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.
New 2026 CRO salary benchmark →While the market chases algorithms and adverts,
we do the opposite.
We go to the people who aren’t looking.
The leaders you want most aren’t looking.
They’re happy, successful and well rewarded.
They never answer an advert, and they
red-button calls from people they don’t know.
Senior technology sales search runs on pure trust.
These leaders move only when they can be represented
confidentially, off the record and under the radar.
That’s our dark art.
For over twenty years, we’ve earned that trust
and opened those quiet conversations.
That’s what our clients pay for. We bring the
top 1% of elite talent to your table, like no
other firm in senior technology sales headhunting.
Since 2005:
500+ placements.
Every mandate delivered,
on time and on budget.
Every candidate we’ve put forward
has agreed to meet our client.
Never refunded a fee.
Meet us. Look us in the eye.
Then ask yourself two questions:
can they reach the people we can’t?
And do they have the network?
We do.
One exceptional sales leader can add
millions in revenue. Next to that,
our fee is small change.
So don’t take our word for it.
Meet us, and you decide.
Built on judgement, not algorithms.
They are busy winning for someone else. For over twenty years we have found them, approached them in confidence and brought them to the table.
Every serious enquiry is handled personally by an Executive Partner. 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.
Others send CVs and flashy bios. We deliver the hire.
500+ senior leaders placed since 2005Every mandate delivered within its agreed timelineOne free replacement since 2005No fee ever refunded
A selection of the organisations we search for. Many more remain confidential, by design.
A selection of retained senior appointments. More than 500 leaders placed since 2005. Every mandate delivered on time, and leaders who have gone on to win tens of millions in new business.
A board-level leader for one of the world’s largest business process outsourcing operations, trusted with growth across a global client base.
✓ Appointed within the agreed timelineSenior global sales leadership for a world-leading consulting and technology group, spanning complex, multi-country client relationships.
✓ Appointed within the agreed timelineA leader to shape and win the firm’s largest, most complex pursuits worldwide, at board level with the world’s biggest buyers.
✓ €2bn+ order entry deliveredA defining leadership appointment for a FTSE 100 defence and security group, in one of the most sensitive markets in the country.
✓ Tens of millions in new business wonBuild, lead and scale the UK revenue organisation for a global software leader.
✓ Appointed within the agreed timelineAn 18-year retained search partnership with a £15bn+ global technology services group, building its sales leadership across the UK and Europe.
✓ £2.9m in search fees · hundreds of millions in revenue wonLead revenue across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a global technology infrastructure and solutions provider.
✓ Tens of millions in new business wonA board-level appointment to own worldwide revenue across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.
✓ Appointed within the agreed timelineRevenue leaders appointed to drive the next stage of growth for investor-backed technology businesses.
✓ Appointed within the agreed timelineSenior 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 an Executive Partner. 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.
Read all 51 LinkedIn recommendations
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
Recruiting technology sales leaders since 1993 and running Selective Search since 2005. Your Executive Partner leads every search personally, 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 share one senior partnership and one standard of judgement.
Senior technology sales search since 1993. Has led retained mandates for CRO, EVP and Managing Director roles across the UK, US, EMEA and the Gulf. ICF PCC executive coach, Henley Business School.
Fifteen years in executive search. Leads candidate assessment and the 90-day onboarding that follows every placement. Accredited coach, University of Southampton.
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