Our Team
About Us
Vista Executive Search is in the people business – the right people business. We deal with two communities: organisations looking for senior talent, and senior executives who are looking for a change, and may be at a career crossroads.
Whether our clients are organisations or individuals, they will receive a very personal and tailored service, designed to make the experience a positive – and highly productive – one.
If you choose Vista Executive Search, we will listen carefully to your story: your needs, circumstances, challenges and what determines your operating and competitive environment. Warning: when warranted, we will ‘push back’ and challenge your thinking and assumptions. We will be as invested as you are in finding the right solution for you, and therefore equality in our exchanges is essential. Our aim: the ideal pairing of opportunity with the successful package that is talent and temperament.
Workplace Relations Commission licence no: EA4026 and Garda vetted annually (Oct 2022).
Bob Hoffman
Over the past 30 years, Bob has held a variety of Sales, Marketing and General Management positions across multiple industries. He was previously CEO of The Sales Institute of Ireland where he worked closely with business leaders in a variety of sectors, including Telecoms, IT, FMCG and Financial Services, to support their commercial management capabilities.
Bob has developed a reputation as a trustworthy, ethical and reliable professional who conducts business with a personal style and professional manner. He holds various marketing qualifications and is currently studying in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
Tel: +353 868 170 170
Email: Bob.hoffman@vistasearch.ie
Dan McKeown
Dan McKeown has over 15 years’ recruitment experience in Ireland, sourcing mid-senior level professional in finance, operations and management. Servicing multinational clients including industries from pharmaceutical to banking, Dan has successfully conducted recruitment mandates for niche and difficult-to-fill roles in Ireland as well as the UK and mainland Europe.
Tel: +353 866 072 205
Email: Dan.mckeown@vistasearch.ie
Ann Doheny
Ann is the backbone of the Vista Executive Search team running the office and managing our accounts payable and receivables, as well as dealing with our suppliers. She was previously Office Manager in PMI Software for many years. Ann knows how to manage people, time and resources in a very professional but friendly style. She is an effective Project Manager and enjoys the trust with candidates and clients alike.
Tel: +353 868 242 525
Email: Accounts@vistasearch.ie
Chris Freeney
Chris began his professional career almost 30 years ago. In the early 90’s he joined Esat Digifone / O2 and graduated to management as a sales director of an Irish IT reseller. Founded and ran his own home automation business. And until recently has spent most of the last decade working for SAP, a multinational software company.
During his career he gained expertise in sales, management, and reseller ecosystems, specialising in supporting partners to overcome the disruptive transition from on premise to cloud business models as well as assisting start/scale up’s achieve success.
More recently he certified as a Personal, Leadership and Executive coach and now runs his own practise in addition to heading up the Outplacement team in Vista Executive Search.
Tel: +353 87 239 1565
Email: Chris.freeney@vistasearch.ie
Executive Search
‘The only way to do great work is to love what you do’ – Steve Jobs
Executive Coaching
‘Everyone needs a coach. We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how weimprove. Bill Gates
International
‘No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent’ – John Donne.
Outplacement
Why should you spend money assisting people who are leaving your company?