Professional services
10 interim CEOs
These ten interim CEOs have each held an interim chief executive title, some of them through consulting or interim management firms. Readers can learn how interim leaders are brought in, how they stabilize a business under pressure and how they hand over to permanent management.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Rodriguez
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO & C-suite Advisor · AJS Consulting Company LLC
Interim CEO & C-suite Advisor at AJS Consulting Company LLC since 2022; his profile says he partners with strategic, PE- and VC-backed life science companies that need to scale commercial execution. He was also Global Head of Business Development & M&A Life Science Tools & Pharma Services at MilliporeSigma (2019–2022).
Artur W.
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO COO Turnaround Executive · Artur Wojciechowski Consulting
Interim CEO COO Turnaround Executive at Artur Wojciechowski Consulting since 2008. His profile also lists Interim Vice President COO at Naftoport (2023–2024) and Interim Chief Operations Officer COO at GPBaltic (2020–2022), and says private equity funds, owners and boards bring him into critical situations in heavy industry, manufacturing and complex supply chains.
Dave Knight IFT
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO · Sofa Brands International Limited
Former Interim CEO at Sofa Brands International Limited (2025–2026) and Interim CEO at Aspace Children's Furniture (2015–2016). His profile also lists Interim Managing Director roles at Bristol Waste Company (2023–2024) and Axminster Carpets Limited (2016–2018), and describes him as an interim CEO, managing director and turnaround director who executes turnarounds, transformation and restructuring.
David Epstein
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO Chief Operating Officer (COO) Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) · David Epstein Consulting
Interim CEO Chief Operating Officer (COO) Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at David Epstein Consulting since 2019, and Executive Advisor to the CEO Operations & Commercial (Interim) at Stipenda since 2026. His profile says he takes commercial and operational leadership of businesses at turning points such as growth, turnaround, carve-out or exit.
Jani Muhonen
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO · Tampereen Vera Oy
Former Interim CEO at Tampereen Vera Oy (2024–2025). His other Tampereen Vera Oy roles include Interim Director of Development (2025) and Interim Executive Strategy & Execution (2025–2026), which the profile describes as a part-time engagement focused on execution, business improvement and CEO support. He was also Chief Business Officer Visma Aquila at Visma (2024).
Jim Stewart
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO - Court Appointed Receiver · Custom Fabrication Company
Former Interim CEO - Court Appointed Receiver at Custom Fabrication Company (2008). He has been CEO - ES Interims Interim Fractional Management Recruiters at ES Interims, an Executive Smarts, LLC Company since 2003, and his profile says he specializes in sourcing over-qualified individuals for interim roles.
John Winenger, MBA, FACHE
LinkedInExperience: Interim Chief Executive Officer - UnityPoint Health · Interim Executive Solutions, LLC
Former Interim Chief Executive Officer - UnityPoint Health (2018–2019) and Interim Chief Executive Officer - Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital (2021) through Interim Executive Solutions, LLC, where he has been Interim Executive CEO COO since 2014. His profile says he helps healthcare organizations solve critical and strategic problems and has managed hospital and physician operations.
Michael Puleo
LinkedInExperience: Interim Chief Executive Officer · Apex Geotech Solutions
Interim Chief Executive Officer at Apex Geotech Solutions since 2025. His profile also lists Operating Partner at Rose Operating Associates LLC (2023–2026) and Managing Director at Deloitte (2001–2023), and says he steps in as Interim CEO when a PE-backed manufacturing or industrial company faces a leadership crisis, a distressed balance sheet or a broken operation.
Philip B.
LinkedInExperience: Interim CEO-COO-Turnaround Leadership-Chief Transformation Officer-Strategic Program Leader · PCB & Company
Interim CEO-COO-Turnaround Leadership-Chief Transformation Officer-Strategic Program Leader at PCB & Company since 2011; his profile says he focuses on driving profitable growth in middle-market, private equity funded businesses. He was also Senior Director - Private Equity Solutions (contract role) at SSA & Company (2011–2013) and Director - Finance Process Optimization and Integration at Protiviti (2007–2011).
Tony Evans
LinkedInExperience: Owner and an interim CEO · The 3 Graces Co. Limited
Owner and an interim CEO at The 3 Graces Co. Limited since 1996, and Director at IIM - Institute of Interim Management since 2001. His profile says he delivers turnarounds and transformation as an interim CEO in manufacturing, agri-food, FMCG/CPG, materials and 3PL logistics for private equity and venture-backed, private and listed companies.
Choose the right perspective
Match the interim CEO's industry and the kinds of situations they have handled, such as turnarounds, carve-outs or succession gaps, to your company's circumstances. Ask how long their assignments usually last and how they work with the board and the existing management team.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What should an interim CEO accomplish in the first 30 to 90 days of an assignment?
- 02How do you work with a board and an existing management team when you are brought in from outside?
- 03How do you structure the handover to a permanent CEO so the business keeps its momentum?
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