TritonExec Recruits CHRO for Ness Digital Engineering
October 8, 2024 – London-headquartered executive search firm TritonExec has assisted in the recruitment of Elizabeth Rafferty as the new chief human resources officer of Ness Digital Engineering in New York City. “Congratulations to Elizabeth Rafferty on being appointed as the new CHRO of Ness Digital Engineering,” TritonExec said in a LinkedIn post. “At TritonExec, we’re excited to have supported Ness Digital in securing such a transformational leader. Elizabeth’s deep expertise in human resources and her strategic approach to talent will be a driving force in fostering innovation and growth across the company. We’re confident she will make a lasting impact on the culture and success of Ness Digital.”
Ms. Rafferty, an accomplished HR leader with experience in technology, professional services and marketing, transitions to Ness after a successful five-year tenure at Dentsu. She has successfully implemented talent strategies across North America, EMEA, and APAC, making her a seasoned HR executive with global reach. Her specialties include HR and talent management, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration, HR consulting, coaching, and driving transformative organizational change.
In her new role with Ness Digital Engineering, Ms. Rafferty will spearhead the company’s growth strategy by enhancing people and cultural practices, setting a forward-looking HR vision. Known for her expertise in fostering strong company culture, elevating employee experience and leading organizational transformations, Ms. Rafferty’s impact is expected to be significant, the company said.
Ness Digital Engineering, acquired by global investment firm KKR in 2022, is a full-lifecycle digital engineering firm offering digital advisory through scaled engineering services. Headquartered in New York, Ness serves our customers across 11 innovation hubs in the US, Eastern Europe, and India.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, TritonExec has carved a niche in a highly competitive sector. The firm embraces technology to predict and uncover subtle trends in compensation, diversity, and talent shortages, as well as helping to determine which candidates are most likely to be successful in a certain organizations.
With a growing team of 40-plus staff members, more than half of TritonExec’s workforce is gender diverse. That demographic should make it appealing to clients looking to broaden their own professional ranks, from entry level to the C-suite and boardrooms – where diversity problems continue to persist. The firm maintains offices in London, Atlanta, and more recently, New York.
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Its placements are global, though a majority, 60 percent, have been made in the U.K. and U.S., followed by the rest of Europe and the Nordics (35 percent) and Asia (five percent). Over the last eight years, TritonExec has assisted companies in the recruitment of candidates worldwide. The firm’s clients include Capgemini, Accenture, Deloitte, Icahn Enterprises, Gryphon Investors, and its first customer, Genpact.
Past Funding
In 2022, TritonExec received a $30 million investment from the talent solutions division of Prytek, a Singaporean multinational technology corporation. “Our investment in TritonExec is a completion of the value chain, from executive search at board and C-suite, to building out leadership teams two and three levels below; we provide the entire solution on a platform for companies and hyper-scalers,” said Andrey Yashunsky, founder and CEO of Prytek. “Powered by technology, we can provide data products, SaaS, and a licensed platform empowering our clients to do it themselves, improving the efficiency of their own internal talent acquisition teams.”
TritonExec co-founders Ben Graham and Jonathan Morris said: “Prytek buy and invest in technology companies in fintech and edtech, two core areas we heavily recruit in, as well as HRtech, which will enable us to improve the quality and impact we can have to our clients. Not only does this partnership make sense from an investment and growth perspective, but our understanding of the world and customers are very aligned.”
“From the moment we met Andrey, his passion for technology and ambition matched ours. He and his team empower the leaders they invest in to support their growth,” they said. “We look forward to creating end-to-end solutions for our customers through synergies and partnerships across the group.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
