CleverConnect appoints Patricia de Tinguy as Human Resources Director and Xavier Sentuc as VP Alliances & Partnerships

Paris, March 6, 2023 – CleverConnect, the European champion of SaaS Talent Acquisition solutions, announces the appointment of Patricia de Tinguy as Human Resources Director and Xavier Sentuc as VP of Alliances & Partnerships. These appointments come at a particularly favourable context for the company, which recently announced a 42% growth for 2022.
Patricia de Tinguy, Human Resources Director
Patricia de Tinguy, appointed as Human Resources Director, joined CleverConnect in December 2022. Her mission is to support the group’s growth, in particular by strengthening and developing the skills of its 270 employees in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
To this end, she will support the scaling of the teams and work with the management team to define an optimal work organisation.
Previously, Patricia de Tinguy was Human Resources Director at Ividata, a scale-up company specialising in big data consulting. They also assist start-ups with their HR issues.
Graduated from EM Lyon and HEC, Patricia de Tinguy began her career in the Bel Group before joining Kerneos and then Imerys, where she worked on international issues related to organisational definition, management support, staff training and managing the integration of new teams, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
“Recruitment is a major challenge for companies who must adapt to candidates whose expectations have changed in a context of unprecedented talent shortages. As a Human Resources Director, I understand the challenges and I am delighted to be able to provide an answer with CleverConnect. I am thrilled to be joining CleverConnect to support its growth and ambitions, and to support the development of our employees to meet these challenges together.”
Patricia De Tinguy Human Resources Director CleverConnect
Xavier Sentuc, VP Alliance & Partnerships
Appointed VP Alliances and Partnerships, Xavier Sentuc joined the CleverConnect teams in November 2022. He is responsible for structuring and organising the Alliances and Partnerships activity. Xavier’s mission is to develop strategic partnerships and drive product integrations with key players in the HR ecosystem. Key partners include the largest ATS(Applicant Tracking Systems) on the market such as Cegid, SAP SuccessFactors, Cornerstone and Oracle, as well as HR consultancies and integrators.
Xavier Sentuc has been working in the IT sector for 25 years. The last two years, he was Head of Business Process Outsourcing for UiPath, a robotic process automation start-up.
After obtaining an MBA from Harvard Business School, Xavier Sentuc worked successively for Siebel System, a CRM company, in charge of developing partnerships in Europe, and for Avaya, an international company specialised in business communications, in charge of developing the partnership with IBM. Finally, he worked for SAP SuccessFactors as EMEA Ecosystem and SME Market Director.
“Recruitment is more important than ever and has taken a prominent place in HR strategies. The HR tech is a vibrant market, constantly growing and in need of constant innovation. I am delighted to join this sector within CleverConnect, whose positioning is particularly innovative. Developing partnerships to fully integrate CleverConnect into the vast recruitment ecosystem is a major challenge for the company’s growth.”
Xavier Sentuc VP Alliance & Partnerships CleverConnect
“Patricia and Xavier are real assets to support the development and expansion of CleverConnect. Their experience in large groups as well as in start-ups represents a strategic opportunity in the vision they can bring. We onboarded more than a hundred employees in 2022 and we will continue to structure our teams and support the development of each of our employees. CleverConnect’s development also relies on solid partnerships with key players in the market to offer candidates and our clients the best possible experience with our solutions and to support their recruitment strategy.”
Marko Vujasinovic CEO & Co-Founder CleverConnect
Following its merger with Talentry, the German leader in Candidate Relationship Management solutions (Employee referral and Candidate CRM) in June 2022, CleverConnect has established itself as the European Candidate Experience champion with a platform that covers all stages of Talent Acquisition – jobboard, sourcing, employee referral, career site, video interviewing, talent matching – and is integrated with the largest ATS on the market.