LEONEL DELEON
Founder, Executive Search Leader

Global Executive Recruiting Expert—Leo has over 20 years of global executive recruiting experience for high-profile organizations including Deloitte, Korn Ferry, JPMorgan, Gartner, and McKesson. Specializing in C- suite and mid-level suite searches, he has led both global and regional recruiting teams in placing 1,000+ executives in 6-7 figure salary positions on 6 of the 7 continents. He specializes in Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Legal, Operations, Sales & Marketing and Technology. His client base ranges from global banking, the Big 4, family office, financial services, top-tier consultants, and private equity firms to start-ups and individuals. He is known throughout the industry for successfully conducting confidential and mission critical senior searches. 

Leo is an expert is executive search with a proven track record of being able to find the very best talent in any functional areas and within domestic and global diverse industries. Leo intrinsically understands how to solve our clients’ biggest people challenges today and how to find the very best-fit talent they need to succeed into the future. Today’s greatest business challenges are caused and solved through people. Effective people problem solving is as much about mindset as it is about developing new skills necessary to drive change and innovation towards sustainable growth. Understanding the critical importance of having the right people, in the right seats, doing the right things is the first step in understanding an organization’s bench strength today and the gaps holding them back from succeeding into the future.  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging is synonymous with Strong Tower Partners. Leo helps clients reap the greatest ROI of people starting at the BOD and Executive Team level and cascading into all positions throughout their organization. As a minority-owned business owner, Leo naturally and easily finds exceptionally talented executive diversity representing all titles and responsibilities for organizations in diverse industries who strive to authentically create greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 

Confidential & Publicly Announced Executive Searches—Leo brings to Strong Tower Partners clients today his in-depth experiences and expertise gained from his early career days working for, leading global and culturally diverse executive search practices, and trained by the elite executive search firms and business leaders in the world. As an executive search expert, Leo knows the key to recruiting appropriate talent is using the right search methods and processes. Especially in cases of confidential recruitment, the situation of replacing a leader on a team is heavy and emotionally tugging. The leader, the team, and the organization as a whole deserve the respect, discretion, and integrity of confidentiality throughout the process.

Leo holds a Master of Arts in Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Dallas Baptist University. Multilingual, multicultural, and passionate about helping others succeed, he is the past President of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter for Prospanica (formerly NSHMBA) and continues to serve in other professional organizations and in the community.  

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Contact#: (214) 263-4935 / Email: LDeLeon@strongtowerpartners.com