I’m Ghali Asad. I help companies, business owners, law firms and investors hire the leaders and specialized professionals who move their organizations forward—across legal, accounting and finance, healthcare, technology and investor-backed businesses.
Based in New York City, I work with my recruiting group and a national network to connect hiring decisions with the realities of your business—from one critical hire to a broader growth plan.
Explore six areas of my practice, each shaped around your industry, the work you need done and the people who can make a difference.
Strengthen your legal team, expand a practice or explore a new growth relationship.
Build leadership for acquisitions, ownership transitions and the next stage of growth.
Build a stronger finance function, from executive leadership through daily accounting operations.
Find leadership and specialized talent aligned with your organization’s services, operations and hiring requirements.
Connect technical and business hiring with the stage, product and operating needs of your company.
Recruit the people who manage, build and grow your real estate business, across commercial and residential portfolios.
My executive search career began in 2005. Over the past 21 years, I’ve developed relationships across industries and helped clients navigate hiring decisions that affect their teams, their customers and the future of their businesses.
I founded and operated ProSource HR from 2008 to 2019. That experience gives me a business owner’s perspective on recruiting: the right hire needs to make sense for the organization, the opportunity and the people involved.
Today, I serve as a Senior Area Director of Recruiting, working with a recruiting group and national connections to support clients across the United States. My areas of focus include legal, private equity and VC portfolio companies, accounting and finance, healthcare, technology and real estate. I also support executive and functional hiring across real estate, manufacturing and other major industries.
My approach is direct and collaborative. I want to understand what you’re building, where the current team needs support and why the right person would choose your opportunity. Then we turn those priorities into a focused search.
Relevant candidates, candid conversations and a clear connection between the search and your business priorities.
We define the problem the hire needs to solve, the responsibilities they will own and the environment in which they must succeed. A job description is the starting point, not the entire strategy.
Long-standing connections help open conversations. Targeted market mapping expands the search to relevant professionals who may not be actively looking or responding to job ads.
Strong candidates need a credible reason to engage. We clarify the appeal of your business, the scope of the role and the conditions that make the move meaningful.
We discuss what candidates have actually owned, the scale of their experience, their motivation and their expectations. Introductions include a clear rationale and questions worth exploring.
You work directly with me, supported by my recruiting group and national network. We align on responsibilities and keep the client relationship connected to the search execution.
Weekly updates help you understand candidate response, compensation expectations and potential obstacles. We discuss adjustments while they can still improve the outcome.
Beyond my dedicated legal and investor-focused practices, I work with organizations seeking leadership and specialized talent across major industries. We define the scope around your market, function and hiring priorities.
CFOs, controllers, finance directors and accounting leadership.
Leadership across investment, property operations, development and finance.
Operations, plant leadership, supply chain and executive management.
Business, operational and functional leadership for service organizations.
Executive and functional talent for growing companies and service platforms.
Leadership for multi-unit, consumer-facing and field-based businesses.
We agree on the role, the search strategy and the communication cadence before outreach begins.
Discuss the business, the role, the essential experience and what success should look like. Align on compensation, location and decision-makers.
Research the market and reach relevant professionals through focused outreach and relationships. Explain the opportunity clearly and credibly.
Explore experience, motivation and fit. Present relevant candidates with context to help you make effective use of interview time.
Coordinate feedback and offer discussions, keep expectations aligned and maintain communication through the move.
You may be actively exploring, quietly considering a change or simply thinking about what comes next. Start with your priorities, the work you want to do and the environment where you can contribute.
Connect with Ghali privatelyNo. I’m based in New York City and support searches across the United States. Each assignment considers the location, on-site requirements, relocation expectations and relevant candidate market.
Yes. My work spans executive, functional and specialized professional hiring. We can discuss a single priority role or several searches and establish the scope, sequence and resources needed.
Yes. My practice includes legal recruiting and portfolio company leadership hiring, alongside accounting and finance, healthcare, technology and real estate recruiting. Each search is tailored to the organization, role and candidate market.
We align on how the opportunity will be described, when identities can be shared and who should be involved. Candidate interest is discussed before an introduction, with sensitive information shared on a need-to-know basis.
We discuss the role, urgency, available market and scope before agreeing on terms in writing. Retained, engagement-based and contingency options are considered according to the assignment. Timing is discussed at kickoff and refined through market feedback.
Tell me about the business, the person you need to hire or the opportunity you’re considering. We’ll begin with a practical conversation about the next step.
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