Executive Search &
Advisory
Building leadership teams
to create value in investor-backed technology companies
Why Kobolt?
We understand investors
We have spent two decades partnering with Private Equity, Growth Equity and Venture Capital investors and their portfolio companies.
We understand the investment lifecycle, the pace and complexity of investor-backed businesses, and the leadership required to deliver value creation plans.
We know the market
Technology is our market.
We have deep experience across Software, SaaS and AI, as well as hardware and technology-enabled businesses.
We build Boards and leadership teams across Go-to-Market, Product & Engineering, Finance and Operations.
We understand growth
Our clients are ambitious technology businesses that have achieved product-market fit and are entering their next stage of growth.
Whether through international expansion, GTM investment, product diversification or M&A, we help build the leadership team required for what comes next.
Selected investor and company experience
We have partnered with leading investors and technology businesses:
Building your leadership team
Whether you're making a critical Board appointment, building out your senior leadership team or considering the leadership requirements of a new investment, we'd be happy to compare notes.
Our Team
Ed Mitchinson - Managing Director
Ed has spent twenty years advising Investors, Boards and CEOs on senior leadership appointments. He specialises in partnering with European-headquartered investor-backed Software, SaaS, AI & Tech-enabled businesses.
He has an MA in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Oxford and the BVC from BPP Law School. Ed is a dual-national British-New Zealand citizen.
Sarah Mitchinson - People Advisor
Sarah brings 15 years' people advisory and consulting experience to Kobolt. She is currently the Head of Projects for Global Mobility Solutions for Gallagher and previously spent over a dozen years working for Big 4 consulting firms advising global companies on their people policy frameworks.
Sarah has a BA in Political Studies from the University of Leeds and completed the LPC at the College of Law.
