# Alessio Montaruli - URL: https://kitalent.com/authors/alessio-montaruli - Language: en - Family: core_support_corpus - Description: Public profile for Alessio Montaruli at KiTalent, including current role, background, and sector focus. ## Page Content Author profile # Alessio Montaruli Founder & CEO of KiTalent, with a focus on Europe & Middle East, Cross-border executive search, and Founder-led and board-level mandates. [Back to Authors](../) [KiTalent Entity Profile](../../about/kitalent-entity-profile/) Founder & CEO Role 3 Coverage areas KiTalent Public profile Live Public profile Profile ## About Alessio Montaruli Background, current role, and the parts of KiTalent's work most closely associated with this profile. Team profile ## Alessio Montaruli Founder & CEO CEO @ KiTalent | Executive Search Greater Milan Metropolitan Area Alessio Montaruli is the Founder & CEO of KiTalent. He leads the firm's executive-search work across Europe, the Middle East, and other cross-border markets, with a long-standing focus on senior mandates in financial services, technology, automotive, luxury, and energy. Over more than a decade in talent acquisition, he has built a reputation for bespoke search execution, strong passive-market access, and high-trust delivery for both clients and candidates. Before scaling KiTalent, he worked in the UK recruitment market across German and Italian financial services, DACH commercial development, and international search assignments. He is fluent in English, Italian, German, and Spanish, and has lived and worked across Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Cyprus, and Kazakhstan. His background combines international search execution with a humanities education that still shapes the way he approaches complex leadership mandates and cross-cultural hiring. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessiomontaruli) [Contact](/contact) 3 Coverage areas KiTalent Public profile Founder & CEO Current role Expertise ## Professional focus A quick view of the languages, geographies, and market themes associated with this profile. Fluent in ### Languages English, Italian, German, Spanish Geographic background ### Lived and worked in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Cyprus, Kazakhstan Focus areas ### Specialisms Selected sectors and mandate themes associated with this profile. Executive search Financial services Technology Automotive Luxury Energy Cross-border hiring Experience ## Selected experience Highlights from the professional background shown on this public profile. Career path ### Founder & CEO · KiTalent December 2020 - Present · Greater Milan Metropolitan Area Career path ### Director · KiTalent October 2016 - December 2020 · Greater Milan Metropolitan Area Career path ### Manager, German & Italian Financial Services · Oliver James October 2013 - September 2016 · Manchester, United Kingdom Career path ### Search Consultant, Germany · Amoria Bond May 2013 - October 2013 · Manchester, United Kingdom Career path ### Account Manager for DACH and Italy · Pelsis January 2012 - April 2013 · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Education ## Education Education listed on this public profile. Education ### University of Turin Master's Degree, Philosophy and History of Science · 2004 - 2009 Education ### University of Turin Bachelor's Degree, Philosophy · 2004 - 2007 Education ### Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio Secondary education · 1999 - 2004 KiTalent ## Hub presence in images These images connect the profile page to KiTalent's headquarters, hubs, and team presence. European headquarters ### Turin Turin remains the company's headquarters and the anchor point for the European operating model. Americas hub ### New York The New York hub supports North American mandates and wider cross-border search work across the Americas. Middle East hub ### Nicosia Nicosia connects the Cyprus base with broader executive-search work across the Middle East. Asia Pacific hub ### Almaty Almaty anchors KiTalent's Central Asian and Asia Pacific search footprint. Team image ### KiTalent team presence This image brings the profile pages back to the people behind the work, with Turin as headquarters and the four hubs supporting cross-border delivery. Turin HQ Cross-hub delivery Executive search Market intelligence Company ## About KiTalent Company information that sits behind this public profile, including the firm's structure, hubs, and operating model. Entity profile ### Company context KiTalent is an international executive search firm. Founded by Alessio Montaruli in 2016 with founding operations in London and Turin, the firm later consolidated its European headquarters in Turin, Italy, and now operates through four regional hubs across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Its model combines direct headhunting, market intelligence, and Proof-First Search to deliver executive mandates with lower execution risk. - Name: KiTalent - Headquarters: Turin, Italy - Founded: 2016 [Open entity profile](../../about/kitalent-entity-profile/) [About KiTalent](../../about/) [View methodology](../../methodology/) 2016 Founded by Alessio Montaruli 4 Regional hubs in the operating model Proof-First Commercial model for shortlist validation Focus ## Sector and market focus The areas below reflect the markets or specialties most closely associated with this profile on the public site. Focus area ### Europe & Middle East Area currently associated with this profile on KiTalent's public site. Focus area ### Cross-border executive search Area currently associated with this profile on KiTalent's public site. Focus area ### Founder-led and board-level mandates Area currently associated with this profile on KiTalent's public site.