Brandon Biegenzahn
President, Executive Search
Brandon Biegenzahn holds dual roles as President of McDermott + Bull and Chair of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group. As President of McDermott + Bull, Brandon leads day-to-day operations for the firm as well as the strategic buildout of the firm’s team of executive search managing directors. As Chair of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group, he is a partner to an array of financial services firms, including investment banks, commercial banks, private banks, credit unions, asset managers, institutional investors, and fintech companies.
Brandon is a corporate attorney by trade having practiced with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, and Buchalter Nemer in their corporate finance departments. As corporate counsel, he advised his clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, asset-based financing, and real estate property purchase and sale transactions.
In addition to his work at McDermott + Bull, Brandon is a frequent guest lecturer on the topics of leadership and career development at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business’ Executive MBA program and the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. He currently sits on the Mission Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, and he is a member of the California Coast Chapter of YPO.
Brandon received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California and his Juris Doctorate from Penn State. He lives in Coto de Caza, California with his wife, Alexa, and their sons, Bowen and Beckett.
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McDermott + Bull Places Chief Information Officer, KeyPoint Credit Union
McDermott + Bull has successfully placed Drew Manning as Chief Information Officer at KeyPoint Credit Union. He will be tasked with furthering KeyPoint’s digital-first strategy and the Credit Union’s overall technology innovation and solutions philosophy. As a true...

McDermott + Bull Places Group Head of Technology, Envestnet
McDermott + Bull has successfully placed Jillian Munro as Group Head of Technology, Data + Analytics of Envestnet. Envestnet’s Data + Analytics group is the market leader in financial data collection, aggregation, and enrichment, partnering with more than 1,300...

McDermott + Bull Places Chief Compliance Officer, Washington Trust Bank
McDermott + Bull has successfully placed Shannon Cowley as the Chief Compliance Officer for Washington Trust Bank. In this newly created position, Shannon will provide critical input on Washington Trust’s compliance philosophy and strategic execution as the bank nears...

White Paper: 2021 State of the Market
2021 OutlookAs we bid farewell to a year like no other and embark on a new chapter in 2021, we consider what’s ahead. The events that unfolded on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol caused widespread revulsion, and 2021’s sad start can only hopefully get better. To say the...

White Paper: Corporate Culture
CORPORATE CULTURE I recently came across a photo on LinkedIn that made me smile. It was of a senior executive I had placed at a Goldman Sachs company having dinner with his wife and two other couples. His caption read:What immediately struck me about the photo was...

White Paper: Executive Coaching Explained
EXECUTIVE COACHING: ENHANCING LEADERSHIP CAPACITYYou may have seen a profile of Professor Brené Brown on CBS’s 60 Minutes in March. She has spent her career studying vulnerability in human behavior and emotion and applies that research to relationships, parenting, and...

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