ZRG Acquires The Registry, an Interim Executive Solutions Firm Specializing in Higher Education
August 10 2023 - 6:07AM
ZRG, one of the world’s rapidly growing global talent advisory
firms, today announced its acquisition of The Registry, an
Interim Executive Solutions firm specializing in higher education.
Since 1992, The Registry has helped colleges and universities
across the U.S. and abroad during times of transition with
experienced and diverse interim leaders. The company’s record
speaks for itself—over 1,200 placements at over 500 institutions of
all types.
“The Registry is the nation’s top firm providing the
best-matched interim solutions to institutions of higher learning,
especially colleges and universities that are going through
challenging transitions,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG. “Adding
The Registry to the family of ZRG companies puts us in a leadership
position in providing talent solutions in higher education.”
Based just outside Boston in Peabody, MA, The Registry has
successfully placed more senior interim leaders on campuses across
the nation than any other organization during the past three
decades. The firm initiated and accelerated a new trend in American
higher education: the utilization of outside interim
presidents.
Later, membership and the span of interim positions expanded to
include senior administrators when Collegiate Enterprise Solutions
acquired The Registry and George Matthews and Bryan Carlson joined
the leadership team. Today, with a membership of 1,000-plus, The
Registry continues to be the dominant firm in the interim executive
space in higher education.
“Joining ZRG will make it possible for The Registry to sustain
its dramatic expansion and its dominance of the interim space in
American higher education,” said Dr. Bryan E. Carlson, President of
The Registry. “In addition, The Registry has the potential to
become a catalyst for the elevation of the ZRG brand throughout the
nation and across the globe.”
“The Registry is a membership organization; our members are
pre-screened, veteran executives who are immediately available to
be matched to the needs and requirements of our college and
university clients,” said George Matthews, CEO of The Registry and
a former longtime chair of Northeastern University’s Board of
Trustees.
Prior to The Registry acquisition, ZRG has greatly diversified
its talent management offerings in the past two years. ZRG recently
acquired Helbling, a national executive search firm with strong
relationships among construction contractors and real estate
developers (June 2023); Hub Recruiting, a leading boutique
recruiting process outsourcing (RPO) firm (Dec. 2022); SEBA
International, a retained executive search firm focused on finance,
risk, marketing, and revenue roles (Nov. 2022); RoseRyan, a Silicon
Valley-based provider of finance and accounting consulting
solutions (April 2022); and Terra Search Partners, a retained
executive search firm exclusive to the real estate industry (April
2022).
In 2021, ZRG added London-based executive search firm Walter
James (Dec. 2021); Brimstone Consulting Group (Dec.
2021); Walking The Talk, a leading culture consulting
firm (July 2021); and Sucherman Group, the top advisory firm for
media and entertainment companies around the world (June 2021).
ZRG’s organic growth continues across the UK, EU, and Middle East
in retained search, on-demand talent solutions, and consulting.
About ZRGZRG is a global
talent advisory firm that is changing the way companies hire and
manage talent. ZRG’s data-driven approach to executive and
professional search has been changing the way clients think about
how to find top talent. The company’s digital Zi platform
combines talent intelligence, candidate insights, and process
improvement to dramatically deliver executive searches quicker and
with proven better results.
Today, with the help of private equity investor RFE Investment
Partners, ZRG is among the fastest growing firms in the search
industry and provides a full suite of retained search, on-demand
talent, and consulting and advisory solutions across the Americas,
Asia, Europe, and Australia.
About RFE Investment PartnersFounded in
1979, RFE Investment Partners is a private equity
investor with a long-standing small buyout heritage and a
time-tested strategy for growing businesses. RFE equips companies
with the capabilities and resources to scale by leveraging the
extensive operational expertise, financial acumen, and broad
business network of the RFE team.
Through over 75 small buyout transactions, RFE has consistently
guided portfolio companies through multiple business cycles while
driving value creation. RFE invested in ZRG Partners in December
2018, providing the tools and guidance needed to expand the
capabilities and product offerings of the company, as well as grow
the business on an international scale.
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