Highly commercial CEO sought to successfully lead private equity backed UK technology business from late development stage, through to full commercialisation on a global scale.
Suitable candidates will be expert in leading complex global customer, partner and supplier negotiations and have a track record of leading commercial growth, and, ideally, fundraising on a significant scale.
Read more >We have just begun a Non-Executive Chairman search on behalf of a crowd and VC funded consumer electronics start-up.
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Read more >Spectrum have just begun a retained search on behalf of our client, an established global provider of enterprise software, SaaS, digital and mobile solutions.
Read more >Spectrum’s 8th eCommerce Leadership Dinner took place on 26th September in London in association with Ardent Advisors, the corporate finance firm.
The roundtable dinner discussion began by examining the impact of the EU Referendum, and moved on to consider how the US presidential election might impact business.
The most notable discussions points were:
Read more >Are women who don’t return to professional employment after raising children the most untapped talent source in the UK? We believe they might well be, and encouraging those that want to successfully back into paid employment at scale would have significant benefits to UK productivity and to society as a whole. This is why we are delighted to support the activities of Women Returners.
Read more >We all live in a globalised world, and if we don’t “think global”, then we begin to limit our own potential – as well as that of our organisations.
So, as a specialist boutique board and executive search firm, how does Spectrum deliver international solutions to our retained clients?
Read more >Peter Waine has joined Spectrum as of 1st September 2016 as Chairman of the Advisory Board.
A former Director of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Peter is best known as the co-founder of Hanson Green: for many years the principal source for chairmen and non-executive appointments in the UK.
Read more >Spectrum has just begun a search for UK MD on behalf of it’s retained client, a European SaaS organisation.
Expressions of potential interest are very welcome from executives with experience of managing and growing a B2B software business.
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Read more >This UK Business Director – Lifestyle Category eCommerce role is effectively a ‘start-up’ position within a hyper-growth global eCommerce organisation which is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The successful candidate will be responsible for rapidly growing the UK business at scale and pace; focussing on building strategic partnerships with attractive British brands in the ‘Lifestyle’ (home, garden, food, kids) category.
Read more >Our retained client is a NYSE listed organisation which provides mission critical services to over 1400 corporate customers in 11 countries throughout Europe.
Reporting directly to the CEO, a Vice President ICT is now required to take responsibility for all of the global organisation’s internal information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, budget, strategy and team.
Read more >We recently asked our clients and appointed candidates to complete an online survey.
The feedback has been really helpful and we are delighted that 96.55% of respondents rated their overall experience of working with Spectrum as ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’.
Read more >Spectrum’s 7th eCommerce Leadership Dinner took place on 25th April in London in association with Ardent Advisors, the corporate finance firm.
The roundtable dinner discussion began by examining the impending EU Referendum. The most notable points raised were:
Public and private capital markets seem to value technology companies differently.
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Read more >Spectrum was retained by Time Inc. UK’s Chief Executive Officer to recruit the company’s first Chief Marketing Officer, as well as a Digital Commercial Director. The Brief was to search for suitable executives who could add expertise to the leadership team with specific regard to eCommerce, but, importantly, to source those who could deliver this expertise as part of a broader skillset, and in a fully collaborative way that would deliver enhanced value across the company’s interdependent print, digital, data and advertising platforms.
Read more >The key to successful interviewing (and to running a series of interviews conducted by your executive team) is to remain tightly focussed. Here are Spectrum’s top 10 tips for interviewing prospective executive and board hires:
Read more >The recently released Bloomberg Business Innovators 2016 list highlights the companies and founders transforming the way we will live, work and think in the future.
Spectrum was delighted to have the opportunity to support one of this year’s Bloomberg Business Innovators – drone operator Sky Futures – at a formative but critical stage in its development.
Read more >Spectrum’s retained client is one of the world’s leading eCommerce organisations. A Managing Director is now sought to build the UK business from scratch, with a primary focus on merchandising.
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