# Chaseman Global

> Chaseman Global is a specialist search firm for agriculture and life sciences. We work with large multinationals, family-owned corporates and VC- and PE-backed companies at every stage of funding. We also partner directly with venture capital and private equity funds to strengthen talent across their portfolios. We fill the roles that drive growth at every level: board directors and senior executives through to functional leaders, managers and technical specialists. Every search starts with a mapped and verified view of the market, so clients hire on evidence rather than on a database. We work across the AMERICAS, EMEA and APAC Regions. Powering the talent that drives our industry forward, built on experience and backed by data.

Mission: To find the talent that feeds our industry at every level, for every kind of business and investor, giving our clients the market truth to hire with confidence.

Founded in 2012 by Richard Connolly, Chaseman Global has made 635 placements. Offices: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and Sarasota, Florida (USA) and the United Kingdom. Strapline: Powering Talent in Agriculture.

Key facts:
- Services: specialist search at every level (technical specialists, managers, functional leaders, senior executives and board directors), board and non-executive director search, market mapping and talent insight, Chaseman OnDemand (employer of record (EOR) employment in 120+ countries without a local entity, plus interim and fractional talent).
- Sectors: crop protection and crop inputs, biologicals and biostimulants, seed and plant science, AgTech and digital agriculture, animal health and nutrition, food technology and the bioeconomy.
- Performance: 98% delivery success on retained mandates, 93% retention of placements at 24 months, 46% of placements are diverse hires, a target of an assessed shortlist within 21 working days of briefing, a 12-month written guarantee on every Retained Search and Priority Search placement.
- Non-Executive Network: a gated database of vetted board-level advisors, free for VC and PE investors and their portfolio companies.
- Member of CPDA (Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology) since 2022 and a CPDA Platinum Partner in 2023. Member of the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Innovation Hub at NC State University. Founder of the FEEDAG education foundation.
- Contact: United States +1 941 800 3932, United Kingdom +44 20 3880 0105, Switzerland +41 43 216 41 86, Australia +61 7 3184 7014, info@chasemanglobal.com, americas@ / emea@ / apac@chasemanglobal.com

## Services
- [Retained Search](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/executive-search): specialist search for critical hires at every level, with full market mapping, a 24/7 client portal and weekly updates
- [Priority Search](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/priority-search): exclusive, success-based search for clearly defined mandates where speed to hire is essential, with a 60-day exclusivity window and the same 12-month written guarantee as Retained Search
- [Executive Assessment](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/executive-assessment): behavioral assessment of finalists with board-ready outputs and a debrief by video call, included in our searches or available standalone for promotions, succession and leadership development
- [Talent Market Insight](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/talent-market-insight): market mapping, compensation benchmarking, succession mapping and competitor intelligence
- [Board and Non-Executive](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/board-ned)
- [For VC and PE Investors](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/investors)
- [Chaseman OnDemand](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/ondemand)
- [Executive Outplacement](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/executive-outplacement): support for leaders and specialists leaving a business after a restructure, through retained opportunities, network introductions and transition preparation
- [How We Work](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/how-we-work)

## Sectors
- [Crop Protection and Crop Inputs](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/sector-crop-protection): Chaseman Global is a specialist search firm for crop protection and crop input companies. We appoint commercial executives, country and general managers, regulatory heads, portfolio leaders and key account teams for originators, post-patent manufacturers, nutrition specialists and the distribution channel.
- [Biologicals, Biostimulants and Biocontrol](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/sector-biologicals): Chaseman Global appoints chief officers, heads of biosolutions and the R&D, field development, regulatory and commercial teams for biologicals, biostimulant and biocontrol companies, from venture-backed scale-ups to the biological divisions of global crop input majors.
- [Seed, Traits and Plant Science](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/sector-seed-traits): Chaseman Global appoints CTOs, CSOs, heads of breeding and the trait development, gene editing, regulatory and commercial teams for seed companies, plant science scale-ups and research organizations.
- [AgTech and Digital Agriculture](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/sector-agtech): Chaseman Global appoints leaders and builds commercial and technical teams for AgTech companies in precision agriculture, robotics, sensing, data and digital farming, including the first in-country hires for international businesses entering new markets.
- [Animal Health, Nutrition and Animal Agriculture](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/sector-animal-health): Chaseman Global appoints leaders and builds commercial, technical and R&D teams for animal health, animal nutrition, aquaculture and precision livestock companies.
- [Food Technology, Sustainability and Bioeconomy](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/sector-food-sustainability): Chaseman Global recruits leadership, commercial and technical talent for food technology, fresh produce, postharvest, sustainability and bioeconomy businesses that sit along the farm to table value chain.

## Hiring guides
Chaseman Global searches globally across the AMERICAS, EMEA and APAC Regions and the whole agriculture value chain. The guides below cover specific hiring topics and do not define the limits of our coverage.
- [Precision agriculture recruitment](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/precision-agriculture-recruitment): Chaseman Global appoints leaders and builds teams for precision agriculture companies at every level, from CEOs, CCOs and CTOs to country managers, product leaders and the sales and agronomy teams that win growers.
- [Agricultural robotics recruitment](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/agricultural-robotics-recruitment): Chaseman Global appoints leaders and builds launch teams for agricultural robotics and automation companies, from CEOs and VPs of Sales to country managers, key account managers and field engineers. We built a 105-person DACH target universe to place the first Key Account Manager for a French agricultural robotics manufacturer. That leader is still with the business more than five years later.
- [Farm software and ag data recruitment](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/farm-management-software-recruitment): Chaseman Global appoints leaders and builds teams for farm management software, ag data and in-field sensing companies, from CEOs, CTOs and heads of product to enterprise sales, data science and customer success teams. We placed a European Account Executive for an in-field sensing and analytics company through a multi-country process, holding a backup candidate at offer stage to protect the timeline.
- [Vertical farming and CEA recruitment](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/vertical-farming-recruitment): Chaseman Global recruits for vertical farming, greenhouse and controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) companies, from CEOs, COOs and board members to head growers, plant scientists and the operations, engineering and commercial teams behind them.
- [Agri-fintech recruitment](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/agri-fintech-recruitment): Chaseman Global recruits for agri-fintech companies, including agricultural lending, crop insurance, payments and trading platforms, from CEOs, CFOs and chief risk officers to the product, credit, underwriting and relationship teams behind them.
- [Regulatory affairs recruitment for agriculture](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/regulatory-affairs-recruitment): Chaseman Global appoints regulatory leaders for agriculture worldwide, from global heads of regulatory science and asset management to regulatory leads, scientists and registration specialists. Live mandates include a Global Head of Regulatory Science and Asset Management and a Regulatory Lead for North America.
- [Agriculture recruitment across the AMERICAS](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/agriculture-recruitment-americas): Chaseman Global is a specialist search firm for agriculture and life sciences across the AMERICAS. We appoint presidents, global and regional leaders and the commercial, technical and regulatory teams behind them for multinationals, family-owned companies and venture-backed innovators, from Canada to Argentina.
- [Agriculture recruitment across EMEA](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/agriculture-recruitment-emea): Chaseman Global is a specialist search firm for agriculture and life sciences across EMEA. We appoint CEOs, chief officers, EMEA and country leaders and specialist teams for global multinationals, family-owned European companies and venture-backed innovators. The firm was founded in the United Kingdom in 2012.
- [Agriculture recruitment across APAC](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/agriculture-recruitment-apac): Chaseman Global is a specialist search firm for agriculture, food and life sciences across APAC. We appoint chief officers, regional leaders, science and product leaders and commercial teams for companies headquartered in the region and for global businesses building their presence in it.

## Live mandates
- [Live Mandates](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/live-mandates): select live retained searches, published with client approval
- Key Account Manager, Wholesale, Germany (Crop Protection)
- Regulatory Lead, North America, United States (Crop Protection)
- Global Head, Regulatory Science and Asset Management, Spain (Crop Protection)
- Vice President, Crop Protection, United States (Crop Protection)
- Senior Product Manager, North America (Crop Protection)
- Vice President, Ag Nutrients, United States (Crop Nutrition)
- Head of External Evaluation and Performance, United States (Biologicals)
- Regional Sales Manager, Southeast, United States (AgTech & Digital)
- Regional Sales Manager, South Central, United States (AgTech & Digital)
- Pre-Sales Manager, North Central, United States (AgTech & Digital)
- Sales Manager, Central Valley, United States (Crop Nutrition)

## Insights
- [How long does an agriculture executive search take?](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-how-long-does-agriculture-executive-search-take)
- [Chaseman Global at Fruit Attraction Madrid 2026](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-fruit-attraction-madrid-2026)
- [Retained or contingent search: which is right for an agriculture hire?](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-retained-vs-contingent-search-agriculture)
- [Members and contributors, not spectators: Chaseman Global at the CPDA, CropLife America and TFI Annual Meetings](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-cpda-croplife-tfi-dallas-2026)
- [Regulatory talent is now the real bottleneck in crop protection](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-regulatory-talent-crop-protection-bottleneck)
- [Biologicals companies run out of commercial leaders before they run out of product](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-biologicals-commercial-leadership)
- [FEEDAG hosts its first Charity Ag Golf Day on November 10](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-feedag-charity-ag-golf-day-2026)
- [What investors should ask before appointing a non-executive to an agrifood portfolio company](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-non-executive-directors-agrifood-portfolio)
- [Chaseman Global joins the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Innovation Hub](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/insight-nc-psi-innovation-hub)

## Firm
- [About](https://www.chasemanglobal.com/about)
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