Sage Executive Search

SAGE Executive Search is an Italian executive search firm founded and led by operating partner Roberto Gentile. The company specialises in the search and selection of managers and directors for tourism businesses, spanning hotel chains, airlines, tour operators, GDS providers (global distribution systems) and OLTAs (online travel agencies). SAGE Executive Search describes its search and selection method as unique, following a precise sequence of steps that runs from the job description through to identifying the ideal candidate.

The firm focuses exclusively on the tourism and travel sector, positioning itself as a specialist executive search practice for hospitality and travel businesses rather than a generalist headhunter. Its portfolio, covering searches completed from 2012 to the present, includes assignments for Amadeus Italia, NTV Italo, Accor Hotels, Going Tour Operator, Datagest, Fiavet, Zani Viaggi, Robintur, Veratour, Mangia's, YellowSquare, Homizy, Ixpira and Monrif Hotels.

SAGE Executive Search also completed a search related to EXPO Milano 2015, reflecting the scale of tourism sector projects it has supported. The company references the case of Luxottica founder Leonardo Del Vecchio, who in 2003 sought a manager to teach the business what it did not already know, to illustrate its belief that when a client brief is well defined and the headhunter is skilled, a strong placement outcome follows.