Our Team | The Executive Edge — 40+ Career Architects Worldwide

Who We Are

A firm built on
insider precision.

The Executive Edge is not a network of freelance coaches. We are a structured, multidisciplinary firm of more than 40 career architects operating across the world's most competitive business environments.

Every member of our team has held senior leadership roles, led high-stakes talent processes, or built organisational frameworks at Fortune 500 and Russell 1000 level. That insider knowledge is the foundation of everything we deliver.

We operate with a single quality standard across all geographies: evidence-based diagnostics, personalised strategy and measurable results at every engagement.

New York City United States

London United Kingdom

Paris France

Madrid Spain

São Paulo Brazil

Leadership

The founders &
senior principals

The architects who built The Executive Edge methodology — each with direct C-Suite experience across global organisations.

David Furtado

Executive, S&P 500 Company

20+ years in C-Level leadership across Fortune 500 organisations. Pioneer of The Executive Edge methodology, combining evidence-based diagnostics with multi-horizon career architecture. Former board advisor to three global firms.

New York City & London

Ana Wilson

Director of Potential Growth

PhD in Organisational Behaviour, London Business School. Leads our evidence-based diagnostic frameworks and 360° feedback methodology. Published researcher in high-potential talent identification and career velocity.

London

Marcus Webb

Executive Presence Director

Former VP of Stakeholder Relations at a global Russell 1000 professional services firm. Expert in executive communication, non-verbal science and board-level storytelling. Trained over 200 senior leaders in stakeholder influence.

New York City

Claire Moreau

Senior Career Strategy Consultant

15 years advising high-potentials at Big Four and global FMCG companies across Europe. Specialist in talent positioning, LinkedIn authority building and corporate visibility strategy for senior managers targeting C-Suite.

Paris

Precision over volume

We work with a deliberately select number of clients each quarter, ensuring every engagement receives the depth of attention it deserves.

Evidence, not intuition

Every recommendation is grounded in peer-reviewed research, validated frameworks and data from thousands of real executive career progressions.

Insider intelligence

Our team has lived inside the systems our clients are navigating. That perspective is not teachable — and it is the foundation of our edge.

Global Architecture Network

Specialists across
every career horizon

From early high-potential identification to senior executive placement, our specialist architects cover every stage of the career journey across five global cities.

James Laurent

Executive Career Architect

Former Managing Director at a Big Four consultancy. 18 years engineering C-Suite transitions across Europe and the Americas. Specialises in senior leader repositioning, compensation negotiation and board-level visibility strategy.

Paris & New York City

Priya Sharma

Expert Career Growth Strategist

MSc Organisational Psychology, UCL. Specialist in high-potential talent diagnostics, career velocity analysis and accelerated promotion frameworks for managers at the Director and VP threshold. 12 years in talent strategy.

London

Thomas Reed

Early Potential Architect

10 years identifying and developing early-stage high-potentials at Fortune 500 technology and financial services firms. Expert in first-leadership transition, ambition mapping, career foundation-building and corporate visibility from day one.

New York City

Isabel Castillo

Job Placing Director

Former Head of Executive Talent Acquisition at a Fortune 100 global firm. Leads our direct placement strategy, search committee relations and executive market positioning. Extensive network across Iberia, Latin America and the US.

Madrid & São Paulo

40+ career architects.
One mission.

A firm built on
insider precision.