Cubist Advisors is an executive search and talent strategy boutique
We lead Board and CEO-sponsored talent transformations.
Cubist helps organizations at critical inflection points
We find and assess talent.
We design jobs and organizations.
A unique offering in the talent marketplace
Integrated executive search and organizational strategy solutions
Client exclusivity across sectors, minimizing “off limits”
Partner-led execution model
Retained Search
Cubist leads executive searches and makes strategic introductions at senior levels for financials, corporates, and professional services firms.
Every retained search starts with a bespoke search strategy, refined in close collaboration with our client. We thoroughly map the market, combining a bottom-up, data-driven survey with discreet top-down outreach to seasoned market participants. We discreetly leverage our network of Boards, CEOs, CxOs, MDs, GPs and Partners to find the best talent available. Cubist takes special pride in identifying non-obvious candidates for demanding positions.
Consulting Services
Cubist helps clients better match talent to work and cultivate future leaders.
Cubist artists and writers - Picasso, Braque, Stein - produced groundbreaking results with the precise deconstruction and strategic reassembly of the familiar and mundane. We apply the same rigor and creativity to organizational design.
What our clients say
“I highly recommend John Petzold and his team at Cubist Advisors. Despite the pandemic, Cubist has gone from nowhere on our radar to one of our go-to talent partners in a matter of months.
Cubist’s professionalism, energy and deep understanding of the talent market are true differentiators.
John and team have taken the time to understand our needs and have shown us a stellar range of candidates whom we would not otherwise have found.
His candidate assessments are refreshingly candid. He is proactive in advising how we should think about the market and obsessively responsive to us. From a process standpoint, John politely but firmly keeps searches on track and moving forward.
Most importantly, John really understands our culture and strategy, bringing us candidates who are a good fit not only on paper but in person as well.”
— Chief Financial Officer, Fortune 50
“I have had the pleasure of working with John Petzold, one of my most trusted advisors, for more than a decade. John’s insider knowledge and actionable advice go far beyond the bounds of traditional executive recruiting.
Cubist seamlessly ties together executive search, talent management and organizational consulting. Over the years, John’s flawless execution has yielded tremendous value for my teams.”
— Chief Risk Officer, Fortune 100
“John Petzold is a close friend and longstanding advisor. I have turned to him often: for ideas, for strategic introductions and for critical advice at key inflection points in my career. His advice has always been unassailable. John and his partner Josh bring to the search world an unusual combination of talent and organizational expertise coupled with a long history in financial services and with financial sponsors, both as advisors and investors. I am confident Cubist would prove itself to be a valuable partner to any organization.”
— Board Director, Fortune 500 & PE Portfolio Companies