Claire O’Brien

Claire joined CPI’s New York office in 2023 to focus on portfolio and operations recruiting, executing searches for operating professionals within buyside firms and their portfolio companies.

Before CPI, Claire handled numerous CEO and CFO searches for growth and private equity-backed software companies at Assembly Group, a boutique executive search firm. Earlier in her career, Claire spent several years at a boutique private equity recruiting firm where she focused on investment professional recruiting for growth and private equity clients, ranging from Analyst to Principal levels.

Claire is a California-native and former Singapore resident. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in Communication and Entrepreneurship.