PE Technology Advisory Search — UK, Europe & US
The TalentHire Group is a specialist search firm for private equity technology advisory. We place interim CIOs, VP and Principal-level Technology M&A talent, and carve-out delivery leaders for the advisory firms and portfolio companies at the heart of PE-backed technology change. Boutique. Relationship-led. No shortcuts.
Who We Are
The TalentHire Group is a specialist search firm for private equity technology advisory. We place the senior and board-level technology talent PE advisory firms and their portfolio companies depend on, where the wrong hire on a live carve-out is not an option.
We are not a volume recruiter and we do not spread ourselves across unrelated markets. We do one thing, and we know it from the inside. Every mandate receives direct, senior attention backed by networks built over decades, not a database search.
The Founder
I have spent 30 years building, running, buying and selling businesses, including scaling one from £750,000 to £10 million in revenue. I have founded companies, acquired them and sold them. I have made the senior hires, lived with the ones that worked and the ones that did not, and sat on the side of the table where those decisions actually get made.
That is the difference I bring to search. I am not a recruiter who learned an industry from a brochure. I have built and scaled the kinds of businesses I now place leaders into, which means I understand what these roles really demand and what separates someone who looks right on paper from someone who delivers.
I founded The TalentHire Group to do one thing properly: place the technology leaders that private equity technology advisory firms, and the portfolio companies they back, genuinely depend on.
I work with a small number of clients and the founder runs the search. No handing you to a junior, no database spray. If we work together, you deal with me.
What We Do
We work a single niche, and the weight of it sits on the advisory side. That is three tiers: the Technology M&A Advisory leadership who run due diligence, the deal lifecycle and the client relationships; the Control Tower governance seats that give sponsors independent assurance above PMO; and the Programme Delivery leads, PMO, ERP, applications and infrastructure, who own the workstreams beneath them. On the portfolio company side, we place the CIO directly into the business, interim or permanent, and help them build out the wider technology team.
It is senior, board-level and executive search, focused entirely on the technology leadership that PE-backed change depends on.
Advisory Side · UK, Europe & US
Three tiers within the advisory firm: the Technology M&A Advisory leadership who own DD, the deal lifecycle and client relationships; the Control Tower governance seats that give sponsors independent assurance above PMO; and the Programme Delivery leads, PMO, ERP, applications and infrastructure, who own the workstreams.
PortCo Side · UK, Europe & US
Placed directly into the business. The CIO who leads the separation, TSA exit and standalone build, then the technology strategy beyond it, interim for the carve-out or permanent for the run. And, through the CIO, the wider technology team a carve-out needs to stand up as its own entity.
How We Work
We invest time upfront understanding the role, the organisation, the leadership team and what genuine success looks like — not just the job description.
Direct network outreach and discreet market mapping. We identify and approach the right people — including those not actively looking.
Every candidate receives a full briefing document and structured assessment before presentation. You receive a qualified shortlist, not a stack of CVs.
We manage the process through to offer, acceptance and onboarding — and stay close through the first months in post.
Why Work With Us
We work one specialism, private equity technology advisory, and know it from the inside. Clients get someone who understands how these firms hire and what real carve-out delivery looks like, not a generalist working from a brief.
Every candidate we present receives a full written briefing on the role and organisation before interview. It raises the quality of conversation from the first meeting.
Senior vacancies are costly. We move with urgency on active mandates and keep clients informed at every stage — no black holes, no chasing.
We work with a small number of clients at any time. That means genuine attention to each mandate — not a conveyor belt.
Senior mandates are sensitive. Candidate relationships are long-term. We conduct every search with the confidentiality both sides deserve.
Active networks across the UK, Europe and the US. Carve-out mandates rarely respect borders, and neither do we, sourcing the right leader wherever they sit.
Common Questions
Get In Touch
Whether you have a live mandate, are planning ahead or simply want to understand what a search would look like — we are straightforward to talk to. No obligation, no sales process.
We typically respond within one business day. All initial conversations are treated as confidential. We operate across UK and US time zones.