Retained executive search for defense manufacturers and contractors, placing CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CTOs with a one-year replacement guarantee.

Cowen Partners is a Forbes-recognized national executive search firm running retained C-suite and board searches, with a dedicated defense practice.
Cowen Partners Executive Search describes itself as bringing executive search back to its roots: old-school headhunting with modern precision. The firm places C-suite and board leaders, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, and CHROs, for private, public, pre-IPO, and nonprofit organizations, with published placements spanning New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, and other US markets. Its East Coast office is listed at 14 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, and the firm has been named to Forbes' America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms.
The defense executive search practice targets the defense industrial base, with particular depth in maritime defense, shipbuilding, aerospace and defense, industrial manufacturing, cybersecurity and intelligence, and government contracting. It places cleared, credentialed leaders, from CEOs and COOs to VPs of government contracts and engineering, for mid-market contractors through Fortune 1000 enterprises, its searches are led by senior partners, and it publishes a one-year replacement guarantee on its defense placements.

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Cowen Partners' headquarters is located in New York, NY, US.