Our Company
With teams based in New York, Paris, London, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Berlin we partner with clients to deliver the very best talent to empower growth. From high-growth founder-led start-ups, through to scaling businesses internationally and supporting global transformation projects with major corporations, we connect our clients with exceptional candidates.
Our Platform
Zeren is part of Renovata. Renovata is an international executive search firm, focused on growth and transformation ambitions for private equity, leading corporations and mid-market businesses.
Our Values
Zeren works to four values: excellence, integrity, collaboration and growth. They shape every search we run for VC and PE-backed businesses across the UK. Europe, and the US from the first brief to the hire’s first year. In practice that means a high bar on every shortlist, straight answers about the market, working as an extension of your team, and hiring people who can grow with the business.
Excellence
Excellence means every candidate we put forward is someone we would back. Portfolio companies hire under pressure, and a fast wrong hire costs more than a slower right one. We assess candidates against what the business has to deliver, not just the job spec. We take references properly before a shortlist reaches you, not after an offer.
Integrity
Integrity means telling you what the market will and won’t give you. If the salary, location or profile doesn’t add up, you hear it in week one, not week eight. Confidential searches stay confidential, both inside your business and outside it. Candidates get honest feedback and a clear process, because your employer brand depends on how they’re treated. We don’t take on a search we don’t think we can fill.
Collaboration
Collaboration means working inside your hiring process with Talent Acquisition, People leaders, hiring managers and where relevant, your investors. We add capacity and market reach without making it look like you’ve outsourced the job. One shared brief, one shared view of the pipeline, with no surprises.
Growth
Growth means hiring for the business 18 to 36 months from now, not the one on the org chart today. For companies scaling after a Series B or C, or partway through a hold period, the people who got you here aren’t always the people who get you to the next stage. We build functions at pace without diluting the bar or the culture. We look for leaders who can grow their own teams, not just fill a seat. We apply the same standard to ourselves and invest in our own consultants’ development.