Retained executive search in CEE
Technology and Telecoms
Menity leads retained searches for CEOs, board members, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, CFOs, CHROs and commercial leaders in technology companies and telecom operators across CEE.
We compare internal successors with external candidates and recommend whom to appoint.
Leads Menity's Technology & Telecoms assignments.
In retained executive search since 2007.
Sector focus
Telecommunications · Software & IT Services · Cloud, Data & AI · Digital · Gaming
Core markets
Slovakia · Czechia · Hungary · Austria
Before you hire or promote
When to involve Menity
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Expansion into another market
Benchmark role scope and compensation, and identify leaders who have built sales and delivery teams in your target markets.
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CEO succession
Identify potential successors, assess when they could take over and define the preparation each would need.
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Digital transformation
Assess what CIO, CTO and transformation candidates personally delivered in legacy replacement, cloud migration or AI deployment, and the business results.
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Acquisition or PE investment
Assess management against the investor’s growth, profitability and integration targets, and recommend whom to retain, develop or replace.
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Restructuring regional leadership
Clarify country and regional responsibilities, including separate CTO and CIO roles, and assess leaders against the revised requirements.
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Appointing a CISO
Define the CISO’s authority and reporting line, and assess experience in incident response, business continuity and supplier risk against the company’s obligations.
Completed mandates
Who our clients appointed
We assess candidates through structured interviews and references, adding a business case or psychometrics where relevant to the role. These completed mandates show how that assessment informed the appointment. Client names remain confidential.
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Digital transformation · Telecoms · Eight CEE markets · 2025
Regional AI and data science leader
Assessed candidates were not seeking a new role.
The brief: develop and implement an AI and Data Science strategy across eight CEE markets, with a commercial B2C focus. We searched eight European countries.
Our contribution: we assessed candidates’ experience leading AI deployments in B2C operations, their personal contribution and the business results they could substantiate.
The client appointed a leader we identified and approached directly.
SaaS commercial strategy · Three-country search · 2025
Chief Commercial Officer
We searched three countries for a B2B leader to define SaaS pricing, value proposition and go-to-market across sales channels.
Interviews, a business case and psychometrics assessed adaptability and the transferability of experience from another market and sector.
The client appointed an international candidate.
Internal succession · Regional expansion · 2026
Country Managing Director
With Group HQ, we defined success criteria for expansion in high-tech distribution. Research across three CEE markets informed the brief.
We interviewed internal and external candidates against the same criteria and prepared a plan for an internal promotion.
The client promoted the internal candidate and engaged an external candidate in another regional role.
Conversations with technology and telecoms leaders
Leaders Talk
Interviews by Menity partners Vladimír Janík and Peter Nemčok.
January 2026
Martin Maštalír
General Manager, Dell Slovakia
President, AmCham Slovakia
February 2026
Jitka Adámková
Chief People, Law & Integrity Officer and Executive Board member
T-Mobile CZ & Slovak Telekom
Sector perspectives · CEE · October 2026
How leadership roles are changing
Questions before a senior mandate
What boards and CEOs usually need to know first
How long does a CTO or CIO search take in CEE telecoms?
Our planning target is a qualified shortlist by week four and a hiring decision within 8–12 weeks of the confirmed brief. Specialist experience, cross-border responsibilities and relocation can extend the process. Candidate notice periods are additional. You receive a weekly update covering search progress, candidate feedback, obstacles and decisions needed from your team.
Can you search confidentially for a replacement while the current executive is still in post?
Yes, we agree with you who may know about the search and when the company’s identity can be disclosed. The responsible Managing Partner approaches selected candidates directly and controls what is shared at each stage.
Can your boutique model give us access to more candidates?
A smaller client portfolio can mean fewer off-limits restrictions than a large international network—and more executives we can approach for your role. Before accepting your mandate, we identify any restrictions affecting your target companies and candidates.
Speak with Peter Nemčok
Discuss a search or leadership review
Discuss a planned appointment, CEO succession or a review of your leadership team.
Leads Menity’s Technology & Telecoms assignments.
Based in Bratislava. Working across CEE.
Confidential. Retained. Partner-led.