Every hiring decision is a decision about the future.
Your unconditional strategic partner in attracting exceptional, high-impact executives. We bring you leaders who unlock and retain team potential, build a culture of innovation, drive team growth — and stay relentlessly focused on business results.
We deliver leaders who take deliberate ownership of business results
Founder of Execburo
About the founder
Sofia Belyandinova
Leadership development and succession planning
Deep candidate-market research for your strategic planning
Hiring C-level executives and senior leaders
Execburo is more than search. We offer a full toolkit for building a strong, effective leadership team that’s ready for whatever comes next.
We build the teams that scale your business
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Executive Search: precision leadership search
We find executives who don’t just fill a role — they bring rare expertise and accelerate your business. We go deep into your company’s DNA to find the exact fit.
Compensation & salary research: current market benchmarks
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Accurate compensation data for your industry and for specific roles. We help you shape a competitive offer that attracts and retains the best.
We build effective management structures by placing mid-level leaders who don’t just execute — they inspire teams and sustain steady growth.
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Management selection: strong mid-level leaders
Talent for the age of artificial intelligence. We cover your AI hiring needs end to end — from analytical mappings and market research to precision search for executives and functional leaders. Our expertise here is backed by proven cases and successfully closed roles.
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AI Executive Search
We build a bench of qualified candidates ready to join your team when you need them. Business continuity and resilience, by design.
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External talent pool: ready for what’s next
An in-depth analysis of the talent market for the competencies you need. You get a complete view of who’s available, at what level, on what compensation, and where their careers are heading — everything you need for strategic planning.
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Talent mapping: the full picture of the market
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Mentor search for executives: developing leaders
We source experienced mentors and coaches who help your executives unlock their potential, work through challenges and reach the next level in their careers and their business.
Why us
Permanent client-focused service
- We don’t disappear once the offer is signed
- We support onboarding and integration until the leader has delivered their first measurable wins
A tailored solution across org structure, EVP and compensation, designed to attract the strongest and rarest candidates — the ones the open market never sees.
A winning, customised solution
A rare combination of accomplished, ambitious professionals who can take on any challenge — in consulting and in-house alike. We think, reason and arrive at meaningful solutions in the same language business owners speak.
The Execburo team
Geography and cross-industry reach
- We close roles across 7+ countries on three continents, and run global searches
- Cross-industry pollination with best practice
Transparent deal economics
- Clear, simple terms
- Regular, transparent reporting
- We’re reachable 24/7/365
- Built around each client’s specific needs and preferences — no off-the-shelf solutions
- Meticulous attention to detail, tailored to each client’s context, with solutions grounded in our team’s deep knowledge and experience
- We build and maintain long-term relationships with our clients
Boutique quality control
Leaders are found with us
Industries we work in
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The architecture of a search: how we take you to the result
Diagnostics and objective
We go deep into your business: assessing challenges, opportunities and risks — then build the hiring scorecard and the success criteria for the role.
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Closing and follow-through
We run the negotiations, support the offer and oversee onboarding.
360° referencing
We collect references from former managers, peers and direct reports.
Shortlist and analytics
We present finalists with a projected P&L impact and comparative analytics.
Business-results interviewing
We assess management style, track record, potential and risks.
Market intelligence and depth
We build a target list of companies, run a competitive analysis and present the long list.
Customised solution design
We calibrate the role, KPIs, EVP and compensation against your goals and the market.
We multiply your business results
- Revenue growth, stronger and more durable margins
- Retention of key players
- Hedged risk and fewer hiring mistakes
One high-performing executive pays for themselves many times over:
Execburo — the most effective leadership architecture there is, standing guard over your business.
Commercial Director, Ad Platform
E-commerce market leader
Chief Operating Officer
Insurance & medtech holding
Chief Financial Officer
International logistics company
Fintech
Chief Commercial Officer
СРО
E-grocery
СЕО
E-grocery market leader
Business Unit Director
Network of medical clinics
E-commerce Director
Fashion retail
СТО
Insurance & medtech holding
Insurance & medtech holding
HR Director
Ad Platform Director
E-grocery
CEO of Business Unit
Fintech and insurance companies
Org structure research
Sales, Marketing and Legal functions across e-commerce and retail
Head of Ads BU
E-commerce
HRD
E-commerce
Bigtech holdings
СРО
Marketing Director
Foodtech
CTO
Fintech
PRD
Foodtech
Foodtech
СМО
HRD
Insurance
CLO
Insurance
CFO
B2B trading company
CTO
AdTech
E-commerce
Head of Analytics
VP Product & CPO
E-commerce
Mentor for a Product Lead in e-commerce
Objective:
Support the Product Lead’s growth to CPO level and help them perform effectively while acting in the role. The mentor is an experienced CPO from a large e-commerce company with a proven track record in building product strategy and leading teams through rapid growth.
Support the Product Lead’s growth to CPO level and help them perform effectively while acting in the role. The mentor is an experienced CPO from a large e-commerce company with a proven track record in building product strategy and leading teams through rapid growth.
Objective:
Help build out the financial data analytics function. For this we selected a former CDO from a comparable industry with experience embedding a data-driven culture company-wide.
Help build out the financial data analytics function. For this we selected a former CDO from a comparable industry with experience embedding a data-driven culture company-wide.
Mentor for a Head of Analytics at an e-commerce leader
Mentor for an HRD at a traveltech holding
Objective:
— Work on the long-term HR strategy through 2030 — balancing the inspiring with the achievable;
— Design metrics for resource-efficiency;
— Team effectiveness and the leader’s role as a "growth point" — how to be part of the team’s forward motion rather than just a manager.
— Work on the long-term HR strategy through 2030 — balancing the inspiring with the achievable;
— Design metrics for resource-efficiency;
— Team effectiveness and the leader’s role as a "growth point" — how to be part of the team’s forward motion rather than just a manager.
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We’re regular guests in the media and on podcasts
YouTube interviews and podcasts
Media materials
RBC Pro
How companies lost money by choosing the wrong CEO: the anti-cases
A deliberate approach to managing your career
Nashel Podcast
On executive search with Sofia Savenkova, Head of Executive Search & Recruitment
HumanConnections
Khedovnya
How are executives actually hired? Sofia Belyandinova on executive search
What draws international executives to the Russian labour market
Kommersant
Can a shy person end up leading a team? An expert answers
Peterburg Expert
How the leader of the future adapts to market pressure: the 10 skills that matter most
RBC Pro
Charisma isn’t everything: how to hire an executive who won’t leave within a year
RBC Pro
Forbes
Invisible employees: why your business needs an external talent pool
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Company details:
Sofia Sergeevna Belyandinova, Individual Entrepreneur (IP)
TIN (INN): 695 008 892 877
State registration number (OGRNIP): 324 690 000 027 142
TIN (INN): 695 008 892 877
State registration number (OGRNIP): 324 690 000 027 142
Sofia Belyandinova
Founder of EXECBURO
An architect of high-performing leadership teams and the decisions behind them. Over 10 years of proven results working with top corporations across industries in Russia and internationally. A trusted partner to founders of the fastest-growing startups in building out their leadership teams.
Experience:
Education:
Experience:
- Recruitment Director, Wildberries AdTech
- Head of Executive Search & Recruitment, SberMarket
- Senior Executive Search Associate, Ward Howell
- Personal career advisor to C-level executives
- Lecturer at Skoltech, HSE and the Graduate School of Business, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Contributor to Forbes, RBC and other leading business publications
Education:
- Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) — LL.M. in Public International Law, with honours
- Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) — Degree in Private International Law, with honours
- Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) — Diploma in Translation for Professional Communication, with honours
- St. Clare's College, Oxford
- Process Communication Model — certified