Amberes

Amberes is a specialist search firm for venture-backed, private equity-owned and pre-IPO software vendors. It places go-to-market leaders across sales, marketing, customer success and revenue operations, as well as AI, machine learning and founding engineers.

The firm says it was founded in 2016 and has placed more than 1,000 people in 15 countries. It reports a 3:1 success ratio of CVs sent to candidates placed. Its core markets are North America, the UK and Ireland, Benelux, the Nordics, DACH and APAC. It is based in London.

Clients can choose executive search, a contingent model called CORE, a retained model called SCALE, or recruitment process outsourcing called ROCKET. Executive search is headed by founder Sara McLean and covers C-suite hires. The contingent service is invoiced only when a placement succeeds. The outsourcing service covers applicant tracking and onboarding, and can include building a client's talent acquisition team.