David Mackey

CEO

United Kingdom24 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in tech leadership hiring for Private Equity.
Built a curated network of independent tech leaders.
Successfully launched Albany's interim services from scratch.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned recruitment expert specializing in tech leadership for Private Equity.

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Core Skills

Executive SearchTalent AcquisitionBusiness Development

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NetworkingWritingRecruitingContract RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingConsultingRecruitment AdvertisingHuman ResourcesCRMStrategyOnboardingIT StrategyProgram ManagementHeadhuntingFinancial Markets

About

Hello. I’m David, Partner at Albany Partners. I specialise in tech and product leadership hiring (perm, interim or fractional) for investors and their portfolio companies. Private Equity has evolved beyond financial engineering. Today's value creation demands operational excellence... and technology, product, AI, data, and modernisation represent the most powerful levers available. Albany stands uniquely positioned to deliver leadership across every stage of this transformation journey. As a Partner at the firm, sometimes I'll lead CTO, CIO or CPO searches for PE-backed businesses. But my real focus is connecting PE investors & operating partners with top-tier interim, fractional and advisory CTOs, CIOs and CPOs... pragmatic, in the detail operators who deliver rapid results in PE-backed companies. I’ve built a curated network of proven independent tech leaders, trusted by PE. These leaders drive rapid improvements in infrastructure, product, security, AI and digital strategy, leading to efficiency, innovation, and accelerated value. If you're a PE firm looking to strengthen tech leadership, or a seasoned CTO, CPO, or CIO seeking impactful interim or fractional projects, let’s connect. 📧 david@albanypartners.co.uk 📞 +44 7968 038699 Whatsapp https://wa.me/447968038699

Experience

24 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Albany partners

2 roles

Partner

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos

Albany Partners is an executive search and interim management firm specialising in tech and product leadership for investors and investor-backed businesses.
david@albanypartners.co.uk | +44 7968 038699

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Director

Jun 2022 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs

Hired to launch and grow Albany's interim / fractional / advisory business from scratch.

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Polestar

Talent Acquisition Consultant

May 2021 – May 2022 · 1 yr · Gothenburg · Hybrid

For 12 months, led an embedded TA team of 5 people at Polestar (via Safemind) reporting to the Chief Digital Officer.
Hired 140 new employees into Polestar’s Digital team over 12 months - mainly software engineers (react typescript node AWS serverless), solution / domain / enterprise architects, product owners, business analysts, UI/UX, etc.

29ml ltd

Managing Director

Nov 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bath · On-site

Returned to the UK, started my own business to provide freelance exec search / recruitment services.
Clients:
Safemind, as below.
Citihub Digital, sourced project associates in New York for cloud migration projects based at large investment banks.
Polestar, as described above.

RecruitingStakeholder ManagementExecutive Search

Safemind

Recruiter / Headhunter

Apr 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Stockholm · Hybrid

Relocated to Stockholm, joined Safemind, an exec search agency plugged into the Swedish digital / start-up scene.
Led retained search assignments for top tech firms in Sweden and UK including Nothing, Sinch, Lifesum, Funnel, Instabox, Warner Bros Discovery, etc.

Citihub digital, a synechron company

Head of Talent Acquisition

Apr 2013 – Apr 2020 · 7 yrs · London, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Figured out that consulting is a bit like recruiting but with a different lens.
Led EMEA Talent Acquisition for Citihub Digital, a global tech consultancy focused on digital transformation in financial services.
Partnered with leadership to align talent strategy with commercial growth objectives across EMEA.
Designed and launched Citihub’s “Associate Programme”, creating a scalable bench of contract and interim consultants to complement FTE consulting headcount.
The programme unlocked rapid client delivery and business growth, expanding EMEA consulting capacity from 25 to 100+ (2014–2018).
This contributed to the firm’s sustained revenue growth, leading to successful acquisition in 2020 (by Synechron).