Christine Trimble

Christine Smith is an award-winning executive recruiter with over a decade of experience placing top-tier talent in leadership roles across the tech, finance, healthcare, and consumer goods industries. Known for her strategic approach and unmatched intuition for fit, Christine has successfully placed over 300 C-level and VP candidates at companies ranging from high-growth startups to Fortune 100 giants. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Smith & Partners Executive Search, a boutique firm recognized for its white-glove service and 98% placement retention rate. Christine is often brought in to solve “impossible searches” — the ones others gave up on — and consistently delivers with speed, discretion, and precision. Prior to launching her own firm, Christine led executive recruitment for Arden Capital Group, where she developed succession planning strategies and built out entire leadership teams during periods of rapid expansion. Christine is a trusted advisor to boards and CEOs, and has been featured in Business Insider, Inc., and Forbes for her insight on leadership trends, diversity hiring, and talent strategy. A graduate of Duke University with a degree in Organizational Psychology, Christine lives in Chicago with her husband and their two golden retrievers, Scout and Maple. She’s passionate about mentoring women in business and once matched a CFO and CEO in under 36 hours — over coffee.