Eric Glover:
Leadership Defined

Builder. Strategist. Storyteller.

For more than four decades, Eric Glover has been the calm in the storm—the steady and strong leader companies call when the wheels are coming off, the clock is ticking, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

A former Chairman, CEO, President, COO, and CFO with deep operating experience, Eric now serves as a Managing Director at Areté Capital Partners, where he advises boards, sponsors, and lenders through turnarounds, restructurings, and high-stakes transitions. His leadership portfolio spans 50+ boards and a dozen C-suite roles across industries—from private equity platforms to public companies to privately held icons like Le Creuset and LifeWay.

Leadership Defined and Developed in
Picher, Oklahoma

But long before he ever stepped into a boardroom, Eric learned strong leadership qualities like grit, clarity, and resilience in the chat piles of Picher, Oklahoma—a place that no longer exists, but shaped everything that followed.

Now, in addition to his work at Areté, Eric is writing and speaking more publicly—sharing the hard-won lessons from a condemned town that taught him everything about survival, loyalty, and leading when it matters most. His debut memoir, Barefoot and Bulletproof: The Dirty Little Glover Boys, chronicles a childhood forged in toxic ground and unbreakable brotherhood. Through The ROAR Movement, he's building a platform dedicated to memory, leadership, and the legacies we leave behind.

Represented by Ritu Anand at industry powerhouse D4EO Literary Agency—the team that helped launch the paperback careers of Stephen King, Ken Follett, and Robin Cook—Eric's stories are reaching audiences far beyond the boardroom.

Learn more about Eric’s business career on LinkedIn.