COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 8, 2025 — Jensen Hughes, a global leader in safety, security, and risk-based engineering and consulting, today announced the appointment of Marc Kaplan as its new President & Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment follows an extensive search that attracted top talent from around the world.
With more than 25 years of executive leadership experience, Kaplan has a distinguished track record of driving operational excellence, innovation and growth across a diverse array of organizations — from dynamic startups to multibillion-dollar global enterprises — with notable success in professional services consulting. Most recently, Kaplan served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CIBT, a global mobility services leader, where he revitalized the business post-pandemic.
Kaplan previously held executive roles at Deloitte, including Principal and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, where he led one of the firm’s fastest-growing business units and drove transformational initiatives. He has also held key positions at The Associated Press and ChekMarc, Inc., a digital software company he co-founded in 2020.
“Marc brings a rare combination of people focus, strategic thinking and a collaborative, hands-on approach to Jensen Hughes,” said Raj Arora, CEO of Jensen Hughes. “With his expertise in operational efficiency and growth, culture-building and talent management in professional services, his leadership will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and expand into new regions and service lines.”
In his new role as President & COO, Kaplan will oversee Jensen Hughes’ global operations, leading a diverse team of professionals and managing multiple business units. His responsibilities will include guiding top operational leaders, implementing strategic growth-driven initiatives, optimizing performance metrics and fostering employee engagement and retention.
Kaplan assumes this critical role at an exciting time for the company, as 2025 marks a decade of the Jensen Hughes brand and its continued expansion. Since 2014, strategic acquisitions have broadened the company's expertise in fire and life safety, code consulting, risk analysis, process safety management, security risk, emergency management and forensics while strengthening its global presence.
“I’m honored to join Jensen Hughes at such a pivotal time in the company’s journey,” Kaplan said. “Raj and the team have built an incredibly strong business foundation and culture, seamlessly blending experience in legacy services, innovative solutions, industry-leading expertise and cutting-edge technology. My focus will be on enhancing and executing our existing strategies in order to unlock new opportunities for growth while continuing to deliver exceptional value to our clients and communities.”
About Jensen Hughes
Jensen Hughes is the global leader in engineering, consulting and technology that make our world safe, secure and resilient. Worldwide, we are recognized most widely for our leadership in fire protection engineering while also specializing in other critical competencies core to our purpose – strategic capabilities we have been expanding for years. These include accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, industrial process safety, forensic investigations, security risk, and emergency management, as well as digital innovation across many of our services. Today, our 1,700+ engineers, consultants, analysts and strategists work from over 100 offices, supporting clients in over 100 countries across all markets – from government, healthcare, science and technology to energy, mission-critical and transportation. For more information, visit www.jensenhughes.com.
About Gryphon Investors
Gryphon Investors is a leading middle-market private investment firm focused on profitably growing and competitively advantaged companies in the Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, Software and Technology Solutions & Services sectors. With approximately $9+ billion of assets under management, Gryphon prioritizes investments in which it can form strong partnerships with founders, owners and executives to accelerate the building of leading companies and generate enduring value through its integrated deal and operations business model. Gryphon’s highly differentiated model integrates its well-proven Operations Resources Group, which is led by full-time Gryphon senior operating executives with general management, human capital acquisition and development, treasury, finance and accounting expertise. Gryphon’s three core investment strategies include its Flagship, Heritage and Junior Capital strategies, each with dedicated funds of capital. The Flagship and Heritage strategies target equity investments of $50 million to $500 million per portfolio company. The Junior Capital strategy targets investments of $10 million to $25 million in junior securities of credit facilities, arranged by leading middle-market lenders, in both Gryphon-controlled companies, as well as in other private equity-backed companies operating in Gryphon’s targeted investment sectors. For more information, visit www.gryphoninvestors.com.