CTO & CPO SEARCH SPECIALISTS

Albany Partners are the leading CTO and CPO search firm in Europe moving senior leaders to high growth technology businesses.

CTO & CPO SEARCH SPECIALISTS

VENTURE AND GROWTH

The majority of our placements are made in businesses that are Venture backed or Private Equity and are experiencing significant growth.

VENTURE AND GROWTH

SIMPLE. WE KNOW THIS SPACE AND ONLY THIS SPACE.

We have the strongest network of CTOs and CPOs in Europe.

SIMPLE. WE KNOW THIS SPACE AND ONLY THIS SPACE.

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GAME CHANGERS

We are a CTO and CPO search firm that moves game-changing senior technology leaders within the European investor led tech market.

This is all we do. Put simply – our specialism is our strength.

  • Incredible results for our portfolio for over a decade. I love working with James and the team as it's a full on collegiate experience.

    Chris Tottman, General Partner, Notion / www.notion.vc

  • I worked with Chloe and Luke on finding a CTO for TWAICE over the duration of the search. Within this time I experienced Chloe and Luke as two super professional and passionate individuals who constantly refined the search profile as needed, mapped the market, sourced candidates and brought in new interviews. I would highly recommend working with Albany Partners and especially Chloe and Luke.

    Dr Michael Baumann, Founder, TWAICE / www.twaice.com

  • Albany were the perfect partner for Virgin Wines when it came to searching for our new CIO.

    Jay Wright – CEO, Virgin Wines

  • Albany were recommended to us as the best search partner for VC-backed businesses like us looking for top-class technology execs. We weren’t disappointed.

    Steve Folwell – CEO, LOVESPACE

  • James is a deeply passionate, engaged, hands on recruitment professional who takes a rigorous and rather relentless approach to finding world class technical leadership talent.”

    Gareth Davies – Co-Founder & CEO, Adbrain

  • James is a pleasure to work with – professional, responsive and insightful.

    Paul Sulyok – CEO, Green Man Gaming

  • I met James and was immediately impressed with his understanding of the need to recruit the right type of person; someone who could take over the technology piece from a founding CEO who had had tech as “his baby” since the business was founded.

    Michael Kraftman – CEO, Vision Direct

  • James not only ran an incredibly hands-on, structured and documented search process, he brought clear strategic thinking with a bias towards execution and results

    Gareth Davies – Co-Founder & CEO, Adbrain

  • James not only delivered an extremely strong CTO, in fact in terms of experience, surpassed our expectations, but he also managed to self-drive the project, work and collate stakeholder requirements and work with the candidates to ensure all parties were aligned.

    John Beale – CFO, Mi-Pay

  • I have, and will continue to recommend James in a heartbeat.

    Gareth Davies – Co-Founder & CEO, Adbrain

  • We have a first class candidate already working with us less than 8 weeks after appointing Albany.

    Paul Sulyok – CEO, Green Man Gaming

  • I found James to be energetic and highly engaged throughout the process, and he found us a top quality candidate.

    Ed Lascelles – Albion Ventures

  • Albany were recommended to us as the best search partner for VC-backed businesses like us looking for top-class technology execs. We weren’t disappointed

    Steve Folwell – CEO, LOVESPACE

  • Compared with other search experiences I have had this was a really good one.

    Richard Wazacz – Head of Octopus Labs and Director at Octopus Investments

  • James came recommended by our investors, and was a pleasure to work with

    Adam Price – CEO, VouchedFor

  • He truly understood the mandate, and the importance of cultural fit, and went above and beyond, juggling 8hour timezone challenges to source a world class leader and convince him to move continents to take on the challenge!

    Gareth Davies – Co-Founder & CEO, Adbrain

  • Many search firms say they can hire in any sector. We chose Albany because they only work with CTO’s/heads of product in the PE/VC backed digital/tech sector – and that focus was evident in their detailed knowledge of the talent in this sector and the extent to which they were able to match the best candidates to Quill’s specific needs.

    Ed Bussey – CEO, Quill Content

  • James did a great job for us in running a search for an EVP Engineering

    Paul Sulyok – CEO, Green Man Gaming

  • Albany ran an absolutely first class CTO and Head of Product search for Quill. I would highly recommend them.

    Ed Bussey – CEO, Quill Content

  • I would recommend you consider Albany for your high-level recruitment in the technology space.

    Charles Hall – CEO, PepperHQ

  • We ended up making a really terrific hire who we definitely would not have found without Albany’s help.

    Steve Folwell – CEO, LOVESPACE
RECENT CLIENTS
  • quill
  • drivetribe
  • swoon
  • veeve
  • Curve
  • octopus
WHY US?
OUR NETWORK

We have the closest relationships with the European CTO and CPO populations. This gives us an unrivalled network.

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

We employ the best in order to find the best. To ensure we deliver exceptional results we have built our own knowledge systems to support our teams.

FREEDOM AND ACCESS

Generalist search firms are limited to where they can attract talent. Because we are specialists, we are free of constraints.

OUR PROCESS

We are dedicated to enabling a smooth end to end process in order to deliver success.

PASSION

There is a shortage of great CTOs and CPOs and everyone is pitching to them and selling their story. At Albany, we are absolutely relentless in our professionalism and every candidate is targeted individually and with precision.

SPEED

We work in this tight space everyday and therefore we know who is active. The result is a super fast and thorough process.