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

Where The Next Trillions Will Be Won Among Executive Search Firms

McKinsey Global Institute’s latest research on the next “arenas of competition” sends a clear signal to investors and operators: future growth will be concentrated in fewer markets, and success in those markets will depend on speed, execution, and leadership quality. According to McKinsey, sectors including AI software and services, cloud, cybersecurity, semiconductors, electric vehicles, robotics, advanced

2026 Report Finds Executive-Level CISO Titles More Prevalent than Ever

The cybersecurity function continues to rise in prominence, expand in scope and gain visibility. Consequently, chief information security officers (CISOs) are increasingly expected to serve not just as technical leaders, but as enterprise-wide strategists. Their rise to the executive ranks brings greater influence but also greater demands, including wider accountability, more cross-functional engagement, and intensified

Artico Search Assists Fleetio with Chief Marketing Officer Search

Artico Search has assisted in the recruitment of Leslie Henthorn as the new chief marketing officer of private equity-backed Fleetio. Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Artico Search, led the assignment. “From my first conversations, I knew Fleetio was special—a company built on authentic customer love, a clear mission, and a team dedicated to earning the

Artico Search Adds New Partner

Artico Search has expanded with the addition of Glenn Zweig as partner. “Glenn represents exactly the kind of partner we want at Artico,” said Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Artico Search. “He shares our client-first mindset and our conviction that excellence in leadership search means going far deeper than filling a role. His background scaling

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