How do you hire a Chief AI Officer?
Meditari provides retained executive search services for AI leadership. A typical engagement takes nine to twelve weeks, from initiation to final candidate decision. The fee is one third of the successful candidate’s total first-year cash compensation, billed in three instalments. Our clients are government and semi-government bodies, telecoms operators, banks, multinationals and large family groups, across the Gulf and Europe.
The executive search mandate
A typical executive search engagement runs through six stages and takes nine to twelve weeks to complete.
The fee
1/3
of total first-year cash compensation
Meditari executive search services are delivered on a retainer basis. The fee is one third of the successful candidate’s total first-year cash compensation, billed in three instalments: on signature of the engagement, on submission of the shortlist and on appointment of the selected candidate.
Who leads the practice
Elsa Babik is Partner, Executive Search at Meditari. She has worked in executive search since 2003 and has focused on AI leadership since 2024. She leads every mandate directly.
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The track record
Placements in AI and technology leadership, by sector and role.
While the focus is AI leadership, the track record spans technology and transformation roles across banking, telecommunications, fintech and sovereign investment.
Artificial intelligence: Chief AI Officer
Sovereign wealth fund: Executive Director, AI and cybersecurity portfolio company
Telecommunications: Chief Executive Officer
Telecommunications: Chief Information Officer
Telecommunications: Chief Strategy Officer
Fintech: Chief Executive Officer
Fintech: Chief Product and Technology Officer
Assignments led by Elsa Babik.
Common questions
How long does a search take?
Nine to twelve weeks, from position specification to appointment. The different stages and their approximate timing are laid out in the table above.
How is Meditari paid?
Meditari executive search services are delivered on a retainer basis, equivalent to one third of the successful candidate’s total first-year cash compensation, billed in three instalments: on signature of the engagement, on submission of the shortlist and on appointment of the selected candidate.
Does the practice work outside AI leadership?
While we focus on AI leadership roles, our track record spans technology and transformation roles across banking, telecommunications, fintech and sovereign investment. We take mandates outside AI leadership where the brief is close to that record.
How do the two practices work together?
Meditari advises organisations on the economics of AI, and helps them hire the executives who lead it. The two practices serve the same organisations. Search work is never used to influence advisory recommendations, and advisory work is never used to influence a search.
