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Emitwise

VP Engineering

Energy, Technology, Growth, UK

Stage

Series A

Hired

Stephen Spence

Category

B2B

Role location

“Ben Markland and the 360Leaders team ran the process of finding Stephen Spence, our VP Engineering and our first executive hire. Having never worked with someone in this role, their expert advice was invaluable at every stage: from running-through the different types of profiles we could hire, through to making the final offer. We will 100% work with 360Leaders again and would thoroughly recommend partnering with them to hire executive leaders who’ll make a real impact.”
Ben Peddie, CTO & Founder

Emitwise

Emitwise's carbon accounting platform enables customers to measure, report and reduce the carbon footprint of their operations and supply chain.

HQ

Placement

Stephen Spence

Role

VP Engineering

UK

Energy

Technology

Growth

Series A

Emitwise needed a hands-on technical leader – a VP Engineering who would own the development of the Emitwise platform, taking a lead on the overall architecture whilst working collaboratively with the product organisation. The VP Engineering would also need to devise an appropriate hiring strategy that would enable the engineering team to triple in size over the next 12 months.

The desired profile was someone with experience of rapidly scaling engineering teams in a B2B SaaS environment. It was important they had worked with AI/ML/NLP technologies before, and that they had experience of architecting, implementing and operationally running large-scale data infrastructure platforms.

Stephen Spence has been through similar journeys and understands the challenges that come with scaling an engineering function. He went on a significant growth journey at SwiftKey, taking them through to acquisition by Microsoft in 2016. Thanks to his strong team-building expertise (which was a key requirement for Emitwise), Stephen scaled the engineering team at Privitar from 12 to 62, which saw the business grow 100% over a 2-year period – over half of which was in engineering alone. He is transparent, direct, and straight-talking in style; championing a ‘we’re in this together’ approach to leadership. He leads by consensus and advocates collaboration with autonomy. He is passionate about mission-driven offerings that make a difference.

Investors:

True Ventures, Saltwater Capital, Social Impact Capital

Utopia

CEO

Media, CEO, Growth, Switzerland

Stage

Series A

Hired

Markku Mäkeläinen

Category

B2B

Role location

Switzerland

Utopia required a highly experienced Tech CEO with a strong B2B pedigree, a global and a growth mindset, and an affinity with the music industry.

Bitpanda

CHRO

Fintech, People, Growth, Austria

Stage

Series B

Hired

Lindsay Ross

Category

B2C

Role location

Austria

“This is a pivotal and exciting moment to be joining Bitpanda and the wider fintech community. I’m already inspired by the extremely talented, diverse, and passionate team members who I’ve had the privilege to meet and can sense an incredible culture driven by purpose, high performance, and innovation. I look forward to growing along with Bitpanda as we enter the next phase of our global expansion and seize the limitless opportunities ahead of us as we democratize the world of investments.”
Lindsay Ross, Bitpanda CHRO.

Bitpanda

Bitpanda is a leading European neobroker on a mission to democratize the complex world of investing.

HQ

Austria

Placement

Lindsay Ross

Role

CHRO

Austria

Fintech

People

Growth

Series B

Austria

Bitpanda were looking for a Chief Human Resources Officer to be responsible for driving a differentiating people approach that will not only attract, but also engage, global top talent. The main aspects of the role are to ensure Bitpanda’s people approach is industry-leading and up-to-date with evolving working trends – from changing ways of working and digital HR, to people analytics, reward, and diversity and inclusion. The CRHO will also act as a business partner to the Founders and executive team in company-wide strategy and operations; as well as a culture influencer, helping evolve the culture in their growth journey whilst maintaining Bitpanda’s core ‘DNA’. Finally, they will need to optimise all people-centred activities for extensive growth: including people operations, recruitment, reward, development and performance management.

Lindsay Ross brings extensive experience creating end-to-end people strategies in high-growth, global organizations – from startups to multi-billion-dollar enterprises (including MessageBird and Adyen). She is known for building trusted relationships internally and externally across all levels and regions to deliver results, supporting organisational transformation and sustainable business outcomes. She has also helped build purpose-led organizational cultures and high-performing, diverse teams through active coaching and building business capabilities.

“We were looking to find the right CHRO who believes in our vision, understands hyper-growth, and has the right amount of energy and empathy, for a long time. Lindsay combines those attributes and I am happy she is becoming our Chief Human Resources Officer to reinforce our view that it is the strength and depth of our talented team that will drive Bitpanda’s continued success. We have tremendous confidence in Lindsay’s ability to help Bitpanda stand out and to provide valuable strategic contributions to build on the success of our high-performing teams.” Eric Demuth, Co-Founder, and CEO of Bitpanda.

Investors:

Valar Ventures, Hedosophia

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Zava

Chair

Health, Board, Growth, UK

Stage

Series B

Hired

David Butress

Category

B2C

Role location

“At Zava our mission is to build healthcare that is accessible, dependable and a fraction of today’s cost. A key component of this is to centre our services around our patients’ needs and preferences. David and Roy both bring a wealth of expertise in this area which is invaluable as we enter the next phase of our growth.”

David Meinertz, Zava CEO and Co-founder

“Zava is entering an exciting phase of its development at a time when there’s a real opportunity for the health tech sector to step up and become an intrinsic part of the way healthcare is delivered. Working to meet consumer needs on their terms is something that I’m very familiar with, and I look forward to sharing my experiences with the team.”

David Buttress, Chair at Zava

Receiptbank

CEO

FinTech, CEO, Growth, UK

Stage

Series B

Hired

Adrian Blair

Category

B2B

Role location

“Adrian has unique experience in turning companies of Receipt Bank’s current size into billion-dollar enterprises and a history of leading teams within large businesses, which are both critical to seizing the huge opportunity ahead of us.”

Alexis Prenn, Founder of Receipt Bank

BenevolentAI

CEO

Health, CEO, Growth, UK

Stage

PE-Backed

Hired

Baroness Joanna Shields

Category

B2B

Role location

“Joanna is a business builder with a strong leadership track record in growing companies with state-of-the-art, disruptive technology at their heart. Joanna’s appointment demonstrates the trajectory at which we intend to grow BenevolentAI and points to the impact that we want to make as a company in applying artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific innovation.”
Ken Mulvany Founder at BenevolentAI

BenevolentAI

Artificial intelligence for drug discovery and development.

HQ

Placement

Baroness Joanna Shields

Role

CEO

UK

Health

CEO

Growth

PE-Backed

Benevolent AI wanted an experienced Chief Executive Officer to take the reigns from the founder, Ken Mulvany. The brief was for a highly experienced operator from the technology sector well suited to a science orientated, deep tech business. Combined with a commercial and strategic focus, the CEO would be capable of carrying the vision and mission of the company. It was important that they understood the value of IP.

Baroness Joanna Shields remains one of the most prominent figures in the European tech sector. She brought a wealth of international experience following senior leadership roles at Google, Bebo and Facebook, where she led the European operations. Her last role was Minister for Internet Safety & Security, where she helped devise and execute the UK National Cyber Security Strategy.

Baroness Shields has made a very significant impact at Benevolent.AI. Not long into the role, she shifted strategy which saw the business pivot from no longer using machine learning just to identify new drug treatments, but to actually develop its own drugs as well. She established key partnerships with pharma giants AstraZeneca and Novartis. She closed a $90m funding round whilst having to deal with the fallout of Neil Woodford’s early involvement with the company. And at the start of 2020, she focused the team on the Coronavirus. The researchers identified a possible treatment which went into clinical trials.

Investors:

Temasek Holdings, Lansdowne Partners, Lundbeck, Nortrust Nominees, Upsher-Smith laboratories and Woodford Investment Management

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Travelport

CPO

Marketplace, Product, Corporate, UK

Stage

Corporate

Hired

Sharon Doyle

Category

B2B

Role location

“Sharon delivers world-class customer-centric and digital-first product propositions to its customers. Sharon has a deep understanding of both technology and the travel industry and how these come together to drive innovation and new ways of thinking about distribution.”

Travelport

Tier

COO

Mobility, Ops, Growth, Germany

Stage

Series B

Hired

Roger Hassan

Category

B2C

Role location

Germany

“I am excited to announce that I am now joining another exceptional group of professionals who are committed to changing mobility forever. From the moment I met with Lawrence Leuschner, Matthias Laug and the rest of the TIER Mobility management team, I knew I had to be a part of this journey.”

Roger Hassan, COO of Tier Mobility

Trustly

GM + multiple

FinTech, GM, Growth, UK

Stage

Series A

Hired

Mike Parkinson & others

Category

B2B

Role location

“360Leaders were introduced to us as specialists in scaling high growth, fintech businesses. They were retained on a number of strategic hires and have been instrumental in building our senior commercial organisation. After making a number of hires through 360Leaders, we are impressed with their understanding of the market and our verticals, as well as by their professionalism and diligence to our needs. 360Leaders are an invaluable partner and we look forward to working with them in the future.”

Johan Nord, CCO at Trustly

Verdane

CTO

Investment, Tech, Growth, Norway

Stage

VC Backed

Hired

Henrik Berg

Category

B2B

Role location

Norway

“This is a really exciting opportunity to support multiple growth journeys. Through the Verdane universe, I get to realise cross-pollination between product and development departments through sharing best practice and by building a network of highly skilled and knowledgeable contacts.”

Henrik Berg

Tink

Country Manager

FinTech, GM, Growth, Sweden

Stage

Series D

Hired

Jérôme Albus & others

Category

B2B

Role location

Various European

“From the first time we met Beatriz, sparks flew. Her one-of-a-kind experience, boundless energy and challenging personality were a perfect match for Tink. We are thrilled to welcome Rafael to our team and look forward to working side by side to cement our market-leading position in the UK and Ireland. Over the next 12 months, we want to prove our value within these markets as a strategic partner for banks, helping them embrace the exciting open banking opportunities ahead.”

Daniel Kjellén, Co-founder and CEO, Tink.

Tink

A open banking platform to connect with European banks and institutions.

HQ

Sweden

Placement

Jérôme Albus, Beatriz Gimenez, Rafael Plantier, Cyrosche Kalateh

Role

Country Manager

Various European

FinTech

Growth

Series D

Sweden

Following recent funding, Tink was looking for talented Country Managers in Germany, France, Spain, and the UK to drive new business revenues across markets and build and manage local teams.

Beatriz Gimenez, is a senior executive with global cross-sector experience on digital transformation and disruption in big corporate & startups. With broad experience in building, supporting, scaling, raising and integrating digital businesses, Beatriz has successfully launched partnerships with large financial institutions in Spain as well as Portugal. She was hired as CM Spain for Tink. Rafa Plantier is a strong international, commercial executive with more than 15 years within the Fin-tech and Financial Services. His experience has been focused on building significant partnerships between fin-techs and larger financial institutions on topics such as Issuing, Acquiring, Cash Management and Open Banking. Rafa was hired as CM UK. Cyrosche Kalateh is an ex-strategy consultant within the Financial Software institutions. With a prominent network with the financial institutions, Curosch has been brought to set up Tink operations from scratch in the DACH region and set up long-term partnerships with Fin-techs in the region. Cyrosche was hired as CM Germany. Jerome is an experienced SVP who has worked across open banking, financial software & SaaS, leading sales management, and building and leading multicultural teams across EMEA for business transformation.

Jerome joined Tink as CM France in May 2019 to lead commercial operations across France and Belgium. During this time, using his network and local market experience he has grown the local team as well as developed a number of key strategic partnerships for the business.

Investors:

Dawn Capital, HMI Capital and Insight Partners.

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Echo

COO

Health, Ops, Growth, UK

Stage

Series A

Hired

Roger Hassan

Category

B2C

Role location

“360Leaders are NOT recruiters … they’re very experienced head-hunters who come in to understand your business and your talent needs. They systematically search the market and use their extensive network to introduce the right people for the right role. Ben Markland found our new Vice President of Operations and we couldn’t be happier with the hire. I would highly recommend these guys for anyone looking to make a senior hire!“
Sai Lakshmi
Echo, Co-Founder

Third Bridge

VP Engineering

SaaS, Tech, Growth, UK

Stage

PE-Backed

Hired

Jason Birth

Category

B2B

Role location

The VP Engineering inherited a small, fragmented development team and was tasked with galvanising and growing the engineering function as the company embarked on a five-year growth plan.

Tacton

CTO

SaaS, Tech, Growth, Sweden

Stage

PE-Backed

Hired

Thorbjörn Frisk

Category

B2B

Role location

Sweden

“I’m thrilled to welcome our newest leaders to the Tacton team, whose expertise will help Tacton and its customers shape the future of manufacturing.”

Frederic Laziou, CEO of Tacton

Schibsted

People

Media, People, Corporate, Norway

Stage

Corporate

Hired

Nicki Dexter

Category

B2C

Role location

“Nicki brings with her experience in global people functions and building strong and talented teams across product and tech so she is exceptionally well placed to help us deliver our HR strategy.”

Tina Stiegler, European Vice President – People, Change and Strategy at Schibsted

Rimilia

CTO

FinTech, Tech, Growth, UK

Stage

Series B

Hired

Steven Robertson

Category

B2B

Role location

“The opportunity ahead for Rimilia and its customers is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster and continue to transform. A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers, rapidly helping them unlock more cash into their businesses, especially in these uncertain economic times. I’m delighted to welcome Rob and Steven and add their leadership and experience to the team,”

Kevin Kimber, CEO of Rimilia.

Rimilia

CPO

FinTech, Product, Growth, UK

Stage

Series B

Hired

Andy Lilley

Category

B2B

Role location

Rimilia

Intelligent, finance automation to control cash flow and cash collection in real-time.

HQ

Placement

Andy Lilley

Role

CPO

UK

FinTech

Product

Growth

Series B

Rimilia needed a CPO to drive growth and customer success through new product based innovative solutions that would enable Rimilia to scale.

Andy Lilley has over 20 years of professional experience across professional services, pre-sales and product, having spent 13 years at Bottomline Technologies, where he spent the latter 6/7 years of his tenure as Product Director. The EMEA business grew from 150 to 1000 employees, and revenue increased from £25m to £100m. As Product Director, Andy was part of the European executive team responsible for product strategy, product marketing and product delivery within Bottomline Technologies’ European business, which provides strategic payments and financial document automation solutions to corporates, NBFI’s and banks. Successfully delivering innovative deployed, hosted and SaaS software solutions, to over 10,000 Customers. He grew the product team from 7 to 12 PMs and instilled a much more commercial mindset across the function.

In less than a year after their successful hire of Andy, Rimilia has built out their product roadmap and continue to shape product across the organisation in the UK and the USA, where they are projected to scale.

Investors:

Eight Roads Ventures, Kennet Partners, Silicon Valley Bank

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Vocalink

Chief of Staff

FinTech, People, Growth, UK

Stage

M&A

Hired

James Sherwin-Smith

Category

B2B

Role location

“We retained 360Leaders to deliver a strategic hire into my senior leadership team. They presented a range of qualified candidates and the net result was a successful placement that has had an immediate impact on the strategic direction and operational effectiveness of the company”

Paul Stoddart, CEO at Vocalink

Prediktor

Chair

SaaS, Board, Growth, Norway

Stage

Series A

Hired

John Thompson

Category

B2B

Role location

Norway

Prediktor were shifting from custom solutions to a SaaS offering and wanted to scale the business by 10x. Prediktor wanted to hire a Chair not only to lead Board, but to help support the strategic direction of the business on how to scale successfully.

Peakon

CTO

SaaS, Tech, Growth, Denmark

Stage

Series C

Hired

Anne-Sofie Nielsen

Category

B2B

Role location

“In Peakon, I have found related souls who share my passion for creating good, inclusive environments to work and thrive in. It is a talented tech team with high abilities and a focus on quality that only most companies can only dream of. We have some very exciting years of growth ahead of us, and I am very much looking forward to starting that journey with the rest of Peakon.”
Anne Sofie Nielsen CTO at Peakon

Peakon

VP Product

SaaS, Product, Growth, Denmark

Stage

Series C

Hired

Torben Mottes

Category

B2B

Role location

Denmark

“Torben leads our Product Management and Design teams. As VP Product, he listens to customer needs and defines new features to be built, so that Peakon continually evolves and stays best-in-class.”
Peakon

Peakon

A rapidly growing people analytics platform for engagement and retention.

HQ

Denmark

Placement

Torben Mottes

Role

VP Product

Denmark

SaaS

Product

Growth

Series C

Denmark

Peakon was growing rapidly and required an experienced Product Leader to come in and take over responsibility for the Product Management function which up until that point was being led by CEO, Phil Chambers. The role was to combine strategic and operational elements, including defining, shaping and driving Peakon’s product vision, and ensuring it aligned with the businesses overall strategy. They were expected to identify market trends and consumer needs and ultimately be responsible for creating exciting products that continued to differentiate the company within its sector.

Torben Mottes has 15 years experience in startups, having worked for Yahoo, Netsuite, SocialShield (acquired by Avira), Ingenio and Vivino. At Vivino, Torben had helped Vivino launch an eCommerce offering that integrated over 13,000 online retailers, aiding the growth of users from 4.5 million to 17 million users in 2 years with over 100 features on a local Apple app store.

Torben relocated from California to join Peakon as VP Product in Denmark and has been leading the Product Management and Design teams since mid-2019. As VP Product, he has been understanding customer needs and defining new features. Since he has joined, Peakon has grown from 4 million to 16 million, had over 100 features on local Apple app store and has entered a new market segment, connecting users to over 12,000 retailers.

Investors:

Atomico

Otovo

GM

Marketplace, GM, Growth, Norway

Stage

Series A

Hired

Babak Tighnavard & others

Category

B2B

Role location

Multiple GM’s

“Babak will be a key person in Otovo’s management team. He has extensive experience in launching consumer products internationally.”

Andreas Thorsheim CEO and Co-founder of Otovo

No Isolation

VP Innovation

Health, Tech, Growth, Oslo

Stage

Seed

Hired

John Øivind Saxebøl

Category

B2C

Role location

Norway

“Through 360Leaders we got access to some amazing candidates and ended up hiring a new CTO. We are thrilled that he decided to join us and very happy 360 helped us through the whole process.”

Karen Dolva, CEO and Co-founder of No Isolation

Tidal

CEO

Media, CEO, Growth, Norway

Stage

PE-Backed

Hired

Andy Chen

Category

B2B

Role location

Norway

“Andy Chen is a key figure in the roll out of Jay Z’s streaming platform, Tidal”

Diffuser Magazine

Rant & Rave

CEO

FinTech, CEO, Growth, UK

Stage

M&A

Hired

Kenny Bain

Category

B2B

Role location

“We are excited to welcome Kenny on board. He brings a wealth of experience and commercial knowledge and has a strong track record in building market-leading businesses, and will strengthen Rant & Rave’s senior management team as our business growth continues to accelerate.”

Nigel Shanahan, Founder of Rant & Rave

Pleo

VP Product

FinTech, Product, Growth, Denmark

Stage

Series B

Hired

Olov Eriksson

Category

B2B

Role location

Denmark

By hiring a visionary VP Product, Pleo wanted to drive the product strategy, and build the foundations of a product first organisation in order to successfully grow their business.

MAG Interactive

CMO

Media, Marketing, Growth, Norway

Stage

Corporate

Hired

Patric Blixt

Category

B2C

Role location

Norway

“We’re thrilled to have Patric on board as our new CMO to level up our game on the marketing side. His impressive track record in building brands globally speaks for itself and we look forward to seeing him apply his experience and skill in strengthening the MAG Interactive brand in the years to come.”

Daniel Hasselberg, CEO of MAG Interactive.

Mubadala

Investment Director

Investment, Investor, Growth, United Arab Emirates

Stage

Limited Partnership

Hired

Mats Johansson

Category

B2B

Role location

UK & Sweden

Mubadala’s mission was to be a leading series-B investor in Europe and wanted to capture the growing need for Series-B investments in the Nordics. The requirement was therefore for a proven investor with experience of building VC firms as well as leading successful Nordic investment cases through to exit.

Meawallet

CEO

FinTech, CEO, Growth, Norway

Stage

Series A

Hired

Nuno Sitima

Category

B2B

Role location

Norway

“With the new leadership and funding, we are confident the company will move into its new stage of growth.”
Anders Brandt, Managing Partner of Idekapital Fund 1

iZettle

Product Director

FinTech, Product, Corporate, Sweden

Stage

M&A

Hired

Justin Drees

Category

B2B

Role location

Sweden

iZettle was growing rapidly in Europe and wanted to establish a lending business, a model its US competitor, Square had followed. The brief was to find a commercially oriented, entrepreneurial Product executive who could work alongside one of the founders to establish iZettle Capital, a lending business leveraging it’s SME POS data.

Forecast

CRO

SaaS, Sales, Growth, Denmark

Stage

Series A

Hired

Rob Massa

Category

B2B

Role location

“We’re very lucky to have Rob Massa, who is starting to orchestrate the commercial machine today as a Chief Revenue Officer. Bringing over 10 years of experience in high growth startups, Rob will oversee the commercial operations of Forecast. Previously, Rob served BounceX as GM EMEA, applying his entrepreneurial mind coupled with management expertise to quickly accelerate growth in EMEA.”
Dennis Kayser CEO and Co-founder at Forecast

Fluxloop

Chair

Media, Board, Growth, Norway

Stage

Seed

Hired

Alex Rahaman

Category

B2B

Role location

Norway

The need was for an experienced Chair with both board and founder/ CEO experience from startup through to exit within the SaaS MarTech space.

Firefly

CRO

EdTech, Sales, Growth, UK

Stage

Series B

Hired

Adam Portlock

Category

B2B

Role location

“I’m proud to now join the fantastic team at Firefly Learning as Chief Revenue Officer to further grow the most engaging modern learning platform for school students, teachers & parents.”
Adam Portlock

Exabel

CEO

FinTech, CEO, Growth, Norway

Stage

Series A

Hired

Neil Chapman

Category

B2B

Role location

Norway

“The management team was significantly strengthened in 2019 with the arrival of Neil Chapman as the company’s new CEO.”
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Emitwise

VP Engineering

Stage

Hired

Category

Role location

Emitwise

Emitwise's carbon accounting platform enables customers to measure, report and reduce the carbon footprint of their operations and supply chain.

HQ

Placement

Role

VP Engineering

UK

Investors:

Utopia

CEO

Stage

Hired

Category

Role location

Utopia

Utopia monitors global music consumption in realtime, allowing for never-before-seen access and reporting depth.

HQ

Placement

Role

CEO

Switzerland

Investors:

Bitpanda

CHRO

Stage

Hired

Category

Role location

Bitpanda

Bitpanda is a leading European neobroker on a mission to democratize the complex world of investing.

HQ

Placement

Role

CHRO

Austria

Investors:

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Zava

Chair

Stage

Hired

Category

Role location

Zava

Europe's largest digital healthcare provider.

HQ

Placement

Role

Chair

UK

Investors:

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Receiptbank

CEO

Stage

Hired

Category

Role location

Receiptbank

A world leading bookkeeping automation platform for accountants and bookkeepers.

HQ

Placement

Role

CEO

UK

Investors:

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BenevolentAI

CEO

Stage

Hired

Category