For senior technology leaders in Europe
Many C-level technology roles are filled before they are ever advertised. Before the Brief watches the public signals that come first — a new CEO, a private-equity deal, a funding round, a leader moving on — and ranks the companies most likely to hire a CTO, CIO or Chief Data & AI Officer in the next three to six months. It also flags smaller companies about to open a board seat.
role, location, sectors
Public sources only: company announcements, regulatory filings, stock-exchange notices and the business press. Every signal links to its source.
We read the signals. Every morning we scan company announcements, filings and the European business press for the events that usually come before a senior technology hire or a board change.
We score each company. Each signal adds points that fade over time. The total becomes a likelihood that the seat opens in the next three to six months, weighted by company size, sector and how reachable the person who decides is.
You get the list, and the first move. For each company: why it is on the list, the source, who decides and a concrete first step, so you can be in the conversation before a search firm is briefed.
Illustrative examples
about €180M revenue · 900 staff
Signals: new CEO (September), core-platform programme announced
Likelihood 62% Hot
Who decides: the CEO, with the investor's operating partner
First move: a short first-100-days note on technology and AI to the new CEO.
400 staff · 120-person hub in Lisbon
Signals: €60M funding round, Lisbon hub growing
Likelihood 48% Warm
Who decides: the founder-CEO; the lead investor's talent partner
First move: ask the talent partner which senior hires the round pays for.
about €70M revenue
Signals: next generation takes over as CEO; first independent director planned
Window:Act now
Who decides: the founder-chair
First move: write to the chair before the new board is formed.
Invented composites to show the format. Not real companies.
CTO, CPTO, CIO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Data & AI Officer, or Head of Technology reporting to the CEO, at mid-sized companies: PE-backed platforms, scale-ups, family businesses modernising, mid-caps.
non-executive, supervisory and advisory seats at smaller companies (about €10M–€100M revenue) where an experienced technology leader can get noticed: new investors, board expansions, first independent directors, mandates ending, and boards that need technology, data and AI expertise for DORA, NIS2 or the AI Act.
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Job boards show roles once they are advertised, and recruiters work for the employer once they are briefed. We show the companies where a seat is likely to open before either happens, so you can approach the person who decides first. We are not a recruitment agency, take no fees from employers and never contact companies on your behalf.
Public sources only: company announcements, regulatory filings, stock-exchange notices, investor news and the business press. Every signal links to its source so you can check it.
It is an estimate, not a promise. It reflects how often each kind of event comes before a senior technology hire, how recent it is and the company's size. Treat it as a reason to look closer, then check the source.
No. The radar works from company events — a new CEO, a deal, a funding round, an announced leadership change. We don't build profiles of individuals.
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