Lantern Partners
Staffing and RecruitingIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
Lantern Partners is a retained executive search firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2003, it focuses on identifying C-level and other senior leaders for investor-backed technology, professional services, and healthcare and life sciences organizations, as well as information officers across various sectors. The firm emphasizes a competency-based recruitment approach and reports higher retention of placed executives compared with industry norms. Its team draws on members with leadership experience within the industries it serves, supporting clients in attracting and retaining top leadership talent. In 2025 and 2026, Lantern Partners announced several leadership appointments and, in April 2026, disclosed signing Lincoln International to recruit its Chief Information Officer.