NAZARETHE PEOPLE BEHIND NAZARE
Some of the world’s best talent partners, with years of experience helping ambitious AI companies find the people they need to build, deploy and scale.
Alex has spent more than 26 years building, scaling and exiting technology businesses as a founder and operator. He has led multiple companies through scale-up journeys to successful exits, giving him first-hand experience of the challenges founders face when building high-growth teams. Alongside his operating experience, Alex has developed strong relationships across the venture ecosystem, including a network of more than 30 VC funds, bringing a highly commercial and founder-led perspective to NAZARE.
Anjor spent 7 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer and hiring manager, conducting 1,000+ technical interviews and training hundreds of interviewers. He ran FDE hiring for commercial and UK businesses, building the systems that identified exceptional engineers at scale. He holds a PhD in Computational Physics from the University of Maryland and remains an active researcher — recently completing a validated study on AI-assisted physics simulation development.
Arielle spent 10+ years building teams for ambitious tech companies, from making 100+ hires in 6 months to leading global talent functions and helping startups scale at slightly unhinged speed. These days, she specializes in the hard stuff: AI, deep tech and technical talent, usually working with and hunting in places like Palantir, Helsing, Stripe, and other companies with annoyingly good people. If a candidate says “I’m really happy where I am, but this sounds really interesting", perfect. That’s exactly who Arielle was looking for.
Sofiane specialises in finding exceptional technical talent for some of the hardest hiring problems in AI and deep tech. He has partnered with companies including Mistral AI, RELEX Solutions and Comand AI, with a particular focus on Forward Deployed, Applied AI and engineering talent. He combines a strong understanding of technical profiles with a highly hands-on, research-driven approach to search.
Marija is a Senior Talent Partner with 8+ years in technical recruitment and a former Head of Sourcing, where I built, trained and led a team of 10 sourcers. Marija has worked with companies including Airwallex, Expleo and Noli, alongside Partech portfolio companies and early-stage AI startups, hiring across some of the most competitive technical markets. Her sweet spot is the difficult search: mapping niche talent pools, finding people who aren’t sitting in the obvious places, and turning a challenging brief into a strong pipeline.
Fraser is a Senior Talent Partner at Nazare Deploy, working with companies including Decagon, Paid.ai and Bain Capital to find exceptional talent in AI. Before tech, he spent 15 years in football, spotting talented young players and helping them build careers at the professional level. He brings the same eye for raw potential to AI, finding people early who have the ingredients to become the next generation of leaders in the industry.
