Adam J. Prager is a Partner and Head of the Global Professional Services Practice with CTPartners. He is known for being an astute judge of talent and character, and supports quick and accurate judgments with comprehensive assessments based on empirical data. Adam’s thorough attention to each placement ensures that his clients will hire the right, rather than merely the most expedient, candidates. This care, plus Adam's continuous, consistent and candid communication with clients and candidates alike, has remained a constant throughout his thirteen-year CTPartners tenure and nearly two decades of overall experience in the retained search field; it has generated more than 250 placements and a multitude of long-term, trusted client relationships.
Adam's client roster spans several segments of the professional services arena including Consulting & Advisory, Outsourcing and Business/Information/ Marketing Services; he offers specific depth in the Life Sciences and Financial Services verticals. While he typically leads senior level General Management, Practice Leadership and Partner engagements, he is also accomplished in executing significant hiring programs across various seniority bands, industries, competencies and geographic regions. In recent years, Adam has co-led global relationships with the $50B+ services arm of a Fortune 10 corporation, a $20B advisory firm and a $3B "offshore" outsourcing market leader.
A Partner since 2004 and Practice Leader since 2008, Adam has helped cement the firm’s standing as the retained search industry’s leading Professional Services practice. He plays an active role in enhancing global client partnerships, deploying innovative solutions and in cultivating best practices. In addition, as a member of the firm's Executive and Operating Committees, Adam has been a willing contributor to CTPartners’ growth into the retained search industry's quality leader. He has played an active role in developing differentiated capabilities and processes, including ClientNet® (password protected extranet providing clients 24/7 access to search status) and the 40 Day Audit check-up; he also served on the firm's Partner promotion panel.
Prior to joining CTPartners, Adam led the transportation, distribution and logistics practice of Martin H. Bauman Associates, a leading boutique search firm. Adam is a graduate of New York University. He is happily married and has two precocious pre-teens.