Kincannon & Reed is a retained executive search firm for the food and agriculture industries. Finding the right leader for your organization requires sector knowledge, networks, discipline, tenacity, and time. That’s why we’re here, putting decades of experience to work so you can focus on business, while we focus on finding your next executive.
It is about building valuable long-term relationships. Success is delivered from our ability to leverage our knowledge of the industries our clients engage in, comprehend objectives, opportunities and challenges, and analyze, evaluate and guide organizational structures so we can accurately assess each opportunity and candidate.
240+
executive placements across the globe in the last two years
93%
of candidates placed remain with the client through the first year
2x
as likely to be retained for 3 years compared to search industry averages
Kincannon & Reed incorporates validated interview techniques and evaluation tools to accurately assess candidates. We have the capability to measure personality traits, motivations and evaluate specific competencies and behaviors. The right assessments provide a balanced approach to understanding potential as much as experience.
Coaching empowers executives to reach their full potential faster, benefiting your organization. We partner certified coaches with executives and use a strengths-based approach to guide leaders through a process that maximizes their potential to drive success.
We bring a history of success delivering advisory and fiduciary board members specifically for family, start-up, and growth organizations. Our industry networks and broad access to executive leadership bring willing candidates from every corner of the market to serve on your board.
As an industry, we continue to serve a broader consumer base. We understand a vibrant, innovative workforce is built on a range of ideas and perspectives that starts by bringing leadership with different backgrounds, experiences, and career pathways to the table. That’s why we make every effort, in every search, to reach the full spectrum of available talent.
Kincannon & Reed is a global executive search firm that recruits senior leaders exclusively for the food and agriculture industries. Services include retained executive search, board director recruitment, executive assessment, and executive coaching.
The firm works exclusively across the food and agriculture value chain, including agribusiness, crop and seed science, animal health, protein, food production, ingredients, nutrition, and forestry.
Searches span CEO, COO, president, and general manager roles, plus board directors and functional leaders in commercial, finance, human resources, R&D, supply chain and operations, technology, and sustainability and regulatory affairs.
Each engagement moves through four stages: planning the search strategy, making connections to identify and assess candidates, evaluating candidates and finalists, and securing the selected leader. On average, an engagement researches 178 contacts, holds 83 substantive conversations, presents 11 qualified candidates, advances 5 to client interviews, and results in 1 hire.
Its principals are former industry executives who assess candidates from an operator’s perspective, bringing firsthand context to interviews and evaluations — an approach the firm links to stronger placement retention.
In every search, the firm works to reach the full spectrum of available talent, drawing on candidates with a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and professional pathways — reflecting its view that innovation comes from leaders drawn from every corner of the market.
