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Planday
CMO
HR Software, Marketing, Executive search, Denmark
Planday
A workforce collaboration platform.
HQ
Denmark
Placement
Role
CMO
Role location
Denmark
The requirement was for a CMO based in Copenhagen to take a startup workforce management platform and transform the business from being entirely outbound led to inbound led, through digital marketing strategy and targeted campaigns
As CMO, John Coldicutt transformed several growth businesses, introducing performance marketing and market engagement which led directly to significantly increased market share and revenue growth. These included Fizzback, Thunderhead and Iris software.
At Planday, John helped scale the company from 30 to 210 employees; during that time he supported a series B and C round fundraise and delivered 8 times growth in revenues attributed from the marketing channel in 4 years.
Investors:
EASME, Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Startups, SOSV
The Asset Exchange
Chair
FinTech, Board, Executive search, UK
The Asset Exchange
A marketplace for pre-owned vehicles and authorised consumer credit provider.
HQ
UK
Placement
Role
Chair
Role location
UK
The Asset Exchange required a Chair to support the CEO and Board with their aims of raising capital, helping them create significant value that would allow them to scale as they moved towards becoming a technology-first organisation.
David Enright was a Founding Directors at 1st Stop Finance, a leading car finance brand. He spent over 20 years scaling brands in the Automotive space and is considered as a thought leader across the category.
Since joining, David has helped The Asset Exchange secure funding and ultimately scale in multiple UK locations to date.
Investors:
Boost&Co
Fluidly
CCO
FinTech, Sales, Executive search, UK
Fluidly
AI-powered intuitive cashflow forecasting
HQ
UK
Placement
Role
CCO
Role location
UK
The original brief was to find someone suitable to build out Fluidly’s credit-based value proposition. However, a further need was realised for someone with broader experience at the cap table, with the Founder and CEO. Alongside the Board, 360leaders helped consult to refine the search.
The decision to appoint a Chief Commercial Officer resulted in John Sheekey’s hire. John is a serial entrepreneur who had been through multiple exit journeys in his career with experience at market-leading brands such as Moneysupermarket.com, Nectar ( exit to Aimia ), DataLogix ( exit to Oracle ) & Liberis where he served as COO & GM UK.
Within nine months, John made the transition from Chief Commercial Officer to Chief Operating Officer to allow the CEO & Founder to focus on the wider strategy of the brand and product.
Investors:
Octopus Ventures, Nyca Partners, Anthemus Group
Feedzai
GM EMEA
Fintech, General Management, Executive search, USA
Feedzai
The most advanced risk management platform powered by artificial intelligence to make banking and commerce safe.
HQ
USA
Placement
Role
GM EMEA
Role location
UK
Feedzai was after a significant investment round led by Sapphire ventures to scale up their commercial operations outside of the US. 360Leaderss was retained to find a senior executive with strong domain knowledge and network in global finance space.
Richard Harris had an extensive background as GM for EMEA and APAC for Accertify, as well as experience leading commercial activities globally for Experian Fraud Unit.
Richard has been crucial in building out Feedzai’s international operations and has since been promoted to lead the WW sales organisation.
“Richard Harris, a veteran in both the finance and technology industries, [now] spearheads the global sales operation after 5 very successful years at Feedzai where he led international operations.”
Feedzai
Investors:
Sapphire Ventures, Omega Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Armilar Venture Partners, Oak HC/FT
Unacast
Board Advisor
Marketplace, Board, Executive search, USA
Unacast
The leading transparent and contextualized location data platform.
HQ
USA
Placement
Role
Board Advisor
Role location
Norway
What started as a CTO search turned out to be a successful Technology Board Advisor to help mentor and coach both founders and the technical team at a critical phase for the company.
Aleksander was the former Co-founder and CTO of Cxense, a successful Big Data Analytics company in Oslo. Previously he saw Fast Search & Transfer through a $1Bn+ exit to Microsoft. Aleksander was one of few Norwegian candidates with modern software architectural experience.
Aleksander was Board Advisor through a period of high growth which resulted in a successful series B with White Star Capital.
Investors:
White Star Capital, Christian Hernandez, Telia Company
Trustly
GM + multiple
FinTech, GM, Executive search, UK
Hired
Mike Parkinson & others
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Trustly
A payment method that allows customers to shop and pay from their bank account.
HQ
UK
Placement
Mike Parkinson, Samuel Barrett and additional others
Role
GM + multiple
Role location
UK
As a hyper-growth company, Trustly has raised $30 million investment and scaled from 60-120+ employees in less than a year, while expanding from 8 to 29 European countries. To sustain this level of hypergrowth, Trustly identified 4 key hires that would help them to establish a stable leadership. This included, a UK GM/ Director of Travel, Head of Gaming, Head of Accounts and Head of Digital.
The successful placements, including Mike Parkinson (UK GM/Director of Travel) and Samuel Barrett (Director of Gaming), continue to build Trustly as a major disruptor in fintech.
Just ten months into Samuel’s role at Trustly, he was promoted from Head of Sales – Gaming to Director of Gaming. Both Samuel and Mike continue to build Trustly as a global market-leading Fintech provider.
“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
Investors:
BDC Venture Capital, Bridgepoint, Alfvén & Didrikson
Travelport
HR Business Partner
Marketplace, People, Executive search, UK
Travelport
Distribution, technology and payment solutions for the travel industry.
HQ
UK
Placement
Role
HR Business Partner
Role location
USA
As the company embraced a digital strategy, they needed a global HR Partner to take responsibility for the technology practice. Travelport required an HR leader for technology in order to reinvigorate the HR function across the Americas.
Alison Richardson made her name at NCR, where she directly supported the CIO, COO, CFO and President of the retail division.
In her time at Travelport, not only did she galvanise the HR function across the Americas, she has also impacted the culture throughout the wider business building operational resilience. She has since been promoted to have global responsibility for the people function.
Investors:
NA
Receiptbank
CEO
FinTech, CEO, Executive search, UK
Receiptbank
A world leading bookkeeping automation platform for accountants and bookkeepers.
HQ
UK
Placement
Adrian Blair
Role
CEO
Role location
UK
To lead the next phase of growth, Recieptbank wanted a CEO with a proven track record of scaling high growth businesses internationally to optimise business models, overseeing sales, marketing, product and technology and scale the business.
Adrian Blair had worked at Google, Spotify, and most notably supported Just Eat’s revenue growth from £30M to £780M, where he led the business through to IPO.
Within a year of joining, Adrian Blair led Receiptbank through a Series C funding round which raised £55 million to extend its product suite and continue rapid expansion in Europe, Australia and North America. Adrian continues to build out Receiptbank’s product while delivering growth in their core markets which include the UK, France, Australia, USA, Canada and South Africa.
“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
Investors:
Insight Venture Partners
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