Dan Staats
Director | New York
Dan is a Director within our Global Private Equity and CFO practices, with 15 years of experience serving global private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
Based in Los Angeles, Dan’s expertise includes a vast body of Board Director, CxO, and Operating Partner searches across a wide range of industries, including consumer, healthcare, industrials, technology, and their intersection.
Before joining Leathwaite, Dan was a part of the Acertitude team, and prior to this, spent several years in Korn Ferry’s Private Equity and Healthcare practices. There, he conducted similar searches for BODs, CEOs, C-level executives, investment professionals, and operating partners. Earlier in his career, he held various roles with a boutique search firm focused executive searches for PE-backed software, tech-enabled services, and consumer technology companies.
Education
He holds a B.S. in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego.
