Dominique Airey, client partnerships director at CUR8

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August 18, 2023

How to hire a chief partnerships officer

Dominique Airey, partnerships director at CUR8, talks about how to hire a partnerships lead into the C-suite, especially if you work in an emerging industry

Dominique Airey has worked in partnerships in the impact and startup world for more than a decade. Before joining carbon removal startup CUR8’s C-suite as partnerships director, Dominique founded her own carbon removal company, which was backed by Seedcamp but didn’t quite make it after struggling to raise a second round of funding. 

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