Chief Executive Officer
Telecoms Infrastructure
Flexible location
General Manager
Digital Media - Participatory Online Communities
London
Non Executive Chairman
Core Embedded Systems - PC & Mobile
UK
VP Consulting Services EMEA
People Management Software
M4 Corridor
Head of MoD/Defence Sales
Data Management & Infrastructure
UK
Sales Director - EMEA
Global Fashion / Retail Content Provider
London
Head of Web Technology
Travel and Leisure Solutions
Ashford, Kent
Introductory Text.
PartyGaming the FTSE 250 online gaming group mandated Renaissance to hire a COO to support Group CEO Jim Ryan. The search was concluded in February 2010 with the appointment of Per Widerstrom - former CEO of Mangas Gaming.
“It has been a positive experience working with Renaissance. Thanks for your support on this key hire”
Kathy Swindley
Group HR Director
“Renaissance has done a great job, I am delighted with the appointment of Per Widerstrom as COO”
Jim Ryan
CEO
With close to 250 customers globally, Acision is a global leader in the telecom industry. The business develops innovative messaging, rating, charging and broadband solutions for mobile operators. Backed by a syndicate of private equity investors, the business has been driving a global transformation programme to improve its performance and position itself for the future.
“I have had the pleasure of working with Renaissance intensively over 18 months re-building the top tiers of a sales organization for a global company. Their work has been exemplary. They have proved to be both insightful and dynamic, fuelling us with a stream of well chosen candidates across multiple geographies. I look forward to continuing my partnership with them.”
David King
Chief Operating Officer
Seatwave, Europe's largest fan-to-fan ticket exchange (1.4 million unique visitors - comScore, July 2009), is an online marketplace for buying and selling tickets for theatre, sports, music and other live events.
“Since Seatwave's launch in 2007, Renaissance has been integral to the creation and development of a strong management team. As a growing business striving to be a leader in our marketplace, we have relied on Tony and his team's expertise to help us find the right people to match the fast paced environment we operate in.
They have consistently delivered high calibre candidates who are right on brief and who have proved to be real assets to the business. We would highly recommend Renaissance to others.”
Joe Cohen
Founder and CEO
Motorola's portfolio of technologies, solutions and services includes wireless handsets, wireless accessories, digital entertainment devices, wireless access systems, voice and data communications systems, and enterprise mobility products.
“The mark of a strong and trusted partner must surely come from an organisation that builds lasting relationships, works to accommodate a company's methodology, yet consistently delivers a professional service, repeatedly. Renaissance are such a partner to us. We have challenged them with international assignments, senior level executive appointments, and have asked them to help shape our talent acquisition strategies. They are flexible in approach and passionate in their beliefs. I am confident that they will continue to be a long term partner and contribute at the very highest level of our operation”.
David Brett
EMEA and Latin America Staffing Lead
Siemens IT Solutions and Services provides information technology solutions and services for the complete IT service chain - from consulting to systems integration and IT infrastructure management right through to industry-specific IT solutions. Siemens IT Solutions and Services was formed in January 2007 and generated annual sales revenues of approx. €5.3 billion worldwide. The Siemens Division is present in 44 countries and employs some 41,000 people.
“I have worked with Sebastian, Tony and Renaissance for a number of years. At Siemens we have worked closely together to build out the Public Sector team. I have found them extremely effective at identifying, assessing and enrolling high quality talent for my team.”
Matt Key
Head of Public Sector, Siemens IT Solutions and Services
Toptable.com is now Europe's largest online restaurant booking service providing an extremely effective marketing tool for the restaurant industry.
Their Managing Director Chris Wood retained Renaissance to hire a CTO and Marketing Director in late 2009.
“It was a pleasure working with Tony and his team at Renaissance. They immediately understood the brief and were extremely professional in managing our assignments, and the proof of the pudding came in the form of two excellent hires.”
Chris Wood
Managing Director
KDS is the leading European supplier of SaaS based Travel and Expense solutions. We mandated Renaissance on the search for a new Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. This search led in January 2010 to the hire of Dean Forbes, former worldwide vice-president of sales at Oracle.
“Renaissance is extremely professional and only introduced us to “tier one” candidates. We are very happy with the end result and believe we have found the best possible executive for the role. During the search, I've been impressed by both Renaissance`s network within the high tech Industry and their understanding of exactly who we are and what we are looking for.”
Yves Weisselberger
CEO
JustGiving is the UK's leading charity fundraising website. Since January 2001, their community of users - 7.5m and counting - has collected over £440m for charity. They are the fundraising partner of choice for over 7,000 UK charities, from Cancer Research UK to local hospices.
Over the past three years Renaissance has worked on a number of successful assignments with Just Giving.
“Renaissance has been a true partner to JustGiving as we expanded our senior team. Our assignments tend to be demanding as we look for that elusive mix of great smarts, proven experience and start-up can-do attitude. Tony and his team have approached every challenge with intelligence and tenacity. We highly recommend them to other fast-growing companies.”
Anne-Marie Huby
Founder and Managing Director
Eden Ventures is a leading Venture Capital firm investing at an early stage in the telecommunications software, enterprise software, SaaS, digital media, e-commerce, internet, social media and mobile sectors. Recent exits have included the trade sales of Apertio to Nokia ($200m) and Cramer Systems to Amdocs ($375m).
“I always look forward to my calls with Richard of Renaissance. He has a unique perspective and a lot of personality. He has been particularly effective at helping companies to attract the highest calibre talent at the most senior level, and always seems to exceed my expectations”
Mark Farmer
Co-founder and Partner
Polestar is Europe's leading independent Print and Digital Print group with sales of £500m and over 4,000 staff. Their investors include Blue Bay Asset Management, JP Morgan and Contrarian.
Over the past three years Renaissance has appointed a Group Finance Director, a Managing Director of the Digital business and a Non-Executive Chairman.
“We have been working successfully with Renaissance on a range of Executive hires, the most recent being a Chairman search which culminated in the appointment of Tim Weller who has made an extremely positive impact on our business”
Barry Hibbert
CEO