruiting, with senior consultants who conduct the search themselves and a genuine local presence. Caldwell’s Atlanta office meets all of these. Open since 2011, our team recruits board directors and senior executives across the Southeast. Contact the Atlanta team for a confidential conversation about the role you need to fill.
How do executive search firms find candidates?
Through a retained, research-led process. The firm maps the market for a specific role, then identifies and confidentially approaches candidates, including accomplished leaders who are not actively looking, before assessing each against the requirements of the role and presenting a shortlist. Across the Southeast, that disciplined mapping is what reaches leaders who are not on a jobs board.
What is a retained executive search firm?
A retained firm is engaged exclusively for a search and paid in agreed stages, regardless of the eventual hire, unlike contingency recruiters who are paid only when a placement is made. Caldwell has worked on a retained basis for more than 50 years, and the model suits the senior, confidential and board-level roles our Atlanta team is most often asked to fill, where a thorough and committed search matters most.
