Clients

We have built the most engaged community for the technology industry, consisting of the world’s most talented executives, not just a database.

We invite our clients' leadership team into a peer-2-peer global community, through our exclusive partnership with the C-Level thought leadership platform HotTopics.ht.

Our community-driven executive search approach, wider network and constant engagement with the technology industry, means we deliver the most talented and culture-fit ready executives for our clients, time and time again.

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Community-driven executive search, delivering tomorrow's leaders, today

Our Mission

Atara Partners was born out of the desire to move away from the deficiencies surrounding the outdated way executive search is carried out. Away from the limited database, away from the concept that you can’t be a good headhunter until you’ve been around for 45 years. Away from promising clients one thing and giving them something else entirely.

How about networking on a global scale with high-level industry executives? What about building actively engaged C-Level communities and then actually engaging with them? What about enriching our clients and their leadership teams by helping them gain knowledge, contacts and interacting with other leaders, as well as providing them world-leading talent?

Our community approach is on a mission to transform the executive search industry for the future. We’re partnering with our clients to build lasting relationships, aid in the development of their leadership teams and deliver truly game-changing executive search. We are the future of executive search, today.

The Atara Team

Robert Taylor

Partner & Co-Founder

A co-founder of Atara Partners, Robert has built a reputation for delivering executive search for some of the fastest-growing privately and publicly owned companies.

Robert's passion is partnering with clients throughout their journey to deliver competitive advantage and fulfil clients’ business goals.

Jody Saunders

CEO & Co-Founder

As the CEO & co-founder of Atara Partners, Jody is on a mission to disrupt the sector and improve the reputation of the executive search industry.

As a former COO of a leading technology executive search company with 15 years of experience, he has a clear understanding of exactly what needs to be done.

Greg Divall

Consultant

Over his career, Greg has developed a real passion for the disruptive and innovative nature of the tech industry, centred around establishing long-lasting, meaningful relationships and adding real value to clients.

Greg has considerable experience finding top exec-level talent for tech companies across a broad range of sectors, with a specific focus on super-high growth, VC-backed tech start-ups and scale-ups.

In his spare time, he is also a keen triathlete, having been selected to represent Team GB at the Age Group Euro and World Championships.

Anya Breen

Senior Associate

Anya has extensive experience delivering executive, C-suite and board level positions for fast growing tech companies across a range of sectors.

She is passionate about the global impact of technological innovation, and believes the fundamental driving force behind any company’s success is its talent.

Committed to quality-driven executive search processes, Anya brings valuable research and delivery skills to Atara Partners.

The Atara Team

The team behind Atara Partners has 45 years of experience partnering with
many of the worlds fastest-growing technology, privately and publicly owned,
listed companies.

Philip Randerson

Chairman

Philip is a serial entrepreneur and former CEO & Founder of a number of leading technology executive search firms.

Today he is the Founder & CEO of HotTopics.ht the thought leadership platform that connects a global community of 15K C-Leve executives through content and events.

He also sits on the board of a number of companies including tech start-ups.

Sheetal Mehta Walsh

Advisory Partner

Sheetal has 25 years of experience as a global founder, investor and board member. She is especially passionate about technology that positively delivers and affects global communities.

Currently Sheetal serves as Chief Strategy Officer for the Government of Alberta focussed on Innovation and previously she served as Deal Maker by appointment to the British Government’s Global Entrepreneur Programme.

She created the world’s first corporate innovation arm for Microsoft in Silicon Valley and scaled the operations in EMEA with a base in London.

Sheetal is founder of a recycling microfinance pay-it-forward social enterprise that promotes financial inclusion and empowerment for vulnerable people to set up their own small businesses.

The Leadership Stories is a new thought provoking and informative series of interviews with some of the most innovative, influential and outright interesting leaders out there today.

Our expert interviewer Osama Gaweesh, a former Al Jazeera journalist, delves deeply into the backgrounds and experiences of our guests and finds out what has driven and influenced them on their extraordinary journeys to becoming some of the best Business Leaders in the World today.

Our thanks go out everyone that has been involved in bringing this series to life and we hope you enjoy them as much we have done.