Executive Search and Leadership Advisory reimagined for the AI era

Find the leaders who think with AI.

BRAINWAVE talent identifies AI-forward executives with the judgment, fluency, and decisiveness to transform how your organization performs.

3–5 yr
Critical hiring window
for AI leadership
40+
Years combined executive
search experience
20+
Years psychometric
evaluation experience

What we do

Purpose-built services for organizations that need leaders who can operate at the frontier of AI.

Search

Executive Search

White-glove retained search focused exclusively on AI-forward executives. We identify leaders who can deploy AI to change how the business performs — across all industries and functions.

Evaluate

AI Readiness Evaluations

A multi-method framework combining psychometric evaluation, a supervised AI Collaboration Evaluation testing real tool use, and structured behavioral interviews focused on AI leadership competencies.

Platform

Talent Intelligence Platform Fall 2026

TalentGraph — our AI-native platform that captures structured hiring intelligence from every search, compounding into a proprietary knowledge base that accelerates future mandates.

BRAINWAVE talent founders
The Team

Four decades of search experience. Built for this moment.

Charles Salomons

Founder & CEO

20+ years in executive search and corporate leadership. Built BRAINWAVE talent to solve the talent identification problem he encountered firsthand — organizations unable to recognize AI-forward leaders when they meet them.

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Jim Tapper

Co-Founder & COO

Leadership advisory and talent development specialist with two decades of experience evaluating executives across Europe. Brings the evaluation rigor that turns search into a precision instrument.

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Ready to find your AI‑forward leadership team?

Let's discuss how BRAINWAVE talent can accelerate your next critical hire.