David Abramson
David Abramson is an Executive Recruiter and Chief Executive Officer of David Abramson & Associates, LLC. His focus is completing senior level retained searches throughout the United States for companies with differing leadership, operational and organizational needs.
He leverages his extensive business and consulting background to
provide extra value to both clients and candidates. Since 2002 when he
founded the firm he:
Anxious to focus almost exclusively on what he found most rewarding throughout his own career - recruiting and developing exceptional leaders - David Abramson & Associates was created. Since 2002 David Abramson & Associates has completed numerous searches including Chief Financial Officers and other financial and accounting management positions, CPA firm Partners and Senior Managers and other senior leadership roles which included a Chief Executive Officer and HR Executives. These searches have been for positions throughout the United States with a focus in Minneapolis Metropolitan area.
David Abramson spent the first portion of his career with Grant Thornton where he became Minneapolis Managing Partner in 1972. This career was focused on serving client companies as an audit partner and business advisor. These clients ranged in size and complexity from privately held to NYSE companies.
In 1982 he also became a member of the Grant National Leadership Team and continued in that role until 2001 primarily as Regional Managing Partner with direct line responsibility over operating offices from Honolulu to Cleveland and their operations, leadership, growth and client service.
Immediately prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Abramson was a Senior Vice President of AXA Financial/Equitable Life Insurance based in New York City. In this role he was Chairman and CEO of Grant Thornton Advisors, a joint venture of AXA Financial and Grant Thornton.
David has extensive other leadership experience furthering his ability to successfully seek, identify and develop leaders. These included:
David maintains his certification and license as a CPA. He received his BS in Accounting from the University of Minnesota and his MBA from the University of Michigan.