Christopher J. Conti

About Christopher J. Conti

Over the last 20 years, Chris has built the world’s foremost practice focused on recruiting Portfolio Operations teams for Private Equity clients. He regularly speaks on the strategies for creating this capability, and counsels PE firms on establishing and growing their own offerings. In 2017, he started OperatingPartner.com, a blog dedicated to exploring the issues inherent in this important new function. As a Founding Partner at Lancor, Chris established the firm’s US presence in 2009. In addition to his work recruiting Operating Partners, he has also run engagements for C-suite hires for numerous PE backed portfolio companies cutting across a variety of industries. In 2008, BusinessWeek magazine recognized Chris as one of the “Top 100 World’s Most Influential Headhunters.” Prior to Lancor, Chris was a Partner with CTPartners (formerly Christian & Timbers), and was also a member of the firm’s operating committee. Spending nine years on that platform, he was a founding member of its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice, and worked extensively to build the firm\'s footprint in private equity. Prior to his career in executive search, Chris was a practicing attorney with Ulmer & Berne. Chris earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Akron School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from John Carroll University. He is also a Board Member at Providence House, a Cleveland based crisis nursery providing assistance and hope to at-risk moms and their children.

Experience

1. Vice Chairman

   Providence House

   Mar 2019 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Providence House is a crisis nursery committed to child abuse prevention and family preservation in the Cleveland area.

Education

• University of Akron School of Law

  Juris Doctorate

• John Carroll University

  BSBA, Accounting