2. Connecting Digital Leaders • At The Up Group, we connect digital leaders with innovative companies to help create enduring
business value.
• Over the last decade, The Up Group has placed itself at the heart of the digital ecosystem and nurtured a
global network of business leaders unique in its depth, breadth and quality. This has helped us gain a profound
understanding of the challenges that face high growth companies and industries undergoing digital transformation.
• We’ve honed our expertise through years of experience in building digital leadership teams, world-leading
proprietary research and insight, and a highly selective approach to internal hiring. Our consultants include
digital industry veterans, alumni of leading management consultancies, business schools and search firms, and
outstanding young high-flyers.
• Our reputation for understanding digital companies and executives is unequalled, and our advice and expertise
is sought by clients, at the highest level, across sectors and functions, in every place that innovative businesses
are being built – London, Berlin, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, New York, Silicon Valley and beyond.
The Up Group is Europe’s largest digital
executive search and networking firm.
We deliver outstanding digital talent
and strategic insight to the world’s most
innovative companies. Based in London,
we serve clients and candidates from
across the world.
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3. Global leaders in digital search
• An unrivalled track record of building European senior management teams of VC- and
PE-backed growth companies, global tech giants, and traditional companies undergoing
digital transformation.
• A broad cross-functional expertise spanning board, general management, product,
marketing, technology, commercial, data science, business development, operations,
finance, HR and strategy.
• A focus on building close, long-term relationships with clients and candidates.
• A unique understanding of growth sectors and companies, as well those facing digital
disruption, with a focus on entrepreneurial and ‘intrapreneurial’ talent, underpinned by
extensive proprietary research delivered by a strong in-house data and insight team.
• A bright, experienced, collaborative team with deep sector expertise as well as fluency
in multiple languages.
• A global footprint, with clients in the US, UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands,
France and elsewhere, many backed by global investors such as Sequoia, Accel, and
Index; regularly place US (especially Silicon Valley) executives into European roles.
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4. Focus on businesses at
key stages of their lifestyle
• We typically work with companies in the UK,
Europe and US in one of the following stages:
• Growth and Hyper-Growth
• Transformation or Turnaround
• Internationalisation
• We often work with:
• VC-backed start-ups or growth companies
(Series A through to Late Stage /
Growth Capital)
• PE-backed or mid-stage companies
• Corporates – either pure-plays or
traditional businesses seeking to reinvent
themselves through digital
• US companies launching in the UK
or Europe
• We tend to support businesses in the
following sectors:
• eCommerce / Retail / Marketplaces
• Media / Publishing / Entertainment
• Music / Dating / Gaming / Gambling /
Travel / Education / Health
• Social Networks / Communities
• Shopping Comparison / Lead
Generation / Classifieds / Listings /
Local / Search
• Financial Services
• Video / Advertising / Marketing
• Software / SaaS / Cloud
• Mobile
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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6. Full range of Board, C-, VP- Director-level roles
• Chairman
• Non Executive Director
• Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Operating Officer
• Managing Director
• VP International / EMEA / Europe
• General Manager (by Products / Country / Business Unit)
• Chief Marketing Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief Product Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief Technology Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief Information Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief People Officer / Chief Talent Officer /
Chief HR Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief Financial Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief Revenue Officer / Chief Commercial Officer /
Chief Sales Officer (VP / Director)
• Chief Data Officer / Business Intelligence Director /
Analytics Director
• Chief Strategy Officer (VP / Director)
• VP Corporate Development (Director)
• VP Business Development (Director)
• Operations Director / Customer Services Director
Jaffa, Tel Aviv
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7. The world’s most powerful digital network
• The world’s largest digital leadership network, built and nurtured over seven years,
placing The Up Group at the heart of the European tech ecosystem.
• Deep, long-term relationships with board members, CEOs, and C- VP- and Director-
level executives and investors across the world, exhaustively profiled in a sophisticated
CRM database.
• Built through invitation-only events, introductions, advice, and information sharing,
underpinned by an open, consultative and non-transactional approach.
• The network drives (and is driven by) our search business. It ensures The Up Group is at the
centre of the digital conversation, and always up to speed on latest industry and technological
developments and trends. It also underpins our thought leadership publications, such as our
recent Hiring for Hyper-Growth guides and Digital NED white paper.
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8. Unrivalled events
The Up Group has become famous for its invitation-only digital leadership
events. Since its foundation, it has hosted hundreds of round-tables, parties,
dinners, offsites and industry gatherings, attracting the top players in the
European tech scene.
In the first half of 2014, The Up Group hosted over 700 executives at
events including a Digital Board Dinner for CEOs / Chairmen, drinks parties
for foreign executives in London, functional roundtables, and most notably
the inaugural Digital Masters Awards.
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2014 Digital Masters Awards
The Digital Masters Awards were created to celebrate the executives spearheading the UK’s
digital revolution, and to become the benchmark for excellence in digital leadership. It’s the
first event of its kind to showcase the individuals behind the headlines – the dedicated and
talented leaders responsible for delivering the innovation and economic growth that are the
hallmarks of the UK’s digital revolution.
A great line-up of awards and nominees – VP, Google
Fantastic event, never seen such a quality turn out – COO, FarFetch
A brilliantly conceived and executed idea whose time has come – Partner, Index
A fabulous event – CEO, uSwitch
Great vision and flawless execution – Director, Paddy Power
Great event – Founder, Skyscanner
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9. Experienced team with deep digital roots
Clare Johnston, Founder Co-CEO
• MD, Bright Young Things
• Management Consultant, Detica
• BSc, Warwick (First Class)
• Management Today’s ‘35 Women under 35’
Pete Alexander, Director
• Consultant, Skillcapital
• BA, Nottingham
Teams - Search - 16 Directors, Consultants Associates | Data Insight - 4 Analysts | Events - 3 Events Managers
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Robert Swerling, Co-CEO
• COO, Livebookings (Balderton / Wellington-backed)
• Principal, New Business Development, Google
• Founder COO, CMA ($120m exit)
• BA, Oxford; LLM Cambridge (both First Class)
Stephanie deWangen, Search Director
• TMT Consultant with Korn/Ferry
• Marketing and BD roles with Amazon and AOL
• BA, Trinity College (US)
• Fluent in French, Spanish and Russian
Claire Hogg, Director
• BA, Cambridge
• Fluent in French and German
Gemma Hale, Director
• BA, Reading (First Class)
• Employee #1 at The Up Group
10. Testimonials
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them for the
most demanding of searches.
They have developed an unparalleled network of
senior leaders in the digital space.
Simply brilliant to work with.
A pleasure to work with – thorough, professional,
smart, and responsive.
I value their knowledge, insights, straightforward
communications and superb networks.
A combination of deep online sector knowledge,
strong people judgement, and professional integrity.
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Gamla Stan, Stockholm
They took over an extremely difficult C-level
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They curate talent like Time Out
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Through their intricate knowledge of the market we
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RetailMeNot
VP Engineering, Europe
Guardian News Media
Engineering Director
Fanduel
VP Engineering
Time Out
CTO
RetailMeNot
VP Engineering, Europe
Time Out
CTO
Mind Candy
CPO
MBACompany
Product Director
MOO.com
CPO
Hearst Magazines UK
Product Director
Skimlinks
VP Product
Guardian
Product Director
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11. Get in touch
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The Up Group
18th Floor | Millbank Tower
21-24 Millbank | London SW1P 4QP
enquiries@theupgroup.com
+44 (0) 20 3005 5600
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