ABOUT US
Your Partner for Real Assets Talent
Our focus on the real assets industry–including real estate, hospitality, infrastructure, and energy–allows us to understand our clients’ needs deeply.
The companies we work with range from the real assets divisions within trillion-dollar asset managers to start-ups in niche sectors.
We focus primarily on placing talent from the vice-president level to c-suite leaders, across functional areas from acquisitions to investor relations to finance to operations.
20
Each of our founders has worked in the real assets industry for 20 years.
>40%
More than 40% of our placements over the last 10 years have been female.
15
Since 2023, we have placed candidates into 15 cities in North America. The most active markets are New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Texas.
>60%
The majority of our work is driven by client growth and expansion.
2/3
Over two-thirds of our work comes from repeat clients, even though many only occasionally engage executive search.
About the Team
The Founders
Jennifer Novack and Emily Von Kohorn founded September Search Partners in 2025 after co-leading the Real Assets Practice at a prior firm for 8 years. Together, the two built the practice from 3 to 15 professionals and from a US real-estate focus to a global business across real estate, infrastructure, and energy. In addition, Emily was a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee and Jen the Senior Advisory Board, while both served as mentors to more junior professionals in other practice areas.
Keep in Touch
We periodically share insights on the real assets talent market and welcome hearing what’s most of interest to you.