Case Studies

For 45 years, Kincannon & Reed has recruited CEOs, board directors, and R&D leaders for the organizations that feed, fuel, and heal the world—across food, agriculture, animal health, and life sciences.

Searching the Seven Seas for Executive Talent

An aquaculture executive search for a global seafood group This diversified global seafood organization, like many others in its industry, faces a host of challenges, including diverse markets, region-specific operating risks, and others. When it was seeking to add greater management capability to its aquaculture unit (specifically, its wild-catch salmon…

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Finding a One-of-a-Kind Leader in a Vast Market

A pet food general manager search for the China market A global leader in the pet food palatant industry, headquartered in the West, sought to expand its position in the Asian marketplace. After establishing an office in China, the company had been relying on other executives and managers while it…

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A Scientist vs. a Leader of Scientists

A crop input R&D leadership search This multi-billion dollar crop input company was seeking to expand and restructure its R&D capabilities, and needed to find a truly unique individual to lead the way as a change agent. The client engaged Kincannon & Reed to conduct a high level, extremely targeted…

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The Missing Ingredient in a CEO Succession Plan

A CEO succession plan for a closely held food company The CEO of this closely-held food company wanted to find a successor who could position the 50-year-old industry leader to be successful for at least another 50 years. This was a CEO succession plan built around continuity, not just a…

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