Michael Decosta Email & Phone Number

Michael DeCosta is a partner with Caldwell Partners, one of the largest and fastest-growing executive search firms in the world. He serves as managing partner of the Global Professional Services Practice and is a member of the Legal Practice. With over twenty-five years of experience in executive search, Michael's practice spans the professional services sector including the recruitment of senior-level executives for law, management consulting, and accounting firms. Michael joined the firm from Korn/Ferry International, where he was a senior client partner in the Legal Specialty Practice and Professional Services Sector. Previously, he served as senior recruiting manager for Deloitte & Touche, where he helped launch a highly successful senior-level recruiting group focused on attracting partners and directors into the firm’s global leadership team. He also recruited across several industry practices, including healthcare, financial services, energy and public sector – which he led for all of North America – and its technology specialty practice. Michael began his career in the emergency medical services industry, where he served as director of marketing for one of the largest ambulance service providers in the U.S. He has written and contributed to numerous white papers on professional services and legal career management and has spoken on several panels at a variety of industry conferences. Previously, he authored a career column for a legal industry newsletter, Marketing The Law Firm, and served on its board of editors. He has also served on several community boards, including the local Tax District and the Charter Revision Commission. Michael earned his master’s degree in American studies with a concentration in labor history from Fairfield University, graduating summa cum laude, and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Marist College.

Listed skills include Executive Search, Strategy, Recruiting, Consulting, and 6 others.

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  Managing Partner, Professional Services Practice

  The Caldwell Partners

  Jan 2012 - Present - Greater New York City Area