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Exabel
CEO
FinTech, CEO, Executive search, Norway
Exabel
AI & ML for active investment managers and financial analysts.
HQ
Norway
Placement
Role
CEO
Role location
Norway
A highly commercial CEO with SaaS scale-up experience was required to establish Exabel as the premier provider of AI-as-a-service to investors worldwide, secure a successful market launch and achieve hypergrowth, quickly capturing the market.
Neil Chapman, a British national based in Oslo, previously led Forgerock’s international expansion as the first hire outside of the US to deliver an $800m valuation.
Less than a year into the role, Neil has managed to help create new propositions and gained commercial traction internationally. In addition, Exabel was able to launch valuable data sets to show the impact of the Pandemic on business https://1010data.exabel.com/covid-19/
“The management team was significantly strengthened in 2019 with the arrival of Neil Chapman as the company’s new CEO.”
Investors:
Vatne Equity, Andenæsgruppen, Sanden, Melesio Capital, Axan Invest, First Partners Holding 5, Holta Invest, and LT Invest.
Einride
COO
Mobility, Operations, Executive search, Sweden
Einride
Specialist electric and self-driving vehicles known as Einride pods.
HQ
Sweden
Placement
Role
COO
Role location
Sweden
Einride was looking for a COO to work closely with the CEO in driving the business through its next phase of growth. The COO will take the lead in optimizing all internal business operations as the company starts to deliver its complex transportation solutions to customers internationally. They will need to bring the organisation together as one collaborative unit and ensure the business delivers on commercial commitments, goals and strategies as well as to build an organisational structure to support future growth.
Ellen is an up and coming leader with broad operational, strategic, technical and commercial experience covering both b2b and b2c. Ex McKinsey, she led the full implementation of Salesforce for EF globally, across 200 offices in 50 Markets with 0 downtime in 2.5 years. Successfully completed an extremely complex and mission-critical project with main stakeholders.
After joining, Ellen has been working closely with the CEO to drive the next phase of growth. We look forward to seeing the impact she has on the business in the coming months.
Investors:
EQT Ventures, NordicNinja VC, Ericsson Ventures, Ventura Capital, Plum Alley Investments
Eagle Genomics
VP Product Management
SaaS, Product, Executive search, UK
Eagle Genomics
A conversational learning platform for life-sciences data.
HQ
UK
Placement
Role
VP Product Management
Role location
UK
Post-funding, Eagle Genomics sought to develop their bespoke product portfolio and deliver a fully functioning platform play. In doing so, they wished to appoint a highly entrepreneurial yet practical product leader to define and build the product management strategy and function.
With a background in project and product management, Anup Hirani has focused on cloud-based SaaS and marketplace solutions. As a VP Product, he has led product vision & strategy, product road mapping, backlog management and product performance as well as team performance.
At Eagle Genomics, Anup is using his passion for innovation and technology products and services to define the product vision and strategy, while improving team performance and supporting global expansion. Within his first year, Anup built a product management strategy, hired critical members of his team and launched a new product platform.
“At Eagle Genomics we are building software technology within the life sciences which means we are trying to disrupt how things are currently being done in the field. I think that’s very exciting, not just from a technological perspective but for the domain of life science itself.
Anup Hirani, Eagle Genomics
Investors:
London Business Angels, Midven, Microsoft ScaleUp
Divido
CMO
FinTech, Marketing, Executive search, UK
Divido
Global consumer lending for financial institutions and retailers.
HQ
UK
Placement
Role
CMO
Role location
UK
Divido required a CMO to create a compelling brand narrative and develop a demand generation strategy for the business.
Nina Pepper is an experienced tech marketer who has held several executive positions across the European SaaS scene with brands such as GoCardless and Vizolution. Before moving to Divido as CMO, Nina built GoCardless’ marketing/demand generation team from scratch, scaled their inbound pipeline 3.5x and launched 7 new geographies in just 12 months.
In just seven months, Nina Pepper deployed a world-class demand generation machine that allows Divido to scale while aligning sales and marketing efforts.
Investors:
Dawn Capital, DN Capital
Deezer
MD APAC
Media, GM, Executive search, France
Deezer
A innovative online music streaming service.
HQ
France
Placement
Role
MD APAC
Role location
Singapore
In hiring a Managing Director, Deezer wanted to ensure the success of the region, by developing client potential and growing underperforming markets in a rapidly changing business landscape.
Daud Aditirto started his career in telecommunications, rising through the ranks of Singapore Telecom before leading regional business development for Opera Software and Facebook, where he was responsible for growth and partnerships for Facebook’s internet.org initiative.
At Deezer, Daud was quick to establish several key strategic distribution partnerships across the region, including Japan, Indonesia and initiated several others.
“Deezer set up further expansion into Asia and is increasing brand partnerships with hiring. Daud Aditirto spent the last four years working on growth alliances at Facebook in Asia and is the new Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region.
Investors:
Access Industries, Orange
Deliveroo
GM Germany
Marketplace, GM, Executive search, UK
Deliveroo
Europes fastest growing online food delivery platforms.
HQ
UK
Placement
Role
GM Germany
Role location
Germany
Deliveroo wanted to hire a GM Germany to build-out and transform business operations in the region with full P&L/GMV ownership.
“Marcus Ross is a dynamic entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in building and leading businesses operating in highly competitive markets. He has built and sold businesses in Germany including Strato, Versign and eKomi, not to mention his own business, 9Cookies, which was sold to Delivery Hero. With a background in finance, he has a result-driven approach and holds a broad network of contacts in the German market, as an established executive.
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Deliveroo made a successful hire in February 2019. The candidate is a strong leader with a commercial background and a good understanding of the restaurant space in Germany.
“Focused and effective search and very well managed process. I definitely recommend. Great job guys!”
Alessandro Celli, GM France at Deliveroo
Investors:
T. Rowe Price Associates, Fidelity Management & Research Company
Confirmit
CEO
SaaS, CEO, Executive search, Norway
Confirmit
SaaS vendor for feedback and market research programs.
HQ
Norway
Placement
Role
CEO
Role location
UK
Confirmit wanted to hire a new CEO that had extensive experience in scaling SaaS companies internationally, particularly into the US. The business had been stagnant for 3 years with a limiting ownership situation. The new owner, Verdane Capital, needed an executive with the right energy and robustness leadership abilities to ignite future growth.
Prior to joining Confirmit, Kyle Ferguson had spent many years in Europe and Australia with American Express. Before this, Kyle was the MD APAC, CCO, and then CEO of Fraedom, a Fintech SaaS company. He led the successful exit to VISA for nearly $200m.
Kyle joined during the Corona-Lockdown, having only met the Chair and investor once and was able to start immediately to the board’s satisfaction. Kyle quickly made changes to the management team to reflect the current circumstances and the feedback from both the board and management team has so far been positive. Kyle has since been named one of the top Software CEOs in Europe by The Software Report.
“As we enter this new chapter, we’re delighted to have a visionary leader with a consistent track record of success. Confirmit’s goal has always been to provide clients with cutting-edge solutions that help them to grow their businesses, and we’re looking forward to an exciting future under Kyle Ferguson’s leadership.”
Investors:
Verdane Capital
Cognite
VP Customer Success
Industry 4.0, Sales, Executive search, Norway
Cognite
AI SaaS for full-scale digital transformation of heavy-asset industries.
HQ
Norway
Placement
Role
VP Customer Success
Role location
Norway
The requirement was for an international VP Customer Success with scale-up experience from a successful and modern B2B Software company that had implemented a world-class Customer function with the metrics and culture to match.
Alex Farmer, a US-national based in London, came from the role as VP of Customer Success at Incopro where he was responsible for customer success, customer experience, partnerships, support, training, and onboarding. Prior to Incopro, Alex was at Fairsail and was instrumental in the success leading up to the exit to Sage where he ended up leading customer success for Sage People globally as a member of the Sage People executive team and global Services leadership team.
Alex accepted the offer during the COVID-19 lockdown and is planning on moving to Oslo (Norway), with his wife later in the year. Until then, he is working from home in the UK. Alex has already been working with the board and management team on customer success and the overall SaaS strategy.
Investors:
Aker
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