Baintree Partners is led by Founder and CEO Brian Fishel, who spent three-plus decades successfully working in and navigating several Fortune 500 organizations across multiple industries.

  • Executive Succession Planning and Talent Management

  • Executive Onboarding / New Leader Transition Coaching

  • 1:1 Executive and High Potential Coaching

  • CHRO Advisory Services

  • Leadership Development Programming

  • Organizational Effectiveness

  • Leadership Skill Building Programs

Meet Brian

  • Three-plus decades leading CEO and C-Suite succession & transitions.

  • Coach and developer of enterprise leaders with high potential.

  • Strategic advisor to CEOs, C-Suite teams, and Board of Directors.

  • Deep expert in designing and delivering leadership programming.

  • Practitioner and transformational leader.

Industry Experience:

  • Financial Services

  • Consumer Foods, Snacks and Beverages

  • Restaurants

  • Consulting

Areas of Experience:

  • Leading CEO and C-Suite successions &

    transitions.

  • Serving as a trusted, advisor to CEOs, C-Suite

    teams and leaders, and Board of Directors. 

  • Coaching and developing enterprise leaders,

    high potentials, and leaders new to their role.

  • Designing and facilitating leadership forums

    and programs.

  • Coaching executives

  • Assessing and developing high potential

    leaders.

  • Managing strategic enterprise talent

    management and succession planning

    processes.

  • Facilitating team dynamics and organizational

    culture initiatives.

  • Leading merger-acquisition people processes.

  • Delivering / Advising  on Human Resources

    strategy.

Relevant Qualifications and Credentials:

  • Hogan Assessment Certification

  • Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification

  • Chronological In-Depth Structured Interview

    Certified

Academic Credentials:

  • Bachelors of Science and Masters of Arts in

    Education, Miami University (Ohio)

Brian Fishel is currently CEO and Founder of Baintree Partners LLC., a strategic talent management and leadership development firm that focuses on helping leaders and organizations achieve to their full potential. 

Over the course of three-plus decades, Brian has successfully advised, coached, and developed hundreds of leaders, across multiple industries - from CEOs to C-Suite executives, to fast-tracked high potentials and succession candidates, and newly promoted or hired senior leaders.

Having been a Chief Human Resources Officer, an enterprise C-Suite executive, and Chief Talent Officer at several Fortune 500 companies, Brian understands first-hand the unique challenges and demands executives, especially Chief People Officers, deal with day-to-day, and what it takes to succeed.  He uses his extensive real-life experiences in the Executive and Board rooms to deliver relevant and practical coaching and advise to senior leaders on a variety of strategic human resources and business matters.

Brian’s passion for helping individuals unleash their full potential and impact is reflected in his approach to coaching and advising executives.  While Brian tailors his approach to each individual unique situation and business context, he is known for his pragmatism, directness, candor, curiosity, and supportive and collaborative style.

Brian’s own leadership experience stems from his years serving as Chief Human Resources Officer at KeyBank (a $190B in assets and $6.5B revenue company) where he played a pivotal role in leading and navigating the company through volatile and challenging times, including significantly enhanced regulatory environment, the financial crisis of 2023, Covid pandemic, and societal upheavals. Brian also served as KeyBank’s Chief Talent Officer and Head of Executive and Talent Development during his time with the firm.

Prior to KeyBank, Brian spent 15 years in various leadership positions with Bank of America, including serving as the Global Head of Executive and Leader Development, where he specialized in talent management, culture integration, and executive assessment and development. His expertise was further honed through his global HR roles at The Coca-Cola Company and Pizza Hut, at the time a subsidiary of PepsiCo.