Principal consultant with 16 years of experience leading technology and C-suite searches for venture-backed and enterprise clients.

Daniel Okafor

Daniel Okafor

Bio

Principal consultant with 16 years of experience leading technology and C-suite searches for venture-backed and enterprise clients.

Exprience

16 years

Specialization

Technology, Commercial Leadership

Languages

🇬🇧 English, 🇫🇷 French, 🇳🇬 Yoruba

Daniel Okafor is a Principal Consultant at Kessler, supporting the firm's technology and financial services practice with particular experience in larger leadership mandates and complex C-suite searches. He joined Kessler in 2017 after a decade at a leading international search firm in London.

Daniel studied at the University of Oxford and INSEAD, and leads assessment and search delivery on substantial leadership mandates, alongside selected board appointments. He has particular experience in scaling engineering and product organisations, including searches for several venture-backed unicorns.

  • 16 years of experience across technology and financial services search.
  • Lead Consultant on C-suite searches for venture-backed and enterprise clients.
  • Specialist in engineering, product, and commercial leadership for scaling organisations.
  • Member of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC).
  • Member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
  • Regular speaker at SaaStr and Web Summit.