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Artificial Intelligence

Foundation-model labs, applied AI ventures, and enterprise AI transformation.

Industry overview

The leadership context

AI has become the defining leadership market of the decade. Boards need executives who pair genuine technical fluency with governance maturity — leaders who can ship models, build teams, and answer to regulators and the public at once.

Market challenges

  • Extreme scarcity of proven AI research and product leadership
  • Governance, safety, and regulatory readiness (EU AI Act and beyond)
  • Converting research advantage into commercial revenue
  • Retaining founding technical teams through hypergrowth

Roles we appoint

  • Chief AI Officer
  • VP of Research
  • Head of Applied AI
  • Chief Product Officer
  • Head of AI Safety & Policy
  • VP of Machine Learning Engineering
  • Head of Data Platform
  • Chief Revenue Officer
Talent intelligence

Market evidence before the first approach

Sector mapping, compensation benchmarking, and competitor organizational analysis inform every mandate in this industry.

Success stories

Selected mandates

  • Executive Search

    Chief Risk Officer

    Financial Services · Frankfurt, Germany

    A mid-cap listed bank was placed under enhanced supervisory review following a control failure. The board needed a risk leader credible to the regulator on day one, without importing a purely defensive mindset.

  • Executive Search

    Chief Technology Officer

    Technology · New York, United States

    A Series C infrastructure platform had tripled headcount in eighteen months. Engineering velocity was falling and the founding CTO wanted to return to architecture rather than lead an organization of 300.

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