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CEO

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Alex Matusescu
Managing Director

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Mit dem Recruiting Team von Adaptive Digital haben wir einen Business-Partner auf Augenhöhe gefunden, mit ernsthaftem Interesse am Wohlbefinden ihrer Kunden und stets auf der Suche nach langfristigen Beziehungen und Win-Win Lösungen! Innerhalb kürzester Zeit werden punktgenau Profile vorgeschlagenen. (...) Adaptive hat hiermit maßgeblich dazu beigetragen, dass unser Team in den letzten Jahren durch fachlich kompetente und motivierte Mitarbeiter verstärkt wurde.
David Mermelstein
Managing Director

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Die Jungs und Mädls von Adaptive machen es unkompliziert: die Briefings sind kurz und zum Punkt, die vorgeschlagenen Profile immer passend und die Betreuung während des Prozesses super professionell. Ich kann die Headhunter von Adaptive vollkommen empfehlen!
Andreas Knorr
Director Marketing

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Our Directors

Your Directors

David James
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Chief Executive Officer
David James, the CEO of Adaptive Business Group the holding company of Adaptive Executive, focuses on supporting divisions, offices, teams, clients, candidates and vendors to succeed and create careers and relationships that we are all genuinely proud of.
David is highly passionate about driving people’s careers forward, aligning their vision, passion, development for their career, to that of the company, their markets, colleagues, clients, and candidates. This has been the ethos from day one and has allowed Adaptive to create and be market leaders in the Life Science, Language Services & Technology, Digital Marketing and SaaS industries across Europe, the US.
David enjoys a hands-on approach and still manages M&A deals, and passionate about providing executive search solutions for leading and most innovative companies in our markets helping them achieve their short- and long-term objectives.
David also runs software projects and companies, for the recruitment industry, looking at ways of improving the staffing industry in ethics and efficiency.

Rebecca Stevens
Life Science
Director
Rebecca Stevens officially joined Adaptive in 2017 and moved into a Director position in 2021, where she continued to lead and develop a multi-million euro division.
Rebecca is a Director within the Life Science practice, where she leads Senior and C-level executive search and recruitment projects across the DACH region for companies that are aggressively scaling their operations, product development, and market access. She is highly specialised in supporting medical device, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical manufacturers that seek rapid and/or exceptional performance from divisional business leaders. She has completed multiple C-Suite searches for the some of the fastest growing MedTech innovators in the DACH region, and secured high-level business leaders for the world’s biggest drug/device, and manufacturing companies in the Life Science sector.
In all of Rebecca’s executive search projects, she has 100% success in filling the position, and 100% retention.
Rebecca graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a LLB Law and Business Degree, and a Masters Degree in Corporate Governance and Law. She is deeply integrated in the Life Science community, regularly attending conferences and events, with impactful knowledge on regulatory and operational challenges impacting the industry.
Interests: A passion for travel, scuba diving, skiing, and food…

Andrew Jones
Language Services, Tech & Data
Global Language Service Director
Andrew is a Director with specialist knowledge and exposure within the M&A and Executive Search space. Adept at assisting company growth plans through both organic and inorganic strategies he has been behind some of the most well publicised acquisitions and associated C-Suite placements in the last 5 years.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Language Service and Technology landscape has enabled him to build an high level network across Private Equity, Venture Capitalist, Listed and fast growth companies across Europe and the US.
A specialist when it comes to all things M&A and growth related in the industry, able to act as both trusted council and growth advisor to all clients.

Paige Schnoebelen
Digital
US/EU Director
Paige joined Adaptive in 2015 and has quickly become one of the leading Directors for the firm’s Digital practice, placing executive-level talent in Marketing, Product, and Data & Analytics roles. She provides top-tier recruitment support to technology startups and eCommerce brands across the US, UK and EU, with successful placements at Trusted Health, Streetbees and Prismm (formerly AllSeated) to name a few. Her passion is connecting talented professionals with exciting opportunities and helping disruptive businesses build high-performing teams that thrive in today's fast-paced digital world.
Paige graduated with Honors from the College of the Holy Cross with a degree in Psychology. When she’s not headhunting the world’s best digital talent, you can likely find her traveling to a new country, trying out a new restaurant, watching football, or spending time with family and friends.