A Global Executive Search Firm

EMEA | US | APAC

Our experienced team of search consultants are experts in their respective fields, assisting companies to identify, attract and successfully onboard critical c-suite hires and first-in-region people, who we can then assist in building their teams required to ensure traction, success and revenue growth.

Let us help you find the best senior management talent for your business.

Our Executive Recruitment Process

We provide a hands-on executive search and recruitment service handling and project managing the recruitment process for you from start to finish.

We generally put the following search process into practice, keeping you informed of our progress and working closely with you and the candidates to ensure we find the best person.

Consultation
Candidate identification
Candidate Assessment
Shortlisting
Secondary shortlisting
Final shortlisting and selection
Selection and Hiring
Follow-up

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Our Specialist Areas

We support high-growth SaaS companies globally, assisting them in making critical hires such as c suite leaders and other executive leadership talents such as VP of sales and heads of departments.

But our capabilities don’t stop there. We can continue to support our partners after their executive leadership hires have been made by using the same search methodology to build entire GTM teams.

Featured Case Studies

Introhive

Explore how Oakstone International has worked with Introhive to expand their business globally.

Totara Chief Commercial Officer

Totara Learning Solutions is an open source learning technology to manage, develop and connect people. Their mission is to change how learning technologies are developed, delivered and purchased.

Totara needed a new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) as part of its growth strategy. They reached out to Oakstone based on a recommendation from their executive chair and interim CEO, following a suboptimal experience with another firm in a previous executive search.

Icertis

Icertis is an enterprise contract management platform in the cloud that solves hard contract management problems on an easy-to-use platform. With Icertis, companies can accelerate business by increasing contract velocity, protect against risk by ensuring regulatory and policy compliance, and optimise commercial relationships by maximising revenue and reducing costs.

HiBob Vice President of Customer Success

Explore how Oakstone International assisted HiBob in hiring a Vice President of Customer Success.

HiBob

Explore how Oakstone International has worked with HiBob to expand their business globally.

Basware

Basware is a cloud-based purchase-to-pay and e-invoicing solution; enabling businesses around the world to reduce costs, manage spend and forecast growth. Explore how Oakstone came to work with Basware and how we have delivered roles globally.

Neuron7.ai

Neuron7.ai helps enterprises make accurate service decisions at scale. Its AI-driven service intelligence platform delivers service predictions in seconds by ingesting and analysing signals across structured and unstructured enterprise data and input from top experts.

Smarsh

Explore how Smarsh worked with Oakstone International to recruit and expand their team globally.

Site Improve GM EMEA

Explore how Oakstone International assisted Siteimprove hire a GM EMEA.

Amici Procurement Chief Revenue Officer

Explore how Oakstone International assisted Amici Procurement hire their Chief Revenue Officer.

Hunter.io Chief Executive Officer

Explore how Oakstone International assisted Hunter.io hire their Chief Executive Officer.

Smart Communications VP Customer Success

Smart Communications was looking to replace their current VP of Customer Success, whom Oakstone assisted them in hiring four years ago. This hire succeeded in the role but wanted to join another start-up environment where he could build from the ground up.

Tealium SVP & GM EMEA

Discover how Oakstone International assisted Tealium hire a SVP & GM EMEA.

Rungway Revenue Leader

Discover how Oakstone International assisted Rungway hire a revenue leader.

Widgit: Chief Growth Officer

Discover how Oakstone International assisted Widgit Software hire their first Chief Growth Officer

Egnyte

Explore how Oakstone assisted Egynte with their global recruitment plans.

Quantilope

Quantilope needed assistance hiring 8 key people across multiple teams and regions (Client Development EMEA, Account Director UK & DACH, Product Marketing, Partner Manager & SDR Manager EMEA).

YLD Chief Operations Officer

YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy, helping companies succeed by moving teams from a culture of delivery to a culture of learning. They help enterprises win by delivering mission critical software built by the best web engineering in Europe. YLD was in the early stages of growth and the CEO needed a partner to drive and grow the operations and commercial side of the organisation.

Synertrade Country Manager

Synertrade is a leading global provider of eProcurement software solutions that optimise purchasing and finance processes. Synertrade were looking to hire a country manager in Italy, to build momentum on the traction they have already created.

Botify SVP Account Management and Customer Success

Botify Analytics helps search marketers get their website found and indexed by search engines such as Google and other robots by identifying important indicators. The Log Analyser helps users discover which undeserving pages are being crawled to discourage waste on content that won't drive SEO traffic.

Silverbird Chief Revenue Officer

Silverbird is a financial technology company providing online payments and business accounts for cross-border trade. We are here to remove financial complexity for international merchants and make the global financial system more inclusive.

Instructure

Instructure, Inc. is an educational technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is the developer and publisher of Canvas, a web-based learning management system, and MasteryConnect, an assessment management system. The company is owned by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo.

Scalable Chief Marketing Officer

Scabale software specialise in essential workforce and system analytics that support businesses digital transformation and IT cost reduction initiatives, providing key insights to improve productivity, measure and drive adoption, and enhance ROI.

Marco Polo Chief Revenue Officer

A first-of-its-kind, supplier-friendly solution combining open account automation (AP and AR automation) with financing, B2B payments and ESG visibility.

Built for fast moving businesses who need to collaborate with thousands of suppliers to achieve their efficiency, inclusivity and working capital goals.

Smart Communications Chief Commercial Officer

Smart Communications™ is the only provider of a customer conversations management platform. Built from the cloud up, we help enterprises deliver SMARTER conversations across the entire customer lifecycle – and at scale – and empower them to succeed in today’s digital-focused, customer-driven world while also simplifying processes and operating more efficiently.

Smart Communications Chief Information Officer

Intelex

Intelex is a global leader in the development of EHS (Environmental, health and safety) and quality software, based in North America. It is also one of Canada’s largest software companies. Having invested over two decades in establishing this market, they are motivated by the knowledge that it is just in the early stages of its potential.

Korn Ferry

Despite having a huge network and significant internal resources for finding candidates, Korn Ferry wanted to work with a partner who had the specific experience and network, not only in the SaaS space but also within the human capital management space

IPO Case Study

Oakstone international’s expertise is strategically positioning ambitious companies to attract hard to reach professionals. We have worked with companies from their start-up phase, right until their IPO stage and beyond. Here are just a few of the companies we have assisted that have reached IPO stage.

Celonis

Celonis is the global leader in execution management. The Celonis Execution Management System provides companies with a modern way to run their business processes entirely on data and intelligence. Celonis pioneered the process mining category 10 years ago when they first developed the ability to automatically X-ray processes and find inefficiencies.

Positions we recruit for

A selection of executive positions we’ve successfully filled

Account Executive
Chief Commercial Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Sales Manager
Demand Generation Marketing Manager
Development Lead
Digital Workspace Lead
Enterprise Sales
Global Head of Inside Sales
Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Growth Marketing Manager
Head of Financial Services
Head of Marketing Operations
Head of Partner Alliance
Implementation Consultant

Master Solutions Engineer
Regional Partner Manager
Regional VP
RVP Marketing
RVP Sales
SVP Account Manager
SVP Customer Success
Trading Systems Developer
VP Aerospace and defence
VP Corporate Communications
VP Customer Success
VP EMEA
VP EMEA Solutions Engineering
VP Global Sales
VP Industry Marketing
VP Marketing
VP Professional Services
VP Sales

What makes us your executive search firm of choice?

There are several reasons why businesses choose Oakstone International for their executive search needs:

Extensive network

We have an extensive network of contacts and relationships across SaaS and FinTech. This allows us to identify and attract top-tier talent quickly and efficiently.

Customised solutions

We tailor our search strategies to meet the unique needs and requirements of each of our clients. We understand that every business is different, and we work closely with our clients to ensure we source the people to match.

Confidentiality

We understand the importance of confidentiality in the executive search process. We take great care to ensure that our clients' search activities are kept confidential, and that their brand and reputation are protected throughout the process.

Reputation & proven track record

We love hearing back from our partners and candidates about their experience with Oakstone International. Here is a small selection of recent feedback:

FAQs

Executive search is a specialised recruitment process used to identify and attract top-level executives and leaders for key positions within an organisation. The executive search process typically involves a rigorous screening and assessment process to ensure that the selected candidates have the necessary skills, experience, and qualifications for the position.
Executive search firms differ from traditional recruitment agencies due to their ‘candidate-driven’ framework. Recruitment agencies tend to work with people and candidates actively looking for new positions and therefore are likely to apply for roles on job boards and company career pages. They will then qualify and sort these candidates before introducing the profiles to their clients. Executive search firms will conduct searches for passive candidates who are not necessarily looking for new opportunities but are potentially the best fit for the role. Executive search firms are not reliant on candidates looking for a new move but instead more focused on finding the best people. Executive search firms will regularly qualify the candidate on some level before introducing them to the opportunity. If a candidate is interested in the opportunity and meets the requirements, they will be introduced to the client.
Most executive search firms, including Oakstone, will offer a more comprehensive service, including supporting and consulting on the interview process and package negotiations.
Talk to at least three firms to find the right executive search firm. Ask for recommendations and do your research online. Consider their areas of specialisation, success record and culture.
Create a list of criteria you consider important and prepare some questions so you can qualify them. Then, ask them to talk you through their process and ask for relevant case studies and testimonials. Executive search is an investment, and you should choose an executive search firm that will invest time into getting to know you and your company – acting as an extension of your team, ensuring you get the right hires onboard.
The cost of an executive search varies considerably from 20% of the base salary to 35%-40% of the total package. Companies can expect to pay around 25% -30 % of the role’s first year’s income.
The cost will depend on the type of executive search agreement (contingent, retained, RPO), the complexity of the role and seniority.
The time each executive search take varies depending on the firm you choose to work with and the difficulty of the search itself. Typically, an executive search takes between 6 and 12 weeks from the initial briefing to the signing of the contract.
Oakstone’s average executive search process takes 40 days from briefing to the signing of the contract.

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A Global Executive Search Firm

EMEA | US | APAC

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