Bob Nesbit

biography

Bob Nesbit is the Managing Partner of Nesbit Partners (www.nesbitpartners.com), a boutique executive search firm that offers a full array of global human capital consulting services while also serving as a go-to resource on the latest topics and trends shaping the ever competitive talent marketplace.

Bob focuses on senior level executive searches in a variety of functions, including General Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Technology and Operations, for domestic and international clients ranging in size from startup to Fortune 500. His record of success can be attributed to an unusual breadth of experience, having held key leadership roles with midcap companies and multinational industry leaders in addition to his years in retained executive search. The perspective Bob has gained from both sides of the table translates into an increased understanding and insight into each and every search assignment.

Bob began his multi-faceted career in executive search, recruiting Finance and Marketing professionals to major financial institutions and global corporations, before transitioning to corporate Human Resources with Shearson American Express. He continued his Human Resources Management career with Citigroup and Wells Fargo before joining Time Inc., where he built and managed a central staffing function. Leveraging that success, he joined Campbell Soup Company as Vice President of Global Staffing and transformed its worldwide talent acquisition strategy.

From 2003 through 2008, Bob served as Chief Human Resources Officer for USI Holdings, a midcap insurance broker in the Goldman Sachs Capital Partner portfolio. During a period of rapid growth, Bob developed and implemented a number of key Human Resources strategies and initiatives enterprise-wide, impacting both talent acquisition and development. Bob returned to retained executive search as Managing Director with a respected global search firm in 2008, bringing his professional life full circle.

Throughout his career, Bob has worked with senior leadership, including CEOs and Boards of Directors, in multiple industries, with companies small and large, domestic and global, and yet he maintains an innate curiosity. That curiosity leads him to invest the time to understand his clients’ business challenges and use the resulting insights in a thoughtful, thorough recruiting strategy. Bob prides himself on his creativity and superior assessment skills that go far beyond job competencies. Taking into consideration the challenges and objectives of both his clients and his candidates is at the heart of Bob’s approach, allowing him to take the executive search process to a deeper level.

Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Vermont. He serves on the Boards of the Fairfield/Westchester Human Resources Roundtable and the New York Human Resources Planning Society. He is a Certified EMT with the Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Chappaqua, New York, where he lives with his wife and son.