The Executive Recruiter Group is a nationwide executive search firm with a long track record of serving community and regional banks and the established commercial bankers who drive their growth. We combine direct market outreach, long-term relationship development, and practical industry knowledge to help banks recruit proven talent and bankers evaluate opportunities with clarity.
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Scope
- Nationwide
- Exclusive focus
- Commercial Banking
How We Work
We work at the intersection of relationship-driven executive search and modern technology: trusted human judgment, paired with tools that extend our reach, our market intelligence, and our ability to execute. That includes investing in data products that give us a deep understanding of each bank we encounter and of the markets around it. We would rather understand a bank and its market before the first conversation than learn them during the search.
The other half is relationships. We are in the market every day, talking with established bankers and bank leadership about what they might be open to, what the timing would need to look like, or simply what they are seeing. They tell us what they see; we tell them what we see. That exchange, repeated across markets and years, is how we keep a pulse on community and regional banking nationwide.
What gets us there is hard work, focus, and the conviction that the work matters. A placement done well changes the life of the banker who makes the move, and it helps the bank that hires grow its assets, its earnings, and its standing in the market.
Market Intelligence, the free tool on this site, is a small subset of the data we use every day. We released it so banks and bankers alike could get a clear, quick snapshot of the markets they serve, or the ones they are considering entering.
Our Values
Integrity
We never oversell a candidate, push a banker toward a move that doesn't serve them, or manufacture urgency on either side.
Judgment
We weigh credit culture, leadership, client portability, deposit strength, compensation, and timing before a conversation reaches either side.
Ownership
We manage the search closely from first call through offer, resignation, and start date, with direct accountability throughout.
Excellence
We measure our work by the fit and performance of the bankers we place, not by activity for its own sake.
Discretion
Confidentiality isn't a feature of our process; it is the process. We protect identity, strategy, and every relationship involved.
Partnership
We build long-term relationships by speaking candidly, even when the honest answer isn't the easy one.
“A successful placement is consequential for everyone involved. It should make sense for the banker, the bank, and the clients they serve. That standard shapes how we approach every search.”
Chad has recruited in commercial banking since 2011 and founded the firm in 2015. Before banking, he spent a decade in healthcare search, recruiting hospital CEOs and department leadership. He has placed leadership and production talent across banking, including chief lending officers, CFOs, COOs, market presidents, and department heads, along with commercial bankers and teams, deposit producers and teams, and SBA teams, among many others.
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Whether you are a bank with a search in mind or a banker weighing a move, we welcome the conversation, in confidence.