Built on Relationships. Driven by Impact.

Meet our team
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Who We Are

We combine trusted advisory support, meaningful introductions, and access to a highly engaged network of leaders, investors, operators, and advisors.

Our clients come to us for guidance. They stay because they gain access to the relationships, perspective, and opportunities that help them move forward with confidence.

15+

Experienced team members working together to power the Banff Flywheel

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Our Mission

Helping exceptional people and organizations make better decisions by connecting them to the people, perspectives, and opportunities that matter when they matter most.

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HOW WE WORK

Relationships that create opportunity

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Relationship-Driven Approach

We work with senior leaders navigating career transitions, evaluating board opportunities, expanding their influence, and building the relationships that support their goals. We partner with businesses seeking leadership insight, experienced advisors, and access to the people and perspectives that help them make informed decisions.

At its core, Banff exists to help clients navigate complexity with greater clarity, confidence, and connectivity.

What We Do

Built on Relationships,Strengthened by Community

Success is rarely achieved alone. We bring together experienced leaders, trusted advisors, and meaningful connections to create opportunities, share insights, and support long-term growth.

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A Relationship-Driven Business

Relationships are the foundation of everything we do. We have built a highly engaged network of executives, operators, investors, and advisors — creating opportunities for introductions, collaboration, and conversations that create real impact.

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Guidance, Connections & Intelligence

Everything we do is built around three pillars: Guidance, Connections, and Intelligence. We help our clients navigate important decisions, build meaningful relationships, and stay connected to the people shaping what comes next.

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A Community that Grows With You

Careers are long. Businesses evolve. The people who stay connected and remain part of important conversations are often the people who continue to be presented with opportunities — even when they're not looking.

David Boehmer, Founder, Banff Advisors
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Our values
"The strongest partnerships begin with trust. Our role is not simply to provide advice, but to understand people, navigate complexity together, and help leaders move forward with confidence."
David Boehmer
Founder, Banff Advisors
Our story
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Banff was founded on a simple belief: a person’s career, influence, and long-term impact are too meaningful to be left to chance.

After nearly two decades working alongside executives, investors, boards, and organizations, our founder David Boehmer saw firsthand how access, relationships, and information influenced outcomes. The people with the strongest networks often had greater visibility into opportunities, broader perspectives on the market, and more support navigating critical decisions.

At the same time, many exceptional leaders were managing their careers alone. They were making important decisions without trusted guidance, building relationships only when they needed them, and relying on systems that prioritized transactions over long-term success. Banff was created to provide something different.

We built a model centered on partnership. One that helps leaders and organizations proactively manage careers, relationships, and opportunities over time. One that combines strategic guidance with meaningful introductions and informed perspective. One that remains valuable long before and long after a single transaction takes place.

Today, Banff supports executives, businesses, investors, advisors, and boards through a combination of advisory services, relationship building, and market intelligence. Our mission remains unchanged: helping exceptional people build the relationships, visibility, and opportunities that create lasting impact.

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Trust is the foundation of every relationship we build and every introduction we make.

Our values guide how we serve our clients, support one another, and continue building a community designed to create meaningful opportunity.

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People First

We invest in people, taking the time to understand their goals, ambitions, and the impact they want to have.

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Generosity

We share our knowledge, relationships, and perspective freely because opportunity grows when people help each other succeed.

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Trust & Discretion

We earn trust through consistency, judgment, and the care we bring to every relationship and conversation.

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Ownership

We take responsibility for our work, our relationships, and the outcomes we help create.

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Humility

We listen first, stay curious, and focus on creating value for our clients.

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Relentless Dynamism

We stay connected to the conversations, people, and opportunities shaping markets and industries.

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Our Team

The Minds Behind Banff

David Boehmer, Founder & CEO of Banff Advisors

David is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Banff. Drawing on a career in executive search, he founded Banff to give senior leaders greater agency, insight and support throughout their careers.

David Boehmer
Founder & CEO
Kayla Kanipe, GM of Banff for Business

Kayla is the GM of Banff for Business. With a background in executive search and talent, she leads Banff’s work with companies and investors, connecting organizations with the leaders, expertise and intelligence they need.

Kayla Kanipe
GM, Banff for Business
Lauren Mello, GM of Strategic Identity at Banff Advisors

Lauren is the GM of Strategic Identity at Banff. She works with C-suite executives, senior leaders, & brands to strengthen how they communicate their experience, expertise and perspective across their professional presence and industry.

Lauren Mello
GM, Strategic Identity
Liz Kase

Liz is an Executive Advisor at Banff. She brings more than two decades of talent and HR leadership experience, including serving as Chief Talent Officer at Marsh McLennan, to her work advising senior executives.

Liz Kase
Executive Advisor
Clare Buxton, Executive Advisor at Banff Advisors

Clare is an Executive Advisor at Banff. Based in London, she brings more than 15 years of executive search experience and leads Banff’s growth across the UK and Europe while advising senior leaders at pivotal career moments.

Clare Buxton
Executive Advisor
Olivia Barth, Executive Advisor at Banff Advisors

Olivia is an Executive Advisor at Banff. With a background spanning executive search, talent and succession, she helps senior leaders navigate their careers, build meaningful relationships and make thoughtful decisions about what comes next.

Olivia Barth
Executive Advisor
Max Ravech, Client Services at Banff Advisors

Max is the Client Operations & Executive Product Manager at Banff. He works across Banff’s executive services, client experience and technology to strengthen how Banff supports executives in navigating their careers.

Max Ravech
Client Ops & Executive PM
Amanda Chi, Client Services at Banff Advisors

Amanda is a Client Ops & Systems Associate at Banff. She supports Banff for Business through client operations, systems and program execution, helping deliver a seamless experience for the organizations Banff serves.

Amanda Chi
Client Ops & Systems Associate
Venessa Bowers, Client Strategy at Banff Advisors

Vanessa is a Brand, Events, & PR Strategist at Banff. She works with executive clients to shape how they are perceived in the market, building visibility and credibility through curated events, media positioning, and speaking engagements.

Vanessa Bowers
Brand, Events, & PR Strategist
Lily Tympanick, Client Services at Banff Advisors

Lily is a Client Operations Associate at Banff. She supports the day-to-day delivery of Banff’s executive services, helping create a thoughtful, responsive experience for clients across the Banff network.

Lily Tympanick
Client Operations Associate
Jessica Wray, Full-Stack Engineer at Banff Advisors

Jessica is a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer. She builds Banff's proprietary platform, working across the stack from backend to design, always with its users at the center.

Jessica Wray
Sr Full-Stack Software Engineer
Nathan Franklin, Senior Data Scientist at Banff Advisors

Nathan Franklin is a Senior Data Scientist at Banff. He applies data science, machine learning and analytics to the technology and intelligence that power Banff’s platform and help the team better serve its clients.

Nathan Franklin
Sr Data Scientist
Evgeniy Apushkin, Staff Backend Engineer at Banff Advisors

Evgeniy is a Staff Platform Engineer at Banff. He builds and leads the backend and infrastructure Banff's platform runs on — APIs, search and data systems — plus the AI harness: the tooling and agents that put AI to work across the firm.

Evgeniy Apushkin
Staff Platform Engineer
Michelle Beatty, Operations Leader at Banff Advisors

Michelle Beatty oversees operations at Banff, keeping the firm's day-to-day running smoothly so the team can focus on client work.

Michelle Beatty
Senior Operations Leader
Nisch Reddy, Brand Strategy at Banff Advisors

Nisch helps startups navigate pivots and inflection points, turning ambiguity and noisy priorities into a focused product strategy and roadmap. She aligns business and engineering teams around what matters most, including guiding AI strategy to support efficient execution.

Nisch Reddy
Fractional Product Leader

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