Biography
Mr. McCoy is the President and a Founding Partner of M&A Executive Search, conducting his national search practice out of his Minneapolis office. He conducts senior executive level and Board of Director searches for profit and non-profit organizations. He has 20 years of executive search experience serving international Fortune 500 clients such as General Mills, ConAgra, Toro, SUPERVALU and Clairol (now a division of Procter & Gamble), as well as small and mid-cap companies such as Blow Mold Specialties, Len Busch Roses, Wilbert, and Fabcon. He has also served non-profits including the University of Minnesota and the city of Blaine, Minnesota – among others.
Prior to founding M&A Executive Search, he spent 11 years in total and 8 years as President of Sathe Executive Search, one of the Midwest’s most respected retained executive search firms. There he consulted in all areas of consumer goods, manufacturing, professional services and non-profits. He started in the search industry in 1994 where he conducted national searches for a variety of consumer-good and related companies. Prior to practicing in executive search he was a General Manager for a division of PEPSICO.
Mr. McCoy was named one of the “Forty under 40" by The Business Journal in 2004 and in January of 2008 was named WCCO’s “Good Neighbor." Mr. McCoy’s commitment to the community has been significant. He is currently a Board member to Bolder Options, President Council with the Northern Star Council/Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, was the President of the Minneapolis Jaycees and Chair of the Board. He served as an Ex- Officio Board Member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce (now the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce) and has served on several of the area’s largest charity fund raisers.
He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business from the University of Wisconsin.