Paul

Carollo

Senior Managing Director

Paul is the longest tenured Managing Director at Patina – A Korn Ferry Company’s Chicago office, joining the firm in 2013.

Once in front of clients, Paul has a natural curiosity to understand their needs along with an unrelenting focus to bring options to the table that address those needs quickly. Clients with interim leadership and project management needs trust their time invested with Patina will pay dividends quickly as the focus is on implementing profit-centered solutions that drive improved client profitability. Working with CEOs on strategy, CFOs on deploying financial competencies, HR Directors on corporate culture, IT on technology deployment and Sales Executives on going to market in a differentiated way, Paul strives to exceed client expectations with every encounter. 

Since 2013, Paul has developed accounts in the Chicago area establishing relationships and a book of business in excess of $22 million in under nine years.

Prior to joining the Patina Team, Paul worked in sales and sales management for 30+ years in roles at IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Xerox and Aarthun Performance Group. Not unlike Patina, each firm was a leader in its respective industry.

Paul has a B.A. in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.