Boutique executive search for senior technology sales professionals across the UK, US, EMEA, UAE and APAC. We find the people who aren't looking and open the first conversation in complete confidence.
Every serious enquiry is handled personally by Peter Davies. Nothing is shared, logged or passed on without your say-so.
A 15-minute confidential briefing on a leadership appointment, a market map or an international expansion.
Introduce yourself in confidence and hear about senior roles first, including the many that are never advertised.
The businesses and technology markets we actively track.
Senior people can't risk being seen applying for roles. So we go to them, quietly, and broker the first conversation on their terms.
A confidential call with Pete. The role, the market, and what success looks like in the first year.
Every credible leader in your market, mapped. Including the ones who would never answer an advert.
A discreet, brokered conversation. Their customer relationships and reputation stay protected.
Shortlist, interviews, offer and the first 90 days. We stay close long after the start date.
We recruit only senior technology sales leaders. That focus is why clients come back, search after search.
Cloud, cyber security, digital transformation and professional services at senior level.
CRO · VP Sales · Area VP PRACTICE · SAASSaaS, enterprise software and platform leaders, from scale-up to global enterprise.
VP Sales · RVP · Country Lead PRACTICE · CONSULTManagement consulting and professional services sales at Director and VP level.
Partner · MD · Sales Director PRACTICE · AISales leaders for AI and machine learning, the fastest-growing market in technology.
CRO · Head of Sales · GTM LeadDeep networks across five regions, with a fast-growing US practice on both coasts. Wherever your next leader is, we're already talking to them.
Senior people talk to each other. Most of our work comes from referral.
Pete understands this and puts his clients before the pursuit of fees. He is a great sounding board and a wealth of knowledge in all things sales and sales leadership.John M.Partner and Sales Leader, Cyber Security
Pete was monumental in placing me in my current role. I valued him as a mentor. Sharp, savvy and an expert at his craft.David M.North America Leader, Risk and Compliance
No gap-filling interviews, no making up numbers. Comprehensive, honest and structured. He does exactly what he says.Bill H.Head of Channel Growth, International
In technology sales recruitment since 1993 and running Selective Search since 2005. Pete leads every search himself, from the first brief to the first 90 days. Clients get one senior partner who knows the market, the people and the politics.
Short, practical notes for boards, CEOs and sales leaders.
The race to hire senior AI sales leaders is intensifying across the UK and US.
Read the note → US marketCulture and compensation work differently across the Atlantic.
Read the note → Career adviceWhat boards and CEOs now look for has shifted sharply.
Read the note →Selective Search, Selective Coaching, Selective Nutrition and Selective Sales Agents are run personally by Pete and Emily.
Executive search for senior technology sales leaders since 1993. ICF PCC executive coach, trained at Henley Business School.
15 years in executive search. Coach trained at the University of Southampton, with a first-class BSc in Applied Human Nutrition. Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr).
Whether you're hiring a CRO or considering your own next move, the first conversation is private and without obligation.
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