About Hartwell Group

 ​ Hartwell Group retained executive search serves Fintech, Consumer, Technology and Family Owned companies. We provide discreet, timely, and professional expertise tailored specifically to each client's needs. We provide the highest quality service and candidates for our clients.

Understanding and celebrating the value of diversity in companies, we are proud to have provided candidate panels with women, and people of color, in every search position possible for the past 25 years. HG is regularly hired to bring diverse candidates with specific expertise to our searches. A woman owned business, we track, mentor, and promote other women, and people of color, to help them achieve career and business goals.

About Jenifer Hartwell
Managing Partner

With over 25 years of experience in retained executive search, Jenifer Hartwell has developed an efficient, customized, and successful search process. Throughout her career she has completed searches for a variety of high-profile clients including: Bank of America, Disney, Gap, LucasArts, SoFi, Stanford University, Visa and Wells Fargo. In addition, she has served multiple Family Owned and dynamic start-up businesses. Career practice experience includes technology, consumer, retail, entertainment, financial services, industrial and nonprofits.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jenifer utilizes senior level networks, deep research and sector knowledge to exceed client expectations. Providing exceptional search service whether for Board, C-Suite or Senior Management, Jenifer personally handles the most important aspects of the search: representing her clients appropriately in the marketplace, conducting all candidate outreach, calibration, in-depth interviews, referencing, offer negotiations, and onboarding guidance.

Jenifer invests significant time to understand her clients' mission and to set the functional requirements for the position. Fully understanding the company's values and culture, Hartwell Group locates candidates who will be successful as long-term hires. Jenifer limits the number of searches she accepts simultaneously to provide complete focus and attention for her clients.