Artico Search

About Us

Artico delivers the people to build, scale and protect your business. Founded in 2021, Artico’s team matches the world’s best talent with venture capital, private equity-backed and publicly-traded companies.

CONNECTED
With decades of experience and a serious network of elite candidates, our relationships help us calibrate quickly, enabling perspectives on potential candidates that other firms often overlook.

TRUSTWORTHY PARTNER
Our position in the market as a boutique firm means every search outcome matters to us, to our brand and to our clients. We anticipate your needs, communicate transparently, and deliver what we promise, on time and exceeding expectations.

DIVERSITY
Our expertise and commitment to providing a diverse set of candidates — one that spans ethnicity, gender and background — helps our clients build a more inclusive and innovative leadership team. We publish our diversity numbers transparently and they are best in the industry. Our past two years have proven this out with 53% of our placements being under represented talent.

FEW “OFF LIMITS”
We have almost unlimited access to the broadest and best talent without the conflicts of multiple “off-limits” agreements that restrict the larger firms’ access to the best talent.

EXPERT
Every Artico consultant has deep domain knowledge, relevant search experience and significant operational expertise. We know the market, and anticipate where it’s going. Our methods have been decades in the making and provide for crisp execution.

ART + SCIENCE
Our methods combine art and science. We scientifically analyze leader profiles and competency trade-offs while artfully engaging people who add to the culture, lift the brand and fulfill both company and personal goals in their role.

Achievements

Our Clients

Consumer

Enterprise

Security

Venture Capital

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Our Team

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Partnering with Artico Search will deliver the talent you want to scale up and protect your business. We are hands on, with a relentless drive to deliver. You can focus on your business, knowing that we’ll deliver you the right talent. We have served as global business executives ourselves. We’ve placed hundreds of leaders with category-creating brands, helping realize billions in outcomes for their investors.

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Solutions And Expertise

CONSUMER. ENTERPRISE. SECURITY. VENTURE CAPITAL.

Solutions
  • Board Services
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Search
Industries
  • All Industries
Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • CEO/President
  • Cybersecurity
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • IT
  • Marketing & Sales

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News Briefings

Artico Search Appoints Partner

Artico Search has expanded with the addition of Andrew McCormack as partner, strengthening the firm’s New York-based growth equity and venture capital practice with a seasoned executive search leader. “Andrew brings the judgment, connectivity, and client partnership we value most deeply,” said Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, co-founder and chief executive officer of Artico Search. “He is relentlessly client-focused,

New IANS and Artico Search Report Finds Only 34 Percent of Cybersecurity Professionals Plan to Stay in Their Current Roles

Only 34 percent of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay with their current employer, highlighting declining job satisfaction across the field and challenging CISOs to be aggressive and innovative in how they retain talent in a challenging labor market, according to IANS and Artico Search’s just released 2026 Cybersecurity Talent Report. As organizations rely on their

Artico Recruits Partner for Radical Ventures

Artico Search has assisted in the placement of Richard Kotite as a partner with Radical Ventures. Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Artico Search, led the assignment. “Excited to share that I’ve joined Radical Ventures as a partner in London,” Mr. Kotite said in a LinkedIn post. “Europe has world-class entrepreneurial talent in AI, and I’m

Artico Search Recruits Chief Sales Officer for Versapay

Artico Search has assisted in the recruitment of Emily Roccheggiani as chief sales officer of Versapay in San Francisco. Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Artico Search, led the assignment. “Emily has spent her career inside some of the most important growth stories in modern fintech,” said Carey Kolaja, CEO of Versapay. “She knows what it takes to

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Press Releases

Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor Joins Ema’s Advisory Board

Artico’s CEO and Co-founder, Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, is proud to join Ema’s Advisory Board—a set of visionary leaders across tech, AI, and healthcare. The board’s knowledge across industries and sectors will guide Ema’s journey as a pioneer in Agentic AI for enterprises. Meet the incredible people guiding Ema into the future of work: Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO,

Successful Executive Search: Next47

We are so excited to announce Vivian Cheng as Next47’s newest partner! Based in Palo Alto, Vivian joins the team with over a decade of experience in the tech industry as both a global operator and venture investor. Her primary areas of investment focus are SaaS and AI. Vivian is known for her judgment and

Successful Executive Search: Spryker

Congratulations to Spryker as they welcome Dustin Deno as their new Chief Revenue Officer! Spryker is the leading global composable commerce platform for enterprises with sophisticated business models to enable growth, innovation, and differentiation. Dustin’s strong background in digital commerce sales, his US-based network, and focus on artificial intelligence (AI) will enable Spryker to take