Governance, Risk and Compliance Leaders

Governance, Risk and Compliance Segment Expertise

Bespoke Partners is the leading executive search firm recruiting value-creating leaders for software and SaaS companies that are breaking new ground in GRC technology.

Sub-Sectors Include:

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    EHS (environment, health, safety)

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    Third party risk management

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    Operational risk management

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    Financial services risk management

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    Life sciences quality management

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    and many more

Track record for this Practice:

67+

GRC Placements

$6.8B

Enterprise Value Created

15

Number of Assisted Exits

84

Average Days to Close

12+

Years Covering this Segment

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Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate the onboarding of GRC leaders.

Our unique Search 2.0 process ties your search for GRC leaders back to your investment thesis, resulting in enhanced value for private equity backed software or SaaS companies.

Find out why Bespoke is the search firm of choice for GRC, and why our candidates excel at bringing IT applications to market, transforming the measurement of risk, improving decision-making efficiency and driving growth.

Looking for high-impact GRC leaders?

Why Bespoke for recruiting

  • Exclusive

    Exclusively for private equity portfolio companies: GRC leaders who drive disruptive innovation and transform operations

  • Efficient

    Ultra-efficient recruiting with 95% success rate

  • Unique

    Unique network & data-driven process find transformative GRC leaders in half the average time

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Winning results

Examples of our GRC leader placements

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Turbo Charged GRC Software Growth

Bespoke placed CRO leads International EHS Software company to record breaking growth acceleration within first year, leading to multiple acquisitions and 57% headcount growth.

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Compliance Powerhouse

Bespoke recruited CEO leads Risk Management Software firm through 15 acquisitions to achieve significant growth, facilitated an LBO, and drove company recognition as a GRC Technology leader within the industry for second year in a row.

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Risk Platform Outperforms

Bespoke’s recruitment of acclaimed CEO leads GRC platform to 600% growth and 5+ impactful acquisitions, all while bringing on additional investors for impressive market expansion.

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Bespoke-placed Leaders drive innovation

We place GRC leaders with proven track records in:

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    Designing and launching disruptive innovations across global geographies, understanding business intricacies in different regions.

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    Complex expertise across multiple regulated industries, with the ability to bring existing relationships into the new firm.

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    Crafting and articulating technology visions that shape the GRC industry and position a company as a leader and innovator.

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    Bring innovation in product offering, navigate emerging spaces, and leverage opportunity for category creation within the sector.

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    Mapping investment thesis and value creation plans, and translating them into clear goals and objectives for the company to act on.

Search 2.0™

Data-Driven Executive Recruiting Mapped to Value Creations Plan, Cutting Human Capital Risk.

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Data-driven

Search based on management science finding leaders who create value, typically in half industry average time

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Advanced Scorecarding

Comprehensive view of the candidate fit with the role

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Deep Validation

Typically 10+ backchannel references per candidate

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Your full-spectrum human capital partner

Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.