David Mansbach is Partner, North America for HVS Executive Search specializing in retained executive search and compensation consulting for the restaurant, hotel and gaming industries. He is also an investor in GrowthPoint Partners, an investment firm specializing in early stage restaurant companies including Chop’t Creative Salad, a ten unit restaurant chain with locations in NYC and Washington DC. David is a frequent lecturer on issues relating to executive selection, pay for-performance, corporate governance and executive leadership and has written many articles on these subjects with publications such as Hotel Business, Hotels Magazine, Chain Leader Magazine, Restaurant Finance Monitor and Chain Store Age Magazine.