Checkout.com: EMEA Executive Revenue Leader for Checkout.com

Checkout.com engaged 2B to identify and secure an SVP, Revenue Growth & Head of Commercial, Europe — a business-critical leadership hire responsible for driving the company's entire commercial agenda across the region. The mandate had already defeated internal efforts and one prior search partner. The bar was high, the urgency real.

Working closely with Checkout.com's CRO, we built a targeted longlist of 68 candidates drawn from the most relevant payments, FinTech, and enterprise SaaS businesses across Europe. Through a structured qualification process, we narrowed the field to six — each rigorously assessed against the commercial, cultural, and leadership criteria that mattered most at this stage of Checkout.com's growth. All six were taken to interview.

From search kick-off to signed offer, the process took eight weeks — a strong result for a mandate of this seniority and complexity. The proof point came post-placement: within 18 months of joining, the hire had grown Checkout.com's EMEA revenue by 30%, validating both the quality of the candidate and the precision of the brief.