# Executive Search Specialties — Ownership & Growth Contexts

> Executive search specialties — private equity, family enterprise, venture capital and scale-ups, nearshoring, US–Mexico cross-border, and IMMEX / maquila. Delivered through Alder Koten.

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Retained executive search organized by ownership, governance, and growth context — because who owns the business and where it is in its life reshapes what leadership it needs.

A specialty is not a sector and not a seat — it is the context of ownership, governance, growth stage, or geography that reshapes the leadership requirement across whatever industry the business happens to be in. A CFO for a private-equity platform, a founder-transition CEO for a Series C scale-up, and a country manager building an IMMEX operation are three genuinely different searches, even before you name the sector. Search is delivered through [Alder Koten](https://www.alderkoten.com); advisory — diligence, first-100-days, and management-team assessment — is delivered through [Anker Bioss](https://www.ankerbioss.com).

For the sector, see [Industries](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/industries/); for the seat, see [Roles](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/roles/).

## Ownership & governance

-   [Founder-to-CEO](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/founder-to-ceo-executive-search/)
-   [Private Equity](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/private-equity-executive-search/)
-   [Family Enterprise](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/family-enterprise-executive-search-mexico/)
-   [Venture Capital & Scale-ups](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/venture-capital-scale-ups-executive-search/)

## Growth & geographic context

-   [Nearshoring](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/nearshoring-executive-search/)
-   [US–Mexico Cross-Border](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/us-mexico-cross-border-executive-search/)
-   [IMMEX / Maquila](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/specialties/immex-maquila-executive-search-mexico/)

## Start a conversation

If you are hiring under a specific ownership, growth, or geographic context, [start a conversation with the practice](https://josejruiz.com/en/contact/).

_Jose J. Ruiz is CEO and Managing Partner of Alder Koten, President of IMD International Search Group, and Chairman of Anker Bioss._

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