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Kaila Rakin

Managing Director

Modern's comprehensive approach to addressing client challenges, combined with its strong commitment to philanthropy, has cultivated a culture of continuous success, innovation, and operational excellence across all levels of the organization.

Kaila is a Managing Director specializing in executive search for corporate functions. She brings a wealth of industry and functional expertise, primarily concentrating on the recruitment of Financial Officers.

Before joining Modern, Kaila spent over seven years at Leathwaite, a boutique executive search firm, where she most recently served as a Consultant in their North America CFO practice. During her tenure at Leathwaite, Kaila worked closely with a diverse range of financial services and corporate clients, with a particular emphasis on the alternatives sector. She successfully led numerous searches across finance, audit, operations, transformation, strategy, and risk functions, delivering tailored solutions to meet her clients' leadership needs.

Kaila earned her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science and Geographic Information Systems from SUNY Binghamton.