Richard McNeal brings extensive expertise in placing senior-level marketing, eCommerce, sales, and C-suite leadership roles across various industries. With over a decade of experience, Richard has successfully partnered with companies ranging from $10M to $500M in revenue, including start-ups, scale-ups, and Fortune 500 organizations, to address their toughest hiring challenges and provide strategic talent acquisition solutions.
Throughout his career at Talentfoot Executive Search, Richard has developed a reputation for understanding the unique business goals of each client, tailoring recruitment strategies to meet their needs. He has a proven track record of placing leaders who drive revenue growth, digital transformation, and organizational success. His experience spans sectors such as life sciences, SaaS, consumer durables, retail, financial services, health tech, and education.
Richard has successfully placed senior-level leaders across a variety of industries, including CEOs, CMOs, VPs of eCommerce, VPs of Sales, and other marketing, sales, and digital leadership roles. His placements have significantly impacted company performance and profitability.
Prior to joining Talentfoot, Richard worked at Parker Executive Search, where he focused on senior leadership searches within higher education. This experience provided Richard with a solid foundation in executive recruitment and strengthened his ability to understand and meet the unique needs of his clients.
In addition to his role as an Executive Senior Partner and Team Lead, Richard is a trusted mentor to junior associates and has led firm-wide initiatives such as Salesforce migration training and webinars on the use of AI in recruitment.
Richard holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Valdosta State University and a Master of Divinity from Emory University. He is passionate about continuous learning and leveraging technology to drive innovation in the recruitment space.