NGS GLOBAL - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Partner, Delhi / NCR

Alok Tripathi is a Partner at NGS Global based in Delhi/ NCR, India, and brings over 20 years of professional experience with Consulting, Outsourcing and Manufacturing firms. In his last role, Mr. Tripathi was associated with IBM's Talent Management Solutions business where, as consulting leader for India and South Asia, he engaged on a range of assignments with clients not only in India, but also in the US, the UK, Middle East, South East Asia and Japan, helping top management teams in transforming their people agenda, and adopting technology in their journey towards becoming digital-led businesses.

Job Titles:

• Senior Partner in the Los Angeles and Newport Beach Offices
• Senior Partner, Los Angeles and Newport Beach

Bob Bellano is a Senior Partner in the Los Angeles and Newport Beach offices of NGS Global.

Job Titles:

• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Operations Officer
• Senior Partner
• Chief Information Officer and Senior Partner, San Francisco

Christopher Beaugrand is Chief Information Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Senior Partner at NGS Global. He is responsible for technology planning, integration, and support, as well as day-to-day operations and human resources in the Americas.

Job Titles:

• Chairman
• Chairman, Managing Partner, San Francisco

David Nosal is Chairman of NGS Global and Managing Partner at NGS Global Americas, LLC. Mr. Nosal has conducted numerous executive search assignments across multiple industries throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia on behalf of FORTUNE 1000 companies, as well as small- to mid-sized organizations. As part of his overall efforts, he has handled assignments for both public and private-sector organizations, working closely with a diverse selection of companies and their boards of directors and search committees in identifying, evaluating and attracting senior management teams. Mr. Nosal is recognized as one of the top CEO consultants in the world. His previous role as the head of the CEO practice for the largest search firm in the world, Korn/Ferry, combined with his continued focus building NGS Global to be one of the most dominant global search firms in the world, provides him with unparalleled access to almost any public or private CEO. His problem-solving approach and commitment to quality and service are recognized assets in the industry, as evidenced by his substantial repeat business. Prior to the formation of NGS Global, Mr. Nosal was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nosal Partners-NGS Global's predecessor firm in the Americas. Mr. Nosal was formerly with Korn/Ferry International, where he was Head of the firm's CEO Practice. He also led Korn/Ferry's West Coast Board Practice. In addition, Mr. Nosal was Managing Director for Korn/Ferry's Central and Northwest Regions, overseeing the firm's San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, and Minneapolis offices. Prior to joining Korn/Ferry in 1996, Mr. Nosal spent approximately ten years with the second-largest global search firm, Heidrick & Struggles, as a senior partner.

Job Titles:

• Managing Partner in the San Diego and Newport Beach Offices
• Managing Partner, San Diego and Newport Beach

Donald Parker is Managing Partner in the San Diego and Newport Beach offices of NGS Global. With over 25 years of experience in executive search, Mr. Parker has conducted search assignments for board members, chief executive officers, presidents, chief financial officers and senior executive positions in business development, marketing and sales. His search practice includes a broad range of client organizations throughout North America, Europe and Asia - from Fortune 50 to entrepreneurial private equity-funded and venture-backed companies - in industries ranging from enterprise software, healthcare products and services, consumer goods, retail, gaming, manufacturing, financial services and telecommunications. Mr. Parker has been consistently recognized in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Executive Search, The Career Makers, North America's Top Executive Recruiters, and the 2005 best-selling book, A Marketing Plan for Life. He is also the recipient of UCLA "All-American" honors.

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Partner, San Francisco and Newport Beach

Jonathan Nosal is a partner at NGS Global based in the firm's San Francisco and Newport Beach offices. He is focused on conducting executive search assignments across a number of industry sectors including broad technology (software and services, hardware and equipment, and fintech and healthtech) as well as being one of the leaders in the Americas for the PE/VC practice. Over the past decade, Mr. Nosal has conducted hundreds of C-level and C-1 searches within the sales, marketing and finance functions.

Job Titles:

• Senior Advisor to
• Senior Advisor, New York

Larry Fraser is a Senior Advisor to NGS Global. For the past 30 years, he has advised clients ranging from the largest global banks to private growth companies. Mr. Fraser has conducted hundreds of successful leadership and senior-level search assignments within the financial services industry. He has placed executives in most key functional areas for both public and private companies across a broad array of financial services including the capital markets, hedge fund and asset management arenas.

Job Titles:

• Senior Partner
• Senior Partner, San Francisco

Louis La Rocca is a senior partner at NGS Global and is based in the firm's San Francisco office.

Job Titles:

• Managing Partner
• Founding Member of San Francisco Ballet 's Allegro Circle
• Managing Partner, San Francisco

Paula Elmore is a Managing Partner at NGS Global and was a founding Managing Partner of its predecessor firm in the Americas, Nosal Partners. She conducts executive search assignments across a broad range of industries, with a particular emphasis on consumer, retail, hospitality, technology, professional services, and industrial clients. She has placed CEOs, CFOs, COOs and presidents, as well as senior-level executives in other key functional areas, including digital, human resources, engineering, legal and marketing. Ms. Elmore leads NGS Global's Consumer, Retail and Hospitality Practice in the Americas. Ms. Elmore is a founding member of San Francisco Ballet's Allegro Circle and serves as the organization's Co-Chair. She held multiple positions on the Board of San Francisco Ballet ENCORE! (now known as Young Patrons Circle), serving as President from 2007 to 2008 and on its Advisory Board from 2008 to 2012. Ms. Elmore served on the Board of Pets Unlimited from 2008 to 2014.

Job Titles:

• Director of Corporate
• Senior Consultant, Miami

Sam Barone is the Director of Corporate and Business Development at NGS Global. He is focused on building new client relationships for the North American team, and conducting executive search work for both manufacturing and consumer-technology oriented companies as well as building, with a number of other NGS Global Partners, one of the top technology practices in the country. Mr. Barone began his career in executive search with Barnett Management in Chicago and is now based out of Miami. Mr. Barone graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. degree in Communication and Business Administration.

Job Titles:

• Senior Partner
• Senior Partner, Frankfurt

Stephan Füchtner stieg bereits während seines Studiums in die Personalberatung ein. Stationen bei Spencer Stuart und Roland Berger folgte 1993 sein Schritt in die Executive Search Division von GEMINI Consulting, wo er bis zum Management Buy Out im Jahr 2000 zuletzt als Vice President tätig war. Bis 2014 war Füchtner als Managing Partner und Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter von GEMINI Executive Search aktiv.