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Top 3 Book Recommendations from Business Leaders
With Christmas up ahead, we at Princedale thought we’d share some of the best book recommendations made to us by C Suite business leaders across our incredible network.
Continue readingThe top books I'm told everyone should read!
When I interview a prospective candidate for a role, one of my closing questions is What Three Books Would you Recommend to the World? Here is that collated list from some of our incredible digital & business leadership network of CEO's, CMO's, CTO's, CDO's, CCO's & beyond.
Continue readingI've got 99 Problems, but a beach ain't one
Last year my wife and I moved with our three little kids to the coast near Lisbon Portugal. On considering renewing the rental contract for our cottage in Hampshire that we’d moved to during the pandemic, she floated the idea of throwing life up in the air and moving abroad.
Continue readingDigital Leadership Search - A guide to success
Challenges I’ve faced as a Headhunter and what I’ve learnt
Continue reading99 Book Recommendations from Business Leaders 2023
A round up of the top book recommendations by the individuals interviewed by Princedale in 2023
Continue readingA new General Manager of Insurance for Monzo
Princedale places Phoebe Hugh in this pivotal new GM Product leadership role with the ambitious digital bank
Continue readingPlacing Executive Roles for a Global Luxury Client
Hiring executive digital leadership roles to enhance their customer centricity.
Continue readingFifty-Four Truly Inspirational Books that Digital Leaders Read, Rate & Recommend 2022
As recommended by inspirational digital leaders
Continue readingPrincedale’s 10th Anniversary Summer Drinks Party - A Resounding Success
I couldn’t be prouder to have hosted such an illustrious group of digital business leaders for Princedale’s 10 year anniversary
Continue readingPrincedale’s Services - Fiercely Proactive Retained Executive Search
Finding the best talent for digital and customer experience leadership
Continue readingRetained Executive Search for a Global Luxury Hotel Brand’s New Retail SVP
Headhunting for one of the world’s most definitive luxury hotel brands
Continue readingRetained Executive Search for Paws’ New CCO
Headhunting for the leading pet ecommerce business
Continue reading5 Benefits to Choosing an Independent Headhunter
From fewer restrictions to greater dedication to your search - here’s why working with a highly specialised independent headhunter makes excellent business sense.
Continue readingVet Partners Chief Digital Officer
Vet Partners is one of the 20 fastest growing private companies in the UK. I was invited by their CEO & Founder to help with the retained search and appointment of the business critical Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
Continue readingNike Selects Princedale as Digital Leadership Headhunter for European Appointments
Princedale is delighted to announce we have been selected as the London-based digital leadership headhunter for European appointments for Nike.
Continue readingRegional Vice President (RVP) Digital EMEA Recruitment: Hyatt Hotels Case Study
In March 2020, before the first lockdown was put in place, Princedale Partners was commissioned on a retained executive search to recruit the new Regional Vice President Digital EMEA for Hyatt Hotels, based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Continue readingChief Growth Officer Recruitment: Present Life Case Study
Princedale Partners is delighted to publish our recent case study, where we mapped over 275 leaders from over 100 target companies across the USA.
Continue readingTenure of Appointment as a Measure of Success
As I reflect over the last decade since I founded Princedale, I often think of what lessons I can take from past experience to improve as a headhunter.
Continue readingDigital Leadership Recruitment: Bugaboo Case Study
Princedale Partners is delighted to publish our recent digital leadership recruitment case study, where we recruited two new European digital leaders for baby-carrier innovator Bugaboo.
Continue readingMake No Assumptions
Last year, seven years since I founded Princedale Partners, we had our best year in terms of digital leadership searches commissioned on, and placements made.
Continue readingSkyscanner: Chief Of Staff Recruitment
As you might expect, we get a lot of digital leaders contacting us to help them with their job search as they look for the next progressive opportunity and challenge. As well as numerous companies requiring assistance with their Chief of Staff recruitment.
Continue readingOctopus Investments – Digital Platform GM
When £8billion fund management company Octopus Group required a General Manager for two of their growth Fintech businesses, they reached out to Princedale Partners to headhunt for them the most impressive leadership talent in Europe.
Continue readingPrincedale Partners Hosts 7th Annual Digital Leaders Cocktail Party
We were proud to host our annual Digital Leaders Cocktail Party last week on our 7th anniversary since I set up Princedale. The event, at the stunning Coral Room in Bloomsbury was a huge success in my eyes and I’ll share with you why.
Continue reading‘Conscious Living in a Digital World’ Roundtable – 4th July 2019
Last Thursday, Princedale Partners brought 10 business leaders together from across the health, fitness & wellbeing sectors to discuss the key trends across this rapidly growing market.
Continue readingFredensborg - Chief Experience Officer
Executive Search Case Study: Chief Experience Officer, International Real Estate
Continue readingHow to Hire Product Leaders, by Chief Product Officers
As many companies find, product leadership roles can be very challenging to hire. Once they are eventually appointed, many leave prematurely for reasons that are so easily avoided.
Continue readingBuilding a Global Digital Advisory Board
After the building of our private equity clients’ inaugural Digital Advisory Board last year, we’ve been asked to support them again this year, by further adding to the expert network for their June 2019 global meeting in Europe.
Continue readingWeWork - International Marketing Director
WeWork is one of the great disrupters of our time: few other businesses have experienced such hyper-growth and it’s only eight years since they were founded in New York by Adam Neumann in 2010 and recently valued at c$42bn.
Continue readingOur Experience at Tech Week and the Subject of Artificial Intelligence
During London Tech Week this week I got to enjoy two days of riveting conversations at CogX, the Artificial Intelligence conference hosted by Charlie Muirhead and Tabitha Goldstaub and delivered to an exceedingly high standard.
Continue readingQuantumBlack McKinsey – Data Science & Analytic Directors
QuantumBlack blends science and art; working at the intersection of human insight and machine intelligence with razor-focus on advanced performance.
Continue readingVideo: Interview with Michael Durbridge, Andrew Martin CEO
We talk to Michael Durbridge, Andrew Martin CEO.
Continue readingZalando - UK Managing Director
Within a few short years, Zalando has grown to become one of Europe’s most successful online fashion retailers posting revenues in excess of €3 billion largely within the DACH region.
Continue readingCurrent Search: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data Leadership
We’re proud to be working with one of the top global Big Data, Analytics & Design consultancies to appoint growth leaders in Europe and the U.S.
Continue readingBoohoo, Digital Marketing Director
Boohoo is a UK based online fashion retailer that targets young men and women. They are the most talked about AIM-listed ecommerce business, with a share price that has quadrupled over the last 3 years and with a highly successful international roll-out and ever growing customer loyalty.
Continue readingGood Old Fashioned Human Pride
I’ve worked in headhunting for 17 years now and one question I always ask those that I interview is what makes them tick.
Continue readingLoveHoney, Chief Technology Officer
We were contacted by Richard and Neal, the co-founders of Lovehoney to advise them on what we felt they needed in a modern CTO, as they looked ahead to their next phase of growth.
Continue readingThe Body Shop, Chief Digital Officer
In 2015 we were approached by The Body Shop to appoint their Chief Digital Officer reporting into their CEO Jeremy Schwartz.
Continue readingSecret Escapes, Merchandising Director
Secret Escapes is the UK’s biggest members only website specialising in accommodation flash sales, and backed by some of the leading VC’s (including; Index, Octopus and Atlas Ventures).
Continue readingPhotobox, Director of Customer Insight
We were commissioned by the newly appointed new Chief Operating Officer of online retailer PhotoBox to support the recruitment of their Director of Customer Insight.
Continue readingHolland & Barrett, Digital Director
We were engaged by Holland & Barrett International’s Chief Commercial Officer, to conduct a search for their Ecommerce Director.
Continue readingHabito - Managing Director
We were approached by Daniel Hegarty, Founder & CEO of robo-advisory start up Habito to help with a particularly specialist leadership hire.
Continue readingCoca-Cola, Digital Transformation Leader EMEA
Appointed by the VP Sales & Marketing at Coca Cola Enterprises (Europe), Princedale Partners had the challenging task of appointing an effective digital transformation leader
Continue readingAudio Network, Chief Product Officer
During the search we assessed over 120 digital and Product leaders from the online music publishing and streaming space across London, New York and California. The search lasted approximately 6 weeks over the course of the summer.
Continue readingAtomico, Partner - Research
Started by the founder of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom, Atomico is one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms.
Continue readingTreatwell, Talent Director
Founder & CEO Lopo Champalimaud set up Wahanda (now Treatwell) in 2008, after running the lifestyle business at Lastminute.com working closely with Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane-Fox.
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