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Driving growth. Creating value.

We identify commercial leaders who deliver scalable revenue and measurable impact.

In the fast-paced world of private equity, sales leaders must be capable of making quick, calculated decisions to capitalize on emerging market opportunities. They need to balance short-term revenue goals with long-term strategic initiatives, while also building high-performing teams. Marketing leaders must work in lockstep with sales to ensure overall revenue goals are not just met, but exceeded.

ECA brings deep experience in hiring leaders across sales, marketing, and sales operations. Our searches consistently exceed industry benchmarks in both placement and retention rates, spanning managerial and individual-contributor roles; net-new and established functions; growth, digital, and product marketing; and consultative and transactional sales, across industries as diverse as construction, CPG, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, and SaaS.

While our work is deeply rooted in private-equity–backed companies, our expertise extends across VC-backed growth ventures, public enterprises, and founder-led businesses undergoing transformation. In every engagement, ECA applies an evidence-driven process to identify revenue and commercial leaders who align teams, execute growth strategies, and drive sustained enterprise value creation.

Our Areas of Expertise.

We deliver top executive talent and flexible consulting solutions across high-growth industries.

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Private Equity Firms & Portcos

Private Equity Firms & Portcos

We match PE investors with leaders who unlock value.

Healthcare

Healthcare

ECA places leaders who drive growth, compliance, and better care.

Business Services

Business Services

ECA places leaders who unlock efficiency & growth in service models.

Industrials & Natural Resources

Industrials & Natural Resources

We find the savviest operators to optimize manufacturing businesses.

Consumer & Retail

Consumer & Retail

We identify executives who grow consumer brands and market presence.

Technology

Technology

From SaaS to AI, we recruit leaders driving innovation and scale.

Financial Services

Financial Services

ECA secures agile financial leaders to navigate shifting markets.

Meet your Practice Leads

Olivia Hanninen, PhD

Olivia Hanninen, PhD

Senior Director

As Senior Director at ECA Partners, Olivia focuses on Sales and Commercial Excellence executive search, helping companies hire CRO and revenue leaders – VP of Sales, Sales Operations/RevOps, Pricing, Channel, and Customer Success – who drive pipeline, conversion, and profitable growth. Olivia leads ECA’s Human Capital Practice and has extensive experience placing GTM and Strategy executives. She earned a PhD in History from the University of California, Irvine, an MA from University College London, and a first-class BA from King’s College London.

Curtis Wise

Curtis Wise

Senior Director

Curtis is a Senior Director at ECA Partners specializing in Sales and Commercial Excellence leadership for private equity–backed companies. He recruits CROs, commercial operators, and GTM leaders who build scalable sales systems, drive margin expansion, and accelerate organic growth. Before joining ECA, he led operations and sales organizations in both Fortune 100 and investor-backed environments. Curtis brings firsthand PE, FinTech, and Wealth Management experience, giving him a practitioner’s perspective on commercial transformation and portfolio value creation.

Austen Trainer, PhD

Austen Trainer, PhD

Project Manager

Austen is a Project Manager at ECA Partners supporting the firm’s Sales & Commercial Excellence and Value Creation Practices. He partners with executives and investors to scale commercial organizations by identifying leaders who drive revenue growth, margin expansion, and operational excellence. His experience spans sales, marketing, and GTM leadership roles across investor-backed and growth-oriented companies. In addition to his client work, Austen leads process optimization and team development initiatives at ECA. He holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology.

Have a role you'd like to discuss?

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Have a sales & commercial leader role you’d like to discuss?

Reach out. We'd be delighted to learn about your hiring goals.

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