
Reinventing the Business of Banking
Frank Sorrentino, Board Chair and CEO at ConnectOne Bank, reveals how he went from real estate developer to bank CEO by putting client service before profits and addressing a critical need in community banking.
Talent Means Everything.
For nearly three decades, Kaplan Partners has served as strategic human capital advisors to the nation’s leading institutions. Specializing in Board Advisory, Executive Search, and Executive Assessment, we employ a holistic approach and proven methodology to find the best solutions to support evolving leadership needs. We work directly with CEOs, boards, and investors to identify and evaluate leadership potential, leverage best practices in governance and succession, and ensure our clients’ continued growth and success in today’s volatile and demanding markets.

Diverse People Create Diverse Practice.
As a supporter of the AESC Code of Professional Practice and the AESC Diversity Pledge, we are committed to promoting equity and inclusion and providing our clients the most diverse slate of qualified candidates possible. By broadening diversity of thought, perspective, and experience in leadership and board positions, our clients can better reflect today’s customer base and growth markets and improve business decision-making.
In alliance with Griesing Mazzeo Leadership, we offer a suite of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion services, including cultural audit, inclusivity assessment, diversity training, and leadership coaching. Our partnership helps support client efforts to build more diverse leadership teams and to achieve a more inclusive and equitable work environment.
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3-Year Stick Rate After Hire - 99%
Completion Rate - 68%
Total Diverse Board Placements - 53%
2020 Diverse Talent Placements
Kaplan Partners was not known to us when they were first recommended. Once engaged, however, they took the time to get to know our culture as well as our business strategy, and began a string of very successful and diverse C-suite hires. We have been delighted with our relationship with Kaplan Partners, and look forward to continuing to partner with them.
President + CEO, Flagstar Bank
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Success Stories AESC Honors Award Recipient, Alan Kaplan, for his Service in the Executive Search and Leadership Consulting Profession
New York, May 11, 2022 – Today at their Adapt: 2022 conference for leaders in the executive search profession and their clients, the global Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) honored recipients with awards in Lifetime Achievement, Excellence and Future of the Profession. AESC Award of Excellence Awarded since 2000, the AESC Award […]
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Podcasts Reinventing the Business of Banking
Frank Sorrentino, Board Chair and CEO at ConnectOne Bank, reveals how he went from real estate developer to bank CEO by putting client service before profits and addressing a critical need in community banking.
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Articles Evaluating Your CEO’s Performance
By: Jack Milligan, editor-at-large for Bank Director February 16th, 2022 If a core responsibility of a bank board of directors is to hire a competent CEO to run the organization, shouldn’t it also review that individual’s performance? In Bank Director’s 2021 Governance Best Practices Survey, 79% of responding board members said their CEOs’ performance was reviewed […]
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Videos ENTREPRENEURIAL CEOs: DRIVE, DESIRE + INNOVATION
A conversation with Denise Devine CEO of FNB Holdings & Co-Founder of RTM Vital Signs, LLC