Functions/Technology & Engineering
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Technology & Engineering

Technology leadership has split into multiple senior roles over the last decade. We work across the technology layer — CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CISOs, and the engineering and product leaders alongside them.

How we work here

The leadership picture in Technology today.

The CIO and CTO roles, once interchangeable, have separated meaningfully. The CIO runs the technology that runs the business — ERP, identity, infrastructure. The CTO runs the technology that is the business — product, platform, engineering. Some businesses have both; some have neither in a senior seat; the brief shapes the search.

Digital transformation leadership has become a recognised discipline in its own right. We map this carefully because the strongest candidates have moved through the moment of leading actual transformation, not just the conferences about it.

Chief Information Security Officer mandates have risen sharply in the last few years. Regulatory pressure, board scrutiny, and the reality of cyber incidents have made the CISO a genuinely senior conversation. The candidate pool remains smaller than the demand.

Engineering and product leadership in technology-led businesses — fintech, SaaS, consumer-tech, healthtech — is its own market, with its own talent norms. We work in it carefully, often drawing on cross-border networks where the depth in India is still building.

Mandates we typically run

The seats we are asked to fill.

  • Chief Information Officer — for businesses where IT is the function that runs the operation, often listed companies and large enterprises
  • Chief Technology Officer — for businesses where technology IS the business, particularly in product-led and platform companies
  • Chief Digital Officer and Head of Digital Transformation — for businesses navigating their digital transition with a dedicated senior leader
  • Chief Information Security Officer — for listed companies, financial services, and businesses where the regulatory environment demands it
  • Chief Data Officer and Head of AI/ML — for businesses where data has become a senior conversation in its own right
  • VP Engineering and VP Product — for technology-led businesses with strong product roadmaps and complex engineering organisations
What is distinct here

Three things about Technology search.

The CTO role in a tech-led business is often the most carefully-watched search we run. The candidate needs technical depth, product instinct, organisational maturity, and the ability to recruit and retain technical talent. That combination is rare — and the candidates who have it are usually building something they care about.

CISO mandates have a specific rhythm. The strongest candidates have been through actual incidents, made the calls under pressure, and earned the scars. Pure compliance CISOs without operating experience are a narrower bet for the most senior seats.

AI and ML leadership is forming as a recognised senior role in its own right. The strongest candidates have moved between research depth and applied business outcomes; we map this layer carefully and stay current with where the talent is sitting.

Connected expertise

Our work in other functions.

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