Our Global Team

Chris is the CEO of Zeren, responsible for setting the company’s strategy and developing the global team. Chris has 20 years experience of leading high-performing recruitment and search businesses, working with clients in USA, Europe and Asia across the Investor and Technology landscape.

Hetal is the CFO at Zeren leading all aspects of Finance and Operations across the business. Hetal brings over 20 years of experience in business and financial management focused on the recruitment sector as well as broader, Private Equity backed companies.

Heidi joined the Renovata & Company platform in 2023 to develop and lead across all HR, People and Talent areas with a focus on Learning and Development for our global team, along with Talent Acquisition to support our future growth.

Matthieu brings nearly 15 years of recruitment experience, gained across APAC and Europe, helping fast-growing companies scale their technology, product, marketing and sales teams. He has also built and led several high-performing recruitment teams globally, and is leading Zeren’s expansion across Europe.

Matt is the Managing Director of our US business. Matt has 20+ years in building global recruitment businesses and specializes in consulting with clients to assist with rapid growth. His background in specialty recruitment ranges from large scale EPC Engineering projects to the high-growth tech space including biotech, fintech, tech dev and tech sales.

Harry is Zeren's UK Managing Director and leads all permanent recruitment divisions across our UK business. Harry joined Zeren as its fourth employee, originally launching and growing our sales business and focusing on GTM functions for businesses across Venture Capital, Growth and Private Equity. Earlier in his career, Harry founded two tech start-ups, securing funding with a UK-wide presence.

Based between Spain and London, Julia has spent 20 years working in Search and Consulting, having co-founded and led teams at Cornell Partnership for over 8 years. She has since worked in Search, Embedded Talent and Interim, with a focus on Venture and Growth sectors.

Siobhain is Zeren's Global Head of Marketing and is based at our UK Headquarters. Siobhain has seven years' worth of marketing experience within the recruitment space and has built a strong track record of shaping and leading marketing functions for high-growth, technology-focused recruitment businesses. Having joined in 2022, Siobhain supports all marketing activities across the entire business and plays a pivotal role in the continued growth and success of ZEREN.

Hannah is a Director at Zeren with responsibility for the Research Team, Systems and Operations to support and empower excellent client delivery. Hannah joined the Zeren team in 2018, moving across from PE-backed Trainline where she focused on Talent Acquisition and Management across commercial and technology functions.

Jen is a Director at Zeren, leading our Interim & Consulting business function with nearly 15 years of experience providing specialist Executive-level talent on demand. She assists start-ups, high-growth scale-ups and large multinational corporates to fill critical gaps or carry out major change and transformation projects.

Chris a Senior Director at Zeren, leading the UK Technology and Product functions, specialising Engineering and Data. He has 14 years’ experience, specialising across the SME and high growth Technology sector. Prior to joining Zeren, Chris built technology functions at both Robert Walters and the SThree Group.

Jean-Pierre is a Director at Zeren, based in Germany, and combines many years of Recruitment experience and Tech Entrepreneurship throughout Asia and Europe, specialising in placing senior hires in across the Tech and Digital fields.

Based in Chicago, Christie brings 20+ years of experience in the Adtech / Digital tech space building out high-performing sales teams. She has excelled as a sales leader in media companies such as Time Magazine and CBS before going into executive recruitment and eventually becoming Managing Director at her previous company.

Thomas has eight years of recruitment experience and has supported founder-led companies for five of those. He has worked closely with the executive teams of many companies such as Revolut, Miro and McKinsey Digital, and served as interim Head of Talent Acquisition at Shippeo. At Zeren, he is responsible for leading the Embedded Business Unit and is responsible for the quality of service delivery.

Monika is a Partner at Zeren, leading the US Technology Practice. She has an extensive background working with high-growth businesses both as a search partner and a leader. Her specialty within Tech and Digital hires spans across VC and PE start-ups, scale-ups as well as established enterprises.

Tom is the Director of Zeren’s Marketing division, specialising in Growth, Digital, Brand, and Product Marketing. He partners with high growth and transformative technology businesses across both B2B and B2C sectors, hiring talent across Europe. Prior to Zeren, Tom was part of the founding team at one of London’s leading Marketing recruitment agencies.

Paul is a Director at Zeren where he leads the Product Management recruitment team, partnering with some of the hottest tech companies across UK & Europe. Paul has deep knowledge of the product space, and specialises in placing the product leadership roles.

Alan is a Director in Zeren’s Commercial team, specialising in placing Customer Success and Post Sale roles into high-growth tech businesses. Alan has a long recruitment career, including successfully founding and exiting Just Digital, a specialist B2B SaaS recruiter who worked extensively with investor backed businesses.

Will is a Director in Zeren’s Commercial team, specialising in placing Commercial hires into the SaaS market. Prior to Zeren, Will was a Managing Partner with the search firm DHR International based in Hong Kong and London, specialising in digital transformation for clients at all stages of growth.

Chris is a Director at Zeren, leading the interim HR, Finance and Operations business as part of the executive interim and consulting practice. Chris comes with 15 years worth of experience in international executive search and interim and consulting, assisting entrepreneurial SMEs, start-ups and high-growth scale-ups through to large multinational organisations going through people, process and transformational change.

Sistla is an Associate Director at Zeren leading the IT Infrastructure and Security function and has seven years' worth of experience in this market across the UK and APAC. Her expertise lies in building technical leadership teams across high-growth Tech businesses through to large corporate firms.

Imad has more than eight years of experience supporting high-growth and established businesses in Asia and Europe, supporting key stakeholders in scaling their finance and business support functions. Holding a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Finance, Imad has a wealth of working experience in the domain prior to getting into recruitment. He's also known for his ability to find the right talent depending on our unique client's needs by leveraging his robust network of top-tier finance professionals.

Stephen is an Associate Partner in Zeren’s USA Technology Practice. He has over ten years of experience in technology recruitment, specializing in all facets of engineering, data and product. With a track record of success in placing all levels of leadership for enterprises and VC/PE start-ups, his passion lies in the world of technology and digital transformations: he brings a recruiting strategy to execute all searches successfully.

Andreas is a Manager at Zeren, based in Berlin, and is a member of our DACH Commercial hiring team. Andreas is responsible for identifying the best Sales talent on behalf of venture capital backed startups and scaleups, from VP Level and leadership roles, down to senior managers and individual contributors across Europe.

Austin is a Manager at Zeren, based in Berlin, and is a member of our DACH Technology hiring team. Austin is responsible for identifying the best technology talent on behalf of venture capital backed startups and scale-ups, from VP Level and leadership roles, down to senior managers and individual contributors across Europe.

Tyler is a Manager based in NY, with a background of more than 12 years running contingent & retained GTM searches for high-growth technology start-ups - specializing in working with senior talent across US GTM functions (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success). Prior to Zeren, Tyler worked for multiple GTM search firms, building his specialization in placing executive leadership within early-stage technology companies.

Bethany is the Research Manager for the US division of Zeren, leading the US research team in developing best practices and designing comprehensive and individualized tools and materials to create innovative search strategies tailored to each client’s specific needs. Prior to Zeren, Bethany was a Senior Research Associate focused on supporting executive level searches across all organization functions in a variety of industries throughout the US.

Simon is a Principal Consultant at Zeren, within the Senior Finance division, operating from our London office. He typically works with clients who are pre-revenue start-ups, through to £200M turnover established technology brands, placing financial leaders from £70k-150k on a retained basis. Simon has over six years' worth of experience within this space and has developed an established network within it that continues to grow.

Mike LaTulip brings more than five years of sales experience and close to four years of full-desk tech experience within VC-backed startups. Mike focuses on Engineering and the Mid-West/Texas market.

Quentin is a Senior Consultant at Zeren, building Sales and Marketing teams for high-growth technology companies across the EU.

Calum is a Senior Consultant at Zeren within the Technology practice. Based in Munich, Calum partners with clients across Europe within the high-growth VC-backed Tech space including team build out projects to Senior Technology roles.

Thibault is a Senior Consultant at Zeren, working for 4 years in Commercial Recruitment within the high-growth VC-backed tech space, from Seeds to pre-IPO stage. He has experience placing profiles from Individual Contributors to Leadership positions across Europe. Thibault is bilingual in French and English.

Kyle is a Senior Consultant at Zeren US, helping grow the US practice while specializing in placing commercial and marketing executives in emerging tech markets globally. Earlier in his career, Kyle was a key component in helping grow two divisions at multiple search firms.

Oli is a Senior Consultant within the commercial team at Zeren. His core focus is on senior level go-to-market hires across EMEA. Oli has successfully partnered with multiple high-growth tech businesses, helping them scale their commercial teams across sales, marketing, account management and customer success.

Dan is a Senior Consultant at Zeren, building Software Engineering teams for high-growth technology companies across the UK. His market knowledge within Ruby, Java and Golang has proved invaluable for VC/PE-backed start-ups and corporate businesses going through their growth journeys, as they venture into the competitive world of acquiring talented Software Engineers.

Eugene is a Senior Consultant within the Commercial team at Zeren. He has over 5 years of experience successfully partnering with VC backed technology companies who are scaling their commercial teams across Sales, Account Management, and Customer Success across the UK and EMEA regions.

Tom is a Senior Consultant within the Marketing team at Zeren. Based out of the London office, Tom has extensive experience placing Marketing professionals predominantly within the B2B sector across all key disciplines, working across the UK and Europe.

Based in London, Nick is a Consultant in the Product team at Zeren specialising in Product Design partnering with high-growth B2B and B2C businesses. Nick possesses a track record of success in placing hires in VC/PE backed companies in the PropTech space throughout the UK and Europe.

Ken is a Consultant at Zeren, on the Go-To-Market Team specialising in Sales, Customer Success, Pre-Sales and Marketing hires for high-growth VC/PE backed tech businesses, typically with $1M to $500M of funding. Before Zeren, Ken worked for Integrity Power Search as a Director of Talent, helping attract top talent to VC backed startups in early stage. He focused on all executive level roles for their GTM team.

Oscar is a Consultant, and a member of Zeren’s Product Management practice. He works closely with high growth companies, typically VC or PE backed, that are looking to build out their Product function: Product Managers, Leads and Head of Product. Oscar has experience working on mandates in both EMEA and the US.

Charlotte is an Associate Consultant at Zeren’s London office, working within our Marketing divisions for Zeren’s clients across EMEA and the US. Charlotte brings over three years of experience working for the Global Non-Profit and Social Impact sector, focusing on executive and non-executive appointments.

Lucy is a Senior Associate with Zeren, focusing on research across all functional areas to help identify the ideal candidates. She brings previous experience from the technology and pharmaceutical sectors, having worked on a variety of senior-level appointments across Europe and the USA.

Dylan is a Senior Associate at Zeren based in Boston, working on searches across numerous hiring functions. Before Zeren, Dylan was a Senior Research Consultant at Morgan Samuels, where she led research for Private Equity-backed clients in the Technology, Industrials, and Aerospace industries. She also worked at a search firm serving Social Impact and Non-Profit clients, and in Non-Profits in Direct Service roles.

Pierre is a Senior Associate in Zeren’s DACH region. He brings over one year recruitment experience and is supporting the Head of DACH across all functional focus area for Zeren. He specialises on mid-to-senior level technology roles and helps B2B SaaS clients scale across the DACH region.

Kayla is a Research Associate with Zeren in the US, where she focuses on mapping projects to support searches for our clients, and candidates nationwide for sales, marketing, sales operations, and business operations roles. She brings prior recruiting experience, and a strong passion for building out successful teams.

Ben is an Associate at Zeren, working alongside the DACH team whilst based in our London office. Ben has prior experience in Executive Search, having previously recruited Senior Executives in the Tech sector across Europe, the UK, and the US.

Basia is an Associate at Zeren, focusing on providing research for the Technology and Engineering team. She has a background in Executive Search and the wider tech space with a keen interest in BCT and AI.

Christina is an Associate at Zeren and part of the company’s Research team based in London. She aids the team in implementing extensive research strategy and providing the highest calibre of talent solutions within Zeren’s Commercial function.

Francesca is a Marketing Executive at Zeren, with previous experience in Digital Marketing in the tech sector in Asia as well. Her focus lies in implementing the digital side of the marketing strategy across the company's functions, and also contributed with high-calibre research and market intelligence for high-growth tech businesses in the UK.

Acrelda is a Finance Manager at Zeren. Acrelda has worked for Zeren since the company formed in 2018. Her role covers HR/payroll, purchase ledger and general finance support. She has over 25 years of experience working for a variety of organisations including creative, manufacturing and leisure industries.

Vlad is a Senior Management accountant at Zeren, supporting the group finance function. He has 8 years of experience of working in finance departments within professional services agencies.

Priya is a Credit Control Manager at Zeren, supporting the group finance function.

Joey is the Operations Manager for our UK & EU teams. Following her recent promotion from EA & Operations Coordinator, she now spends much of her time maximising the efficiency of our systems, coordinating the UK summer office move as well as supporting Finance & Marketing. She has over 5 years’ experience in event management which lends itself to this role, partially when organising platform engagement events, incentive trips and team quarterly socials.

Lucy is the Executive Assistant to Chris Preston and Hetal Panchal. Aside from looking after Chris and Hetal’s schedule, she spends much of her time coordinating various organisational needs across our global locations. With over 15 years of administrative experience assisting high-level executives, she is dedicated to excellent customer service, client satisfaction and team communication.

Hailey is the Executive Assistant to Matt Evelt and is a member of Zeren's Operations Coordinating team. Hailey works on Matt’s administrative needs, such as looking after his schedule, and spends much of her time coordinating various operational needs throughout the USA. She has over 4 years’ experience in executive support, client relations and organizational leadership.

Tony is the Chairman and a member of the Board at Zeren. In his role, Tony works with the CEO, CFO and Non-Executive Directors on strategic planning to ensure ambitious growth plans are achieved. During his earlier career, Tony held senior leadership positions with Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart and British Telecom.

Mark join the Renovata & Company and Zeren board at the start of 2023. Mark has had an incredible career, having founded and led the SR Group over the last 35 years.

Thomas is a Non-Executive Director of Zeren and the co-Founder and Managing Partner of Renovata & Company, based in London. Thomas has worked across the high-growth technology landscape for the last 25 years and is an expert search partner with a deep track record across VC, Growth and Private Equity.

Mannie is a Non-Executive Director of Zeren and the co-Founder and a Partner with Renovata & Company, based in New York. Mannie has worked across the high-growth technology landscape for the last 25 years and is an expert search partner with a deep track record across VC, Growth and Private Equity.