Lauren Shearer is a Partner at Hobson Leavy, one of New Zealand’s leading executive search firms, focused on CEO, C-suite executive, and Non-executive Director appointments across all sectors.Joining the firm in 2021, Lauren brings over a 13 years of experience in executive search including seven years working for the UK’s largest executive search firm, based in London.As a Consultant in the Global Technology and IT Services Practice of Odgers Berndtson she partnered with high-growth software firms to attract and appoint their critical leadership talent across the UK, Europe and North America. During her time at Odgers Berndtson she enjoyed a prestigious secondment to the firm’s Chair and NED Practice where she assisted on commercial non-executive mandates for a variety of clients including FTSE listed, private and family owned businesses.Lauren started her career with a boutique search firm headquartered in Wellington. She holds a Bachelor of Science, Psychology (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (Human Resources and Management) from Victoria University of Wellington. Specialties: technology executive search, technology senior recruitment, technology headhunter, technology headhunting, cyber security headhunting, AI executive search, AI senior recruitment, AI headhunter, AI headhunting, Artificial Intelligence executive search, Artificial Intelligence senior recruitment, Artificial Intelligence headhunter, Artificial Intelligence headhunting, non-executive search in technology, appointments, board appointments, senior recruitment, succession planning, CEO search, CEO recruitment, talent acquisition, UK, International, Global, Europe, Asia, US.