Ms. Linda M Brown

President & COO

Darlington Partners

Chicago

specialties

  • Marketing
  • Legal
  • Insurance
  • Generalist
  • Accounting
  • Management
  • Investment Banking
  • Sales
  • Real Estate
  • VC & Private Equity
  • Banking
  • Brokerage
  • Asset Management

biography

Linda is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Darlington Partners, Ltd. She directs all firm operations and leads the firm's research and recruiting activities.

During the past decade, Linda has conducted and directed hundreds of searches for the firm. She personally conducts senior leader recruiting while providing oversight of research operations and administrative staff. Her team of recruiting and research associates conducts searches with a structured, focused, client-centric model.

Linda's corporate experience includes key executive roles in the Professional Services and Life Sciences industries. She has held strategy, operations, business development, and human resources/administration roles and has total profit and loss experience.

A native of Wisconsin, Linda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.