Finance and Accounting leadership for energy, industrial, private equity, and family offices. A large, but boutique firm with national reach.
He began his career in business advisory at Insperity (NYSE: NSP), then led the Accounting & Finance practice at a regional search firm before founding Hazeltine in November 2015. Today the firm is a trusted partner to private equity firms, public companies, founder-led businesses, and family offices nationwide, and most of its work comes from repeat clients and referrals.
Chad holds a BBA in Finance from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Chad is a fourth-generation Houstonian. He played on the SFA golf team, then competed as a professional golfer before his business career, and he still loves the game. He is also passionate about wine. Château Palmer, Haut-Brion and Léoville Las Cases are favorites, vintage Deutz is his go-to Champagne, and he enjoys good white and red Burgundy from producers like Domaine Leflaive, Méo-Camuzet, Jacques Prieur and Faiveley.
He is also proud to support a few organizations close to home.
Chad leads Hazeltine's retained search for CFOs, Chief Accounting Officers, Controllers, and VPs of Finance across energy, industrial, private equity, and family offices, with interim CFO and accounting executives as a growing second offering. The firm began in 2015 in upstream oil and gas, and grew by referral from there. Who We Serve →
Our leadership also invests personally in energy, which gives us a working knowledge of the market our clients and candidates operate in.
Every search starts with a recorded video intake with the hiring manager. Candidates hear about the role from the company, not from a recruiter's pitch. Most passive candidates tell recruiters no. They tell us yes to reviewing the Position Package, and that is usually all it takes. See The Hazeltine Process →
A lot of recruiting is LinkedIn InMails and emails sent out in bulk, hoping something sticks. We build a targeted list for every search, and our first outreach is a phone call. The best finance leaders aren't scrolling job boards or talking to five recruiters. They get plenty of messages and very few calls. Across hundreds of searches, the phone call has found our best candidates, the ones who weren't looking. Then the Position Package lets them see the hiring manager and the role on video before the first interview.
Hazeltine is a large, but boutique firm, working with clients nationwide.