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Saurabh Gupta Joins Kingsley Gate Partners as Chief Digital Officer

New York – Kingsley Gate Partners, a global executive search firm that is private-equity backed, tech-enabled, and rapidly expanding worldwide, […]

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Kingsley Gate, a leading global, executive search and human capital advisory firm, today announced the continued strengthening of its international presence with the appointment of five new partners across key regions. Dan O’Donovan joins the firm’s Chicago office, Spencer Knibbe joins the New York office, Tatyana Freitas and Loreto Montoya strengthen the Latin American presence in São Paulo and Santiago respectively, while Alejandro Salazar-Simpson enhances the firm’s European capabilities from Madrid.

“These strategic appointments reflect our commitment to expanding our global footprint and delivering world-class executive search and advisory services to our clients across diverse markets,” said Andrew Holmes, CEO of Kingsley Gate. 
Andrew Holmes, CEO of Kingsley Gate

“Each of these accomplished professionals brings unique expertise and deep regional knowledge that will be invaluable as we continue to help organizations identify and secure high-impact decision makers. Their collective experience across technology, industrial, consumer goods, private equity, risk management, financial services and transformation initiatives significantly enhances our ability to serve clients with increasingly complex talent needs in today’s evolving business landscape.”

New York – Kingsley Gate Partners, a global executive search firm that is private-equity backed, tech-enabled, and rapidly expanding worldwide, today announced that Saurabh Gupta has joined the firm as Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Based in Boston, he will be responsible for defining the strategy and technical vision of the firm.

Saurabh’s focus will be to ensure that key business processes are in place to enable enterprise growth and flexibility.

Saurabh has over 17 years of cross-cultural experience in developing, shaping, and implementing HCM solutions. He has spearheaded solving global HR technology challenges and has worked for major HR software companies, including Oracle, Microsoft, and Ramco Systems, and for some of the largest enterprises in the world.

Saurabh has been responsible for Human Capital systems implementation in the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, India, and Spain.

Prior to joining Kingsley Gate, Saurabh served as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Wrkit, Inc., where he led the development of the company’s TalentBoost™️ platform through technology development and partnership initiatives.

“Kingsley Gate’s core focus is to help organizations attract and retain executive talent quickly using the best technology. The digital assets they have developed are reshaping the executive search value chain. I’m excited to join Kingsley Gate on this journey and looking forward to contributing to the development of exponentially more effective ways of serving our clients and candidates,” says Saurabh.

“Saurabh has proved himself to be both a visionary and builder of cutting-edge HRIS systems to benefit clients, candidates, and firm members. I’m thrilled to have Saurabh on board to turn our point solutions into a world-class platform,” said Umesh Ramakrishnan, CEO of Kingsley Gate Partners.

Saurabh holds a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal, India and is currently enrolled for an executive management certification at Harvard Business School.

About Kingsley Gate

Kingsley Gate is a global executive search firm born with native AI and people at its core. Founded in 2015 to disrupt a recruitment model that hadn’t evolved in nearly a century, the firm combines seasoned human expertise with a proprietary AI platform purpose-built for executive search.

By embedding artificial intelligence into every stage of the process, Kingsley Gate helps organizations hire leaders who fit their specific strategy, culture, and ambition – rather than just a job description.

Operating as one unified global firm, Kingsley Gate serves more than 2,000 clients across 50+ countries, partnering with Global 2000 organizations, private equity–backed companies, and high-growth VC firms to deliver leaders who perform, adapt, and endure in their roles.
The firm is backed by private equity firm Crescent Cove Advisors.

For more information, please visit www.kingsleygate.com

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