Global in Reach. Boutique by Design.
As a talent management boutique with global reach, we go the extra distance with our expertise and experience to bring you tailored strategies that stand the test of time. Independent and employee-owned, we bring great pride, care, and passion to every engagement.
With a strong concentration of real estate and real assets clients and deep expertise in hospitality and healthcare services, we are able to access talent from both inside and outside a variety of industries. Our approach has enabled us to recruit strong, diverse talent into the industries and asset classes we both love and serve.
We orchestrate the essential disciplines impacting human capital - Executive and Board Search, Compensation Consulting, Leadership Consulting, and Management Consulting - to deliver trustworthy solutions that help you capitalize on the advantages of great leadership. Our attentive and closely connected team collaborates across continents to help clients drive value with confidence. Hear from our clients.
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Capital Raising as a Center of Excellence
Research, learnings, and practical advice on getting the most out of your capital raising team Ferguson Partners – 2025 Background & Context 2023-2024 represented a historically challenging period for real estate capital raising. For sequential fund managers who may have been in between capital raises during the post COVID boom of 2021-2022, this drawdown has…
Ferguson Partners Assists PRP in the Formation of the PRP Advisory Board
WASHINGTON, DC – April 29, 2025 – PRP, a real estate investment management company headquartered in Washington, DC, announced today that it has formed an Advisory Board to assist the company’s management team as PRP continues to expand its platform. The initial members of the Advisory Board are Scott Brown, Denise Olsen, and Caleb Kramer….
Ferguson Partners Appoints Lara Gartner to Lead Healthcare Real Estate Practice
Chicago, IL – April 29, 2025: Ferguson Partners (Ferguson), the leading talent management and strategic advisory firm for global real assets industries, has appointed Lara Gartner to lead the company’s healthcare executive search practice. In her new role, Ms. Gartner will lead Ferguson’s search and leadership advisory services for a variety of organizations in the…
2024 Fundraising Year in Review
Commitments to private real estate hit a record low Capital commitments from U.S. public pension funds to privately managed real estate vehicles amounted to $31.6 billion in 2024, marking the lowest fundraising volume recorded since 2013. Year over year, the total commitment volume decreased 3%. While the number of individual commitments increased in 2024, the…
Nareit – REIT Report Podcast: Uptick in REIT Leadership Transitions Expected to Continue
Bill Ferguson, co-chairman and CEO of Ferguson Partners, and Mike Cordingley, who leads Ferguson’s North American Management Consulting and Leadership Consulting Business Units, were guests on Nareit’s REIT Report podcast. Ferguson and Cordingley discussed their latest research into REIT CEO succession trends and shared best practices for transition planning. “Succession is, if not the highest…
Ferguson Partners Assists SL Green in Naming Peggy Lamb as Independent Director
NEW YORK, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), Manhattan’s largest office landlord, today announced the appointment of Peggy Lamb as an Independent Director to the company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Lamb has more than thirty years of experience in the real estate industry. She currently serves as Managing Director…
Trepp Podcast: The Business of Talent & Leadership in CRE – A Conversation with Bill Ferguson
In a special guest episode of The TreppWire Podcast, we are joined by Bill Ferguson, Co-Chairman and CEO of Ferguson Partners, a global talent management firm founded 35 years ago that specializes in the real assets, hospitality, and leisure sectors. Bill shares the highlights of his distinguished career in executive search and leadership consulting, discusses the…
HR TechEdge: Ferguson Partners and Curzon Join Forces to Lead Global Infrastructure Talent Management
Ferguson Partners, a leader in talent management and strategic advisory for the global real assets industry, has partnered with Curzon, a top executive search firm in Europe specializing in the infrastructure and energy sectors. This strategic partnership aims to strengthen their combined global reach, enhancing their presence in the infrastructure talent management market. With expertise in infrastructure recruitment, Curzon will…
IREI: Ferguson Partners and Curzon Announce New Global artnership
Ferguson Partners and Curzon have formed a partnership that will expand their combined global reach and increase their market presence in talent management for the infrastructure market. With nine offices globally, Ferguson Partners has built its reputation as a trusted adviser and talent management leader for executives in the real assets sector. Curzon, based…
Ferguson Partners and Curzon Announce New Global Partnership
Leading executive search firms team up to increase worldwide operations and expand infrastructure sector reach CHICAGO, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ferguson Partners (Ferguson), the leading talent management and strategic advisory firm for the global real assets industries, and Curzon, the leading specialist executive search firm in Europe across the infrastructure and energy sectors, are announcing a new partnership that will expand…
Managers hunting for digital infrastructure, real estate acquisitions
By Arleen Jacobius Real estate money managers are pinning their expectations for a recovery on mergers and acquisitions, hoping to help them capitalize on an expected infrastructure boom – or simply gain scale to survive. Managers are looking to merge with infrastructure or other real estate firms to put themselves in a better position to…
Ferguson Partners Assists Cousins Properties in Appointment of Susan L. Givens to Its Board of Directors
ATLANTA, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ) announced today that Lillian C. Giornelli will retire at the end of her elected term, which will expire at the Company’s 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting, concluding her valuable and dedicated service as a member of the Board of Directors since May 1999. Cousins also announced today the election of Susan L. Givens to…