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Sudduth Search | Q2 2026 Newsletter Highlights Add-on acquisitions now account for nearly 75% of all middle market PE deal activity. The most pressing leadership requirement we're hearing: has this candidate been through multiple acquisitions? Not just M&A exposure — real experience managing post-close integration at speed. Jen Sudduth breaks down what this means for PE sponsors in our latest article. In mid-April, our team volunteered with Kids' Meals, Inc., packing over 1,300 meals for preschool-aged children in need across Houston. Proud of this team inside and outside the office. We're also pleased to welcome Anna Blair Human to the Sudduth Search team. With experience at Korn Ferry, Salesforce, and HP across commercial, supply chain, manufacturing, SaaS, and engineering — she brings exceptional depth to our practice. #SudduthSearch #ExecutiveSearch #RetainedSearch #PrivateEquity #MiddleMarket #AddOnAcquisitions #HoustonBusiness #PEBacked #CFOSearch #LeadershipHiring #GivingBack

Sudduth Search is pleased to share the placement of Adam Rapacki as Director of Strategy at GenOx Transportation. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner GenOx and their investors on this search and look forward to watching Adam make an impact! #ExecutiveSearch #DirectorofStrategy #Houston #HoustonBusiness #GenOxTransportation #Transportation #Strategy #MergersAndAcquisitions #PEBacked #Leadership #TransformationalLeaders #ExecutivePlacement #RetainedSearch #SudduthSearch #Industrials

Sudduth Search is proud to announce the placement of Claudia Esquivel as Chief Financial Officer at The Robert A. Welch Foundation! It was a pleasure working with Adam Kuspa and The Welch Foundation on this search. We are grateful for the partnership and wish Claudia all the best in her new role. #ExecutiveSearch #CFO #ChiefFinancialOfficer #PeopleOnTheMove #Houston #HoustonBusiness #TheWelchFoundation #Finance #ExecutivePlacement #RetainedSearch #SudduthSearch #Nonprofit #FamilyOffice #Leadership #TransformationalLeaders

What an incredible evening at the ACG Houston Deal of the Year Awards! Sudduth Search was honored to be the sponsor of the magician entertainment at ACG Houston Houston's 9th Annual Deal of the Year Awards Dinner at the Houston Country Club. It was such a fun way to be part of a night celebrating the best of Houston's middle-market deal community! Congratulations to ALL of this year's winners and finalists across every category, your deals represent the very best of Houston's thriving middle-market community. The talent, innovation, and collaboration on display was truly remarkable. So glad Carrie Ferroukhi, Candus Hinderer, and Andrew Hightaian could join us! #ACGHouston #DealOfTheYear #HoustonBusiness #MiddleMarket #PrivateEquity #MergersAndAcquisitions #HoustonDeals #SudduthSearch #ExecutiveSearch #HoustonEvents #ACG #Dealmakers Britt Sudduth Jen Sudduth

We took some time last week for our annual meeting, looking back on the year, aligning on what’s ahead, and having honest discussions around how we can continue to refine and get better. Mixed in a little fun with some darts (as competitive as expected), and closed it out by giving back with Kids' Meals, Inc. by helping pack meals for local children in need. Good reset. Strong team. Ready for what’s next.

Coming up next week: We’re proud to once more sponsor the Texas ACG Capital Connection (the premier event for middle-market dealmakers). Each year, TACC brings more than 100 of the nation’s leading PE and mezzanine firms to Texas representing $100B+ of capital available for investment. The gathering creates an outstanding networking opportunity among M&A professionals, business owners and executives. Be sure to visit us in Booth #39 at The Star in Frisco! 🔗 https://txacg.org #privateequity #debtcapital #middlemarket #mergersandacquisitions #dealmaking

We recently welcomed Anna Blair Human to our team as Director, where she’ll to focus on connecting clients with transformative leadership talent. Anna Blair brings several years of executive recruiting experience from Korn Ferry, Salesforce, and most recently Hewlett Packard. At HP, she led the full executive talent lifecycle from succession planning and role design through sourcing, assessment, candidate presentation, negotiation, and successful placement. Connect with her here on LinkedIn or by way of email (annablair@sudduthsearch.com)! #retained #executivesearch #technicalrecruiting #KornFerry #Salesforce #HP

It was a privilege to chat recently with Jen Sudduth, who knows the executive-search process inside and out. If you want to get hired to a C-suite role OR need to hire for a C-suite role soon, I recommend reading her thoughts. Jen generously told me what her clients at Sudduth Search - including middle market and PE-backed companies - are looking for in CEOs and other execs, what derails searches, why executives shouldn’t abuse AI in writing their resumes (she sees a lot of that), what current compensation expectations for CEOs are, and much more. Check it out on my Substack: https://lnkd.in/gTiCMKXJ