Renaissance was founded in 2003 by Tony Willis, Ben Anderson and Sebastian Kayll when it was spun out of Renoir Christian & Timbers a boutique executive search firm, twice voted European executive search firm of the year. Over the last two decades Renaissance has been responsible for building leadership teams for some of the most successful, privately held technology business on both sides of the Atlantic. Success stories we are particularly proud of include: Qualtrics, Figma, MatchesFashion, Skyscanner, FireEye, Carbon Black and many more.
In 2018 the UK office was passed by the Founders into an Employer Ownership Trust (EOT) so that all employees are now shareholders in the business. We pride ourselves on the experience of our Partners and Research Directors and the EOT both acknowledges the contribution our longstanding colleagues have made to the business, whilst also providing a long term incentive to carry on growing Renaissance Leadership.
Sebastian and team not only took the time to understand our business and growth plans but also gave insightful advice on how we should think about our executive team as a whole. They went above and beyond during these unprecedented times and delivered both our CFO and CRO across our London and New York offices respectively. I would highly recommend Renaissance to any founder or CEO who is looking to scale up their leadership team.
Dr. Lewis Z. Liu
Co-Founder & CEO, Eigen Technologies
I have been working with Renaissance on executive search projects for high growth start-ups for over a decade now. We have worked together extensively and I very much trust his judgement.
Sonali De Rycker
General Partner, Accel Partners
Seb is as good as they come in the executive search world. For me he has been a great thought partner, an organized thinker, and has relentlessly pursued and achieved our desired outcomes. His sense of urgency and understanding about the need to hold a very high bar are impeccable.
John D'Agostino
EVP Global Sales, Qualtrics
Having worked in partnership with Sebastian over many years, he played an integral role in filling another key crucial GTM role for Couchbase. With his understanding of our business, deep industry knowledge, extensive network and diligence on cultural fit, he and his team have once again presented an exceptional shortlist of candidates. Candidate briefings, interaction with our executive team, management of the candidate pool and closing out the hiring process have been excellently managed with high professionalism, which is why he is my go-to recruiter on both sides of the Atlantic.
Huw Owen
CRO, Couchbase
Renaissance ran one of the most efficient and effective retained searches I've seen as a founder. Calibration was well run, candidates were great fits, we saw a really impressive finalist pool, and ultimately made a key hire right on schedule.
Bob Moore
CEO, Crossbeam
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