Buckner Bell
Partner
Buckner Bell is a Partner with Jobplex, where he advises private equity sponsors, founder-led companies, and growth-stage organizations on the recruitment of revenue-driving and operational leaders. He brings more than 12 years of executive search experience, with a strong record of placing high-impact sales, commercial, and operational executives across North America, Europe, and Australia in both public and private environments.
Buckner Bell
bbell@jobplex.com +1 704 562 5656Experience
Buckner is known for a hands-on, data-driven approach and for building trust quickly with clients and candidates. His work has primarily focused on revenue-producing and go-to-market leadership roles, including sales, commercial, business development, and general management positions. He partners closely with venture-backed, private equity-backed, and founder-led organizations to place leaders who accelerate growth, professionalize commercial functions, and scale teams through periods of change.
His industry experience spans emerging technology, industrial services, and manufacturing. He has led searches ranging from first commercial hires to country managers, presidents, and C-suite leaders, often supporting clients as they enter new markets or move into their next phase of growth.
Buckner also specializes in hospitality searches, informed by hands-on operational experience through his family’s restaurant business. He brings a practical understanding of owner-operator environments, customer-driven economics, and frontline leadership demands to his work with hospitality and consumer-facing clients.
Buckner began his search career in London with an RPO firm focused on advanced technology, banking, and financial services before relocating to the United States. He holds an MBA with a concentration in leadership and strategy from Wake Forest University, along with bachelor’s degrees in economics and international studies from the University of South Carolina. He lives in Charlotte with his wife and daughter and remains actively involved in his family’s local restaurant business.