Matthew Richards

Vice President - Technology Executive Search

Matthew Richards is Vice President of Technology Executive Search with over 25 years of leadership in retained search and corporate recruiting leadership. His career spans an early-stage pre-revenue startup that grew to several successful exits, a global Fortune 200 consulting leader, and many PE-backed high-growth companies. Matthew has driven successful outcomes and built deep expertise and relationships in each of these different environments.

Matthew has developed a strategic and detailed approach to executive search, collaborating with the C-suite and executive leadership teams to quickly delve deep into organizational dynamics and talent requirements. This approach addresses immediate hiring needs and ensures that the match between executive and company has long-lasting and transformational impact.

Matthew brings extensive expertise in attracting top technology leadership talent in functions including engineering, IT, security, data, and AI, with a focus on the needs of private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Matthew maintains current perspectives and insights by studying and tracking market trends, sectors, investors, companies, and leaders. Matthew's intuition, integrity and commitment has earned him trusted advisor status with clients and candidates, helping him to build successful long-term relationships.