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Richard Sowter

Richard is a partner based in Melbourne, specializing in professional services. Leveraging his 16 years of experience as a trusted advisor to technology and services based organizations on leadership hiring and team acquisitions/builds, Richard has a reputation for successfully placing transformational leaders across Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining True, Richard was an executive director for Sheffield Haworth where he led the consulting and services search practice in Australia while advising clients across the region. He also previously held prominent roles in multiple boutique search firms, specializing in professional services. 

Having operated across most industry sectors, Richard’s clients include Big 4, technology consultancies, strategy houses, systems integrators, and boutique consulting firms. At True, he focuses on partner, MD, and senior leadership level searches across the APAC region within management and technology consulting, advisory, risk, and managed services.

Richard holds a BA in business from Liverpool John Moores University and started his career in London before moving to Australia in 2012.

Snapshot

  • Expertise in working with professional services firms across APAC to facilitate lateral partner hires, team moves and acquisitions
  • Avid sports fan (too many to list), and in his spare time you will find him on the golf course tirelessly trying to get down to a single figure handicap
  • Originally from the UK, he moved to Australia in 2012 and lives in Melbourne with his wife and son

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The Team

  • 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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