DARREN BIRKELBACH
CEO
We leverage decades of experience serving CEOs and Private Equity Leaders. Our research preparation and networking capabilities open doors, while our highly refined, process-driven systems drive opportunity intersections.
Ropella uses specialized software, information research, and marketing excellence to support networking and prospecting campaigns to help you source, assess and close proprietary deals.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
ABOUT US
For 35+ years, Ropella Group has been a global leader in executive search. The firm's placements include transformational, high-impact C-suite leaders at many Fortune 500 and mid-market leading chemical, technology manufacturing, and material sciences companies. As well, many have gone on to become founders and partners at leading private equity firms.
Our search firm regularly solves investor and board-driven search mandates for C-suite executives (and board directors), PE investment partners, and operating advisors.
Through Venture Visions (VV) Ropella Equity Ventures provides PE firms with an extensive network of industry-specific, backable C-suite leaders.
Combined with Ropella's dedicated in-house business development team, Venture Accelerators (VA) facilitates a platform search partnership between the CEO and PE sponsor, maximizing successful acquisition opportunities.
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Ropella leverages our extensive network of subject matter executives (SMEs) with industry specific experience, accomplishments, interests, and targeted investments to support your due diligence and investment goals at nearly all stages of the deal lifecycle.
Ready to establish (together with Ropella) an acquisition search focus and company search process. Aiming to generate sufficient deal flow for business acquisition shaped by pre-defined criteria.
Utilizing their knowledge and skills to complement operating teams and solve problems / create opportunities essential to executing your vision.
Providing diligent expertise to help your sector explore multiple deals efficiently in a fast-paced, competitive market.
Efficiently conduct diligence with expertise relevant to your sector to hone in on key focus areas for multiple deals allowing for speed and clarity which are critical in the current market.
Most (if not all) successful investments possess two things: The Right Leader, and the Right Vision. Venture Visions and Venture Accelerators applies a Six Sigma like approach to thesis discovery, strategic deal sourcing, network connections, and managing due diligence.
We are available 24-7 and support all engagements with a dedicated partner who leads a team of associates and researchers. Our internal culture and leader development model reinforces our client-first approach through accountability, quality, and quick-response.
Our approach to relationship building is rooted in hyper-relevant, value-adding communications. We foster open dialogue with all leaders and investors we serve. Our guiding principle requires listening and responding to concerns from all stakeholders.
We take the privacy and security of your information seriously. Ropella has worked with the Department of Defense to implement security safeguards in all aspects of business operations. We exceed industry norms for confidentiality with our best practices and deploy control mechanisms to protect our clients (and their firms).
CEO
Executive Vice President
President
President
Senior Vice President of R&D
Chief Information Technology Officer
President
Chief Talent and Culture Officer
General Manager
Operational Marketing Manager/Business Director-Europe
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technology Officer
President
CEO
Chief Supply Chain Officer
President
Board Director
CEO
Executive Vice President
President
President
Senior Vice President of R&D
Chief Information Technology Officer
President
Chief Talent and Culture Officer
General Manager
Operational Marketing Manager/Business Director-Europe
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technology Officer
President
CEO
Chief Supply Chain Officer
President
Board Director
Thank you for all of your work on the search – it was well done, and the outcome is great. We look forward to continuing to work with you to add more talented team members to LBB Specialties.
Ropella brought a very thorough approach to successfully solving Loparex’s talent acquisition needs. From the comprehensive Opportunity Marketing Piece to the detailed Executive Reports - Ropella’s process was key to bringing great candidates with relevant rich experiences. The SMART Search System drove a highly productive interview process with Interview Guides custom-built for our search, and a fantastic offer and acceptance process, ultimately resulting in helping us hire a Transformational Leader for our newly created Chief Culture & Talent Officer role.
Ropella provided a very strong slate of candidates for our Chief Information Technology search. The search was extremely well organized, the assessment support very helpful and at the end of the search we enthusiastically made a great hire. Early signs with Bob are extremely positive and his strong collaboration and interpersonal style are connecting well with the organization. We would expect him to create the right leadership and results impact, which we told Ropella was our primary goal.