Executive Search · 2025
The CTO who steadied a scale-up
Meridian Systems
11 wks
Time to offer
6
Shortlist
2 yrs
Still in seat
Overview
A confidential retained search for a Chief Technology Officer to lead a fintech through its Series C and beyond.
The mandate
Meridian had outgrown its founding technical leadership and needed a CTO who could scale the org without breaking the culture. The search had to run quietly, with the incumbent still in seat.
Our search
We ran a fully confidential, market-mapped search across three regions, assessed a slate of six against a scorecard built with the board, and managed a delicate transition and offer.
The result
The placed CTO started within eleven weeks and is still leading the org two years on — through a Series C raise and a doubling of the engineering team.
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