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Cristina-Elena Pestrea

Cristina-Elena is a partner and a co-lead for True’s office in Berlin, covering DACH and Southern Europe. With more than eight years of professional experience in executive search, she sits in True’s Consumer, Go-to-Market and CEO / BOD Practices, hiring senior executives (focus on marketing, growth, sales, general management and operations) for leading high-growth venture capital and private equity-backed technology companies.  Some of her clients include: OpenClassrooms, SantéVet, Boxy, Point Vision, Blinkist, Miles, Choco, Tomorrow, Satispay, Dreamlines, Bitpanda, Dance, Nucom, Personio, Depop, Spotify, etc.

Prior to joining executive search, Cristina was a managing director of a Berlin-based cultural institute.

Cristina speaks Romanian (native), English, Spanish, French, Italian and German and is a sociologist by background (bachelor’s degree completed in Romania and Spain and master’s degree in management of cultural landscapes completed in France, Italy and Germany).

Snapshot

  • Sociologist with a master 's degree in management of cultural landscapes
  • Previously a managing director of a Berlin-based cultural institute
  • Likes to spend her free time travelling and improving her language skills

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  • Brad Stadler co-CEO & Founder, True and president, true search Haddonfield (HQ)
  • Joe Riggione co-CEO & Founder, True and president, true technologies Haddonfield (HQ)
  • Josh Withers Founder & GM, Platform and North America Search Operations San Francisco
  • Kate Vanek Global Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer London
  • Sam McGrath GM, EMEA & APAC London
  • Lucinda Duncalfe EVP, True Technologies & GM, Thrive, AboveBoard & Jopwell New York

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