Legion

Legion is an executive search firm founded by James Cowley, a veteran technology market headhunter with over 20 years' experience. The company specialises in placing high-performing commercial leaders, including CEOs, CROs, CCOs, VPs of Sales, Marketing and Customer Success, into investor-backed, fast-growth technology companies. Legion combines deep market expertise with a rigorous, relationship-based approach to executive recruitment, drawing on over 50 years of combined experience across the team in building leadership teams for technology-driven organisations.

Legion operates across the technology industry with a strategic focus on B2B companies in several key sectors: defence and national security, cyber security, commerce including retail, supply chain and payments, space and geospatial, healthtech, and climate and agtech. The firm's consultants, including Amelia with 10 years' experience in C and VP level recruitment across technology, defence and finance, and Ulrike with over 20 years in executive search at top-tier firms such as Russell Reynolds Associates and Heidrick & Struggles, bring comprehensive sector knowledge and extensive candidate networks to every engagement.

Based in London with team members distributed across the UK including Cheltenham, Worcestershire and south Devon, Legion serves early-stage founders, private equity-owned companies and FTSE 100 organisations. Clients choose Legion for its combination of executive search process knowledge, deep understanding of technology sector dynamics, ethical business practices, and strategic counsel that extends beyond recruitment to include leadership development, team performance coaching, culture development and enhanced due diligence services.