Discovr Your Passion

Our Vision is Delivering Your Mission

Executive Search, Global Talent Mapping & Critical Skills Pipelining

Discovr is a mission orientated high-impact Executive Search and Global Talent Mapping partner to some of the most exciting early stage start-ups, non-profit’s, and fast growing companies in the technology and social enterprise sector.

We specialise in identifying high calibre executives for companies solving some of the most complex and challenging problems on the planet.

Through our innovative software platform we deliver ground-breaking Talent Research and data analysis that delivers actionable insights to enhance your hiring capabilities.

Our Values
  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Humility

Recent Searches

Omidyar Network

San Francisco, London, Mumbai, Washington DC

Global Head of Talent
Marcomms Director
Policy Director
Strategy Manager
Vice President – HR

Imaginable Futures

San Francisco

Global Head of Education Strategy
Vice President – Finance

Do Something

New York

Head of Product
Chief Technology Officer

ALU

Mauritius

Chief Marketing Officer
Cheif Technology Officer
Chief Financial Officer

Luminate

Washington D.C, Singapore, London, Kenya

Marcomms Director
Investment Director
Indepedent Media Associate
Managing Director

Telefonica Alpha

Barcelona

Chief Innovation Officer
Head of Disruptive Technology
Chief Technology Officer

Skype

London, Budapest, Stockholm

100+ hires

Microsoft

London, Stockholm, Hungary

100+ hires

Global Innovation Fund

London, Washington D.C

General Counsel
Associate General Counsel

Empatico

New York

Chief Technology Officer

Crisis Text Line

New York

Chief Product Officer

Betfair

London

50+ Technology hires

Adevinta

Barcelona, LATAM

General Manager

Blockchain

London

Director – Infrastructure

Bridge International Academies

Kenya, Bangalore, New York

Global Director – Academy Management
Retail Director
Global Director – Customer Experience

CognitionX

London

Managing Director – CogX
Head of Product

Telefonica

Barcelona

Chief Innovation Officer
Head of Disruptive Technology
Chief Technology Officer

Ubongo

Tanzania

Chief Executive Officer

Rightster

London, India, France, New York

100+ hires

Five.ai

Cambridge

Algorithm Engineers
Computer Vision Engineers

Our Services

Executive Search

Discovr has successfully fulfilled some of the most challenging leadership and executives searches for highly innovative and companies around the world.

We have executed searches across Asia, India, Africa, Europe and the US. We have successfully built leadership teams for ground-breaking mission orientated companies such as The African Leadership University, Alpha Moonshot Labs, Skype and Omidyar Network

Global Talent Mapping

Utilising cutting edge research techniques and open public data platforms such as OSINT and Public Government Data, Discovr has built a proprietary software platform that enables our clients to visually engage and understand their position within the Global Talent Landscape.

Discover has the ability to produce detailed Talent Maps for specific leadership positions or high demand skills that can feed into your succession planning or your in-house Talent Organisation to develop a more effective hiring strategy.

Diversity and Female Leadership

Discovr has specific expertise in assisting our clients to build a comprehensive diversity lead Talent Attraction Strategy.

From assisting to remove un-intentional bias in specifications and adverts through to your interview process as well as building Diversity and STEM focused Talent Pools for key hires. Discovr has the expertise to deliver on your most challenging diversity mandates.

Testimonials

“Douglas has been a pleasure to work with. He works really hard to distill the true essence of your brand and communicate that authentically to candidates, bringing in candidates who might not have previously considered a role with your company. Happy to chat with anyone who’s considering hiring him!”

Aria Finger
CEO. DoSomething.org. New York

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Douglas for the past several years. He’s one of the best recruiters I’ve worked with. His ability to understand the needs of the business, the profile required and then source candidates are a few of his superpowers. He has entered new markets and within a short period of time has quickly mapped the talent landscape better than any local market firms. Over the years I’ve given Douglas highly complex global searches to run, and ones in which he has little if any previous experience doing so and he has always delivered. He sets the bar high when it comes to results and perseverance and he’s simply a joy to work with.”

Penny Handscombe
Executive in residence - African Leadership University, Ex - Partner - Omidyar Network