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Ward Howell

Founded in 1951, Ward Howell International is one of the worlds oldest executive search firms, known for identifying and developing leaders who make a difference. With 74 years of experience, 135 partners, 33 offices, and a presence in 24 countries, the firm blends global reach with local insight to help clients secure transformative leadership that drives sustainable success. Ward Howell delivers retained executive search and interim management supported by a comprehensive leadership advisory portfolio that includes management assessment, talent management, succession planning, board and governance services, executive coaching, industry mapping, and people, culture and organization advisory. Its consultants collaborate closely with boards, CEOs, and CHROs to clarify leadership requirements, calibrate competencies, and benchmark the market, ensuring every shortlist reflects both performance potential and cultural fit. The firm operates across core practices such as consumer and retail, life sciences, industrial and automotive, technology, IT and telecommunications, media, legal, financial services, public sector and education, energy, and non profit, serving multinational corporations, family businesses, private equity backed enterprises, and high growth scale ups. A rigorous, research led approach, robust assessment methods, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion underpin each engagement, from mission critical C suite hires to board composition and succession mandates. Ward Howell leverages its international network across hubs including London, New York, Madrid, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Toronto, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Mumbai, New Delhi, Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and other key regional centers to access global talent pools and nuanced market intelligence. By aligning leadership strategy with business objectives, the firm helps organizations build resilient executive teams and boards, accelerate transformation, navigate change, and sustain performance over the long term. The result is a partnership model that delivers enduring value through leaders who shape strategy, strengthen culture, and create measurable impact.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQLondon, Netherlands

Executives in Africa

Executives in Africa (EiA) is an award-winning executive search consultancy dedicated exclusively to senior leadership appointments across the African continent. Established in 2010, the firm specializes in C-suite, senior management, and non-executive board hires, combining a multilingual UK- and Africa-based team with more than 250 years of collective experience. EiA has successfully delivered 1,000+ assignments across 50+ African markets, leveraging a global network of 140,000+ professionals and deep, on-the-ground knowledge of local contexts to identify, assess, and secure high-calibre leaders. Its proven eight-step search methodology is underpinned by rigorous behavioral and technical assessment, comprehensive market mapping, and thorough due diligence to ensure both capability and cultural fit. Results are a hallmark: 86% of shortlists are delivered within four weeks and 91% of appointed leaders remain beyond their first year. The firm is committed to growing local leadership capacity, with 79% of placements being African nationals and 30% women, while also engaging members of the African diaspora and expatriates where relevant. EiA’s impact spans diverse sectors, evidenced by case studies including placing local national Country Managers for a high-performance fertilizer multinational in Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, and Benin; appointing its first female African CEO for a technology start-up in East Africa; securing a Head of Education East Africa for an international group of schools who later advanced to a QA & School Improvement Director role; and building out the leadership team with a CFO and Commercial Director for a solar start-up in Uganda to expand affordable power access. Beyond appointment, EiA supports successful transitions with complimentary manager and leader training, reinforcing its partnership ethos and long-term commitment to client outcomes. Whether building boards, scaling tech-enabled ventures, or accelerating expansion into new African markets, EiA provides a highly disciplined, insight-led, and trusted search process that consistently delivers leaders who drive sustainable growth.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCorporate Training & CoachingE-Learning & Online EducationFarming

HQLondon, United Kingdom

ETRA Talent

ETRA Talent is a specialist contingent and executive search firm focused on placing mid-to-senior professionals across the Banking, Investment Management, Insurance, and broader Non-Financial Services markets throughout the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Mayfair, London with an international office in Dubai, the company combines traditional search discipline with modern Insights/AI-led methodologies to deliver tailored, people-first hiring solutions. Drawing on over 18 years of experience in its core markets, ETRA Talent partners with a diverse client base that includes international banks, prime brokerages, trading firms, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, investment managers, asset managers, family offices, FinTech start-ups, and crypto market makers. The firm’s functional expertise spans Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk, Finance, Change & Technology, Analytics, Legal, Treasury, and Operations, enabling it to build high-impact leadership benches and specialist teams in regulated and fast-evolving environments. ETRA Talent’s consultants emphasize speed, precision, and transparent communication, earning trust by understanding each client’s commercial context and each candidate’s aspirations, then curating shortlists that balance technical capability, regulatory literacy, and cultural fit. With deep knowledge of emerging technologies and data capabilities—covering areas such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and advanced analytics—the firm supports financial institutions and FinTechs alike as they modernize their operating models. Its Middle East presence strengthens on-the-ground coverage of DIFC and ADGM ecosystems, improving proximity to regulators, investors, and talent pools, and accelerating delivery for regionally scaled mandates. Whether conducting retained executive searches for board and C-suite roles, success-fee searches for critical mid-to-senior hires, or building specialist capability in risk, finance, and controls, ETRA Talent operates with a consistent ethos: putting people first, safeguarding integrity, and delivering outcomes that transform businesses for the better.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementIT InfrastructureTelecommunicationsCloud Computing

HQLondon, United Kingdom

Ludtec

Ludtec is an Australian owned recruitment firm founded in 2009 that specialises in scaling SaaS and technology go to market teams across Australia and the broader APAC region. Formerly known as Harlow Group, the company partners with software vendors, technology consulting firms, IT system integrators, and managed service providers to secure proven performers in sales, marketing, leadership, consulting and delivery, and product development and DevOps. With deep domain focus in enterprise software and SaaS segments such as cybersecurity, AI and machine learning, BI and analytics, ITOM and I and O, HR tech and HCM, developer tools, cloud platforms, and fintech, Ludtec provides clients with access to hard to reach talent networks built over many years in the technology vendor ecosystem. The team averages significant tenure in technology recruitment, bringing evidence based selection, robust process, and market intelligence that reduces hiring risk and time to hire. Engagements are designed to fit scaling needs, from executive search for critical leadership hires to targeted permanent recruitment programs and recruitment process outsourcing models that deliver repeatable pipelines across multiple roles and locations. Typical placements span account executives, sales leaders, customer success, solutions consulting and pre sales, channel and alliances, demand generation and product marketing, as well as consulting and delivery and modern software engineering roles aligned to product development and DevOps. Operating nationally and across APAC, Ludtec supports clients and candidates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Singapore, Auckland, and Wellington. The firm is known for its practical market insight, transparent communication, and focus on long term outcomes, helping high growth and enterprise software vendors build resilient, revenue generating teams that can expand into new markets and achieve sustained performance.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHuman ResourcesTechnical WritingProject Management

HQMelbourne, Australia

V3 Talent Partners

V3 Talent Partners is a founder-led recruiting firm built by former inhouse talent leaders who scaled highgrowth startups from inception to IPO at companies such as Snap Inc., Dave, Shape Security, and Upstart. Purposebuilt for venturebacked founders, V3 combines executive advisory with handson delivery to hire Software Engineering, Product, GotoMarket, and executive talent across AI, SaaS, Consumer, FinTech, and HealthTech. The team partners deeply with leadership, codesigning job descriptions, supplying market intelligence, and driving bespoke search strategies that prioritize fit and longterm impact over volume. Their service model spans three core offerings: Executive Search (Director to CSuite) run by senior recruiters alongside a V3 partner; Dedicated Search, an embedded, hightouch program developed to fix the traditional contingency model by allocating specialized recruiters, research, forecasting, and advanced AI tooling for companies with 3+ hires; and Contingent Search for 12 priority roles. V3s operators have collectively hired thousands of engineers and business leaders, built founding teams from scratch, and maintain active partnerships with venture firms and portfolio companies where they are frequently tapped as investors and advisors. Known for speed, quality, and rigorous filtering, the firm is repeatedly engaged for complex software and ML mandates, principallevel IC searches, and critical executive placements, often in timesensitive or hypergrowth contexts. Whether whitelabeling as an embedded recruiting team or running retained executive searches, V3 emphasizes cultural acuity, earlyhire leverage, and the belief that builders outperform generalists. Backed by a seasoned research function and modern data platforms, they forecast hiring needs, shape compensation and leveling strategies, and help founders close top candidates. V3s ethos is simple: talent shapes product, no two startups are the same, and the right hire at the right time can change a companys trajectory.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQSan Francisco, United States

Sastra Group

Sastra Group is a boutique recruitment partner built for the pace and ambiguity of early-stage technology companies, helping founders scale faster by matching the right people to the right missions. Focused on emerging tech, the firm supports startups across AI/ML, big data, and cybersecurity, partnering closely with founders, Csuite leaders, and venture investors to headhunt hardtofind individual contributors and executive leaders. Their approach emphasizes speed without sacrificing quality, using a startup-focused Strategic Fit Assessment to balance cultural alignment with technical depth and GTM impact. Whether replacing a key hire, building a brand-new team, or coordinating portfolio-wide hiring for VC firms, Sastra Group streamlines searches end to endshaping role profiles, mapping target markets, proactively sourcing passive talent, and tightly managing the interview process through to offer and acceptance. Testimonials from Series AB cybersecurity clients highlight the firms ability to identify niche talent quickly and keep momentum throughout the process, ensuring a highquality candidate experience and consistent timetohire reduction. The team operates across the US and UK and supports growth at every stage, from first key hires to Csuite and board-level leadership, delivering executive search for visionary leaders as well as permanent placements for high-impact individual contributors in engineering, data, product, and revenue-aligned roles. With deep community ties in the sectors it serves and a commitment to long-term partnership, Sastra Group provides repeatable, startup-savvy hiring execution that scales with clients as they evolvebringing structure, market insight, and disciplined delivery to each search so startups can focus on building products, winning customers, and hitting critical growth milestones.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSan Francisco, United States

CXO Search Partners

CXO Search Partners (CXOSP) is a boutique executive search firm focused on Life Sciences and Technology, partnering with founders, boards, and hiring leaders to secure transformative executives and senior functional leaders who can accelerate the next phase of growth. Female minority-led and deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, the firm applies a candidate-first model that prioritizes understanding each leaders experience, aptitude, and goals, then selectively introducing them to organizations where they can create outsized impact. CXOSP blends high-touch advisory with data-informed rigor, offering full-cycle, end-to-end recruiting that spans scoping success profiles, crafting job descriptions, targeted passive sourcing through an established network, rigorous screening and evaluation, detailed candidate alignment overviews, and hands-on management of interviews, offers, and onboarding to reduce time-to-hire and overall cost. Beyond search, CXOSP provides executive career coaching and job search support, helping leaders strengthen executive presence online and in person, refine targeting strategies, and navigate outreach and follow-up to accelerate outcomes. For clients that prefer modular support, CXOSP delivers flexible, project-based engagement options that cover specific steps in the recruiting cycle and adapt to stage of business, budget, and urgency. Known for its X FactoreXecution, eXpeditious delivery, eXperience, and eXceptional attention to the variables that drive long-term successCXOSP serves as an extension of the client team and a trusted advisor on alignment, culture, and the nuanced requirements of scaling companies at critical inflection points. With a steady stream of thought leadership at the intersection of biopharma and AI, and a network attuned to emerging skills across software, data, and cloud, CXOSP enables life sciences and technology organizations to tap proven leaders more quickly, mitigate hiring risk, and unlock durable value.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQSan Francisco, United States

Multiply Talent

Multiply Talent is a specialized advisory and executive search partner focused on the data, machine learning, and AI landscape, helping organizations translate cutting-edge technology into measurable business outcomes. Blending hands-on operating experience with top-tier search expertise, the firm supports leaders in defining AI strategy and roadmaps, building high-impact data and ML teams, and hiring executive talent who can deliver results at scale. Its services span AI strategy and roadmap development, executive search for data and AI leadership, workshops and operational playbooks, and access to an exclusive network of industry operators and advisors with deep domain expertise across language models, transformers, diffusion models, and modern data platforms. Multiply Talent works with clients ranging from innovative technology companies to leading financial institutions and investment firms, as well as logistics, real estate marketplaces, and hospitality brands, providing insight that bridges management consulting rigor with the precision of executive recruitment. By aligning data and AI initiatives to commercial objectives, it helps organizations cut through noise, de-risk adoption, and accelerate time-to-value, whether standing up new data capabilities, modernizing analytics, or scaling AI products and platforms. The team brings decades of practical experience building and leading AI functions, translating complex technical topics into clear hiring profiles, operating models, and execution plans, and leveraging a vetted network of senior practitioners to rapidly unlock specialized expertise. Clients choose Multiply Talent for its ability to diagnose what works, what doesnt, and whythen deliver the leaders, teams, and playbooks that move the needle. The result is a cohesive, outcome-driven approach to executive search and AI enablement that equips businesses to navigate fast-moving technologies and drive whats next.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationMaritime

HQSan Francisco, United States

Eden Prescott

Eden Prescott is a modern talent advisory firm that helps ambitious companies build high-performing teams through a blend of embedded recruiting, retained search, and contingent hiring solutions. Serving early-stage, seed-to-series startups and scaling enterprises, the firm integrates as a true extension of each clients team, placing a dedicated recruiter under the clients brand to run full-cycle recruiting, sharpen employer messaging, optimize processes, and develop future-ready talent pipelines supported by reporting and analytics. For critical and leadership hires, Eden Prescotts retained search model delivers priority attention, deep market mapping, curated candidate slates, and strategic advisory across hiring plans, salary benchmarks, and process improvements, all with predictable pricing. When speed and flexibility matter most, their contingent offering provides senior on-demand search power, targeted sourcing, candidate screening, proactive pipeline management, interview coordination, employer branding support, and offer guidance to close top talent fast. Their simple three-step processTalent Strategy Audit, Hiring Execution, and Offer Negotiationensures measurable results and a white-glove candidate experience from start to finish. With 115+ happy clients and testimonials from leaders at companies like Google, Twilio, and Rippling, Eden Prescott is especially strong across software, security, and privacy engineering, as well as data protection and related technical disciplines. The team emphasizes long-term partnerships, access to elite talent, and tailored, best-fit solutions, backed by consultants with 10+ years of experience. Known for being both results-driven and people-centered, the firm combines rigorous industry research with practical, embedded execution to help clients scale efficiently, reduce hiring friction, and elevate the quality of every hire. Whether the need is an embedded recruiter to accelerate a hiring roadmap, a retained partner for a pivotal leadership role, or contingent support to fill critical gaps quickly, Eden Prescott delivers end-to-end hiring outcomes with speed, precision, and care.

RPOExec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSan Francisco, United States

essence international search

essence international search is a specialist recruitment firm dedicated to the fragrance, flavours and ingredients sectors, trusted by a select, international client base for its deep market knowledge and highly targeted search capability. Founded in 2014 and formerly trading as Thompson McHale, the business was established by a recruiter with over 20 years of experience, the last decade focused exclusively on this niche, and has since built an impressive global network of both active and passive talent. Working with top 4 and second-tier houses, large multinationals and independent businesses, the firm delivers bespoke solutions across contingency and retained search, complemented by talent mapping and salary benchmarking to help clients plan, calibrate and secure the right hires. Assignments typically span mid to senior levels and cover a broad functional spectrum including creative (Perfumers and Flavourists), sales and marketing, evaluation and fragrance development, technical, applications, R&D, operations, GC‑MS, consumer insight and regulatory affairs. On retained mandates, essence international compiles comprehensive information packs that articulate the business context, opportunity and detailed job description, alongside person specifications and the behavioural traits required to thrive, ensuring clarity, alignment and a positive candidate experience. The team prides itself on credibility, discretion and a nuanced understanding of the market’s dynamics, from competitive talent landscapes to the cultural attributes that drive long‑term fit, and is adept at engaging passive candidates who are tentatively testing the market. For candidates, the firm focuses on introductions that match career ambitions with organisational culture and progression pathways; for clients, it operates as an extension of their team, offering timely access to a constantly evolving talent pool and delivering shortlists that balance technical expertise with creativity and commercial impact. Recognised as a trusted name in specialist recruitment, essence international combines global reach with a tailored approach to consistently place high‑performing talent where they can make a measurable difference.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer Electronics

HQLeeds, United Kingdom

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