Raul Lamas

Raul Lamas is a Senior Vice President with Toft Group and leads the executive search firm’s San Diego-based CFO franchise. Not only is Raul an experienced search professional, but he is a former auditor and CFO, giving him a preferred vantage point and network for identifying top candidates.

Raul joined the Toft Group in 2013, bringing extensive experience recruiting C-level executives for early-stage and well-established companies. He previously served as a senior executive recruiter with Vistage International, a global CEO membership organization, where he evaluated and recruited seasoned chief executives, presidents, and entrepreneurs. He also was a recruiting director for a boutique search firm specializing in high-level finance and accounting professionals. Before following his calling in executive search, Raul was CFO at technology company RJR Horizons Inc. and worked in the audit practice of Ernst & Young.

Raul takes a customized approach to securing and on-boarding top talent. He’s adept at assessing organizational cultural fit through personality profiling, behavioral interviews and leadership competency evaluations. With a wide professional network of executives across a variety of industries, Raul has successfully conducted and completed many high-profile searches throughout the medical device, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and professional services industries.