Frank Clark is the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Encore Leadership Advisors. Encore Leadership Advisors is a minority-owned leadership advisory and retained executive search firm, centered around helping clients understand and address their culture and talent blind spots.
Frank is an experienced business builder and senior operational executive. His deep expertise includes operational leadership, sales leadership, as well as investor relations in mid-cap publicly traded companies. His key focus areas have included Mergers and Acquisitions, strategic initiatives, as well as other critical investor information centered around earnings and market value impact. Additionally, he has built businesses organically from zero to $300M per year in large matrixed corporate environments such as RR Donnelley; where he held the position of Corporate Vice President reporting to the COO. Frank has also been the Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Hoshizaki America. Also, Frank is Chairman and CEO of CEG, LLC a lower middle market private equity firm.
Hoshizaki America is a global food service equipment manufacturer with $3B in revenue. Frank led and executed a corporate wide strategy focused on future growth, employee development and cultural transformation. He was a key executive that led the company to record sales and profits in 2015.
CEG, LLC is a private equity investment and M&A holding company. With CEG, Frank leads all capital raises, capital structure and deal sourcing. Recently Frank sourced, led and closed a complex transaction with an enterprise value of $300M in the industrial manufacturing space. Frank plays an integral role in recruiting executive talent for his holding companies, such as the COO, head of sales, CFO and CEO.
Frank sits on several for profit and not for profit boards including University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, Liberty Advisor Group and SG360. He has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from IIT; and a BS in Economics from Northern Illinois University and resides in Chicago.