# A LATAM executive search firm built by people who made the journey themselves. Source: https://www.tessera.partners/about Language: en Last updated: 2026-10-02 About Tessera Tessera takes its name from the small Roman token once used as a mark of trust between people crossing borders and building relationships. That’s our work: thoughtful introductions between people who have everything to gain by meeting each other well. ## The founders. ### [Federico](https://www.tessera.partners/team/federico) CO-FOUNDER ARGENTINA · BELGIUM · NETHERLANDS Built his career across international corporate environments in Europe after growing up in Argentina. Understands firsthand what international companies look for beneath the polish, and what helps ambitious LATAM professionals earn trust across borders. ### [Lidiane](https://www.tessera.partners/team/lidiane) CO-FOUNDER BRAZIL · ITALY · NETHERLANDS Rebuilt her career across countries, cultures, and professional systems after growing up in Brazil. Understands the personal and professional realities behind building an international career, and what helps people thrive once they arrive. Coming from Latin America, we learned firsthand what it takes to build trust and adapt across cultures. We earned our opportunities inside international systems that were never designed to feel familiar. Before building this company, we spent years building careers across LATAM and Europe. We adapted to new countries, new professional cultures, and new expectations each time we moved. Over time, we realized something important: international careers are rarely built on talent alone. They are built on timing, communication, adaptability, mentorship, preparation, and the ability to understand what different cultures and companies actually value beneath the surface. We learned how much depends on details most people are never taught. How to present yourself in unfamiliar environments. How to navigate different expectations around leadership and communication. How to interview across cultures. How to earn trust in rooms where nobody shares your background. And how to tell a company that hires internationally from one that knows how to integrate international talent well. For years, friends across LATAM and abroad asked us how to make that transition successfully. At the same time, founders and hiring leaders kept asking us how to evaluate senior LATAM talent with more confidence and less noise. Eventually, it became obvious that both sides were struggling with the same problem: translation. Not of language, but of expectations, context, trust, communication, and long-term fit. So we built Tessera. A small, founder-led firm focused on thoughtful international hiring. It is built for ambitious LATAM professionals, wherever they are based, and the companies serious enough to hire them well. [Federico](https://www.tessera.partners/team/federico) and [Lidiane](https://www.tessera.partners/team/lidiane), Co-Founders What we hold ourselves to ## Five principles. ### Dignity over volume. The staffing industry treats people like inventory. We refuse. We answer every email. We give written feedback. We disclose salary bands. None of these are favors. They are the floor. ### Evidence over adjectives. "World-class talent" is what every recruitment firm says. We score candidates on five lenses with written evidence. Boards don't fund adjectives. ### Quality over speed. We deliver fast, with a shortlist in 21 days, but never at the cost of judgment. We will tell you the candidate isn't ready before we will tell you the role is filled. ### Both sides, always. We work for the company. We owe the candidate the truth. There is no scenario in which we send someone to a company we wouldn't work for ourselves, paying clients included. ### Founders accountable. For our first hundred placements, both founders are personally involved in every search. The buck stops with our names. The Code of Hire ## The promises we publish and stand behind. We sign every engagement agreeing to these terms. If we ever break one, you can hold this document up against us. 1. ### We answer every application. Within seventy-two hours. Including the rejections. With a written reason. 2. ### We disclose salary bands before any candidate applies. If a client refuses to share the band, we don't take the search. 3. ### We never send a candidate to a company we wouldn't work for ourselves. We turn down clients who treat people poorly. Quietly, on principle. 4. ### We score every shortlisted candidate on five lenses, with written evidence. No vibes. No adjectives. No black-box AI. Recruiters sign the dossier. 5. ### We back every placement for ninety days. Three times the industry standard. If a placement doesn't work, we re-search at no fee. 6. ### We disclose AI use in plain language. Candidates are told when AI is involved in screening, what it does, and what it doesn't decide. 7. ### We give written feedback on every final-round outcome. Especially when the answer is no. The candidate has earned that, and so has their next interview. 8. ### We protect candidate data with the same care we'd want for ourselves. Compliant with GDPR, LGPD, and every relevant data-protection law. CVs are never shared without the candidate's explicit consent for a specific company. People and Talent Consultancy ## Why does Tessera understand cross-border hiring? Tessera is a people and talent consultancy shaped by lived international experience. Federico moved from Argentina to Belgium, worked in international banking environments, and managed multinational corporate relationships across cultures and markets; Lidiane bridges Brazil and Europe. That context shapes how we evaluate remote professionals, bilingual talent, and senior LATAM leaders in Latin America and across the global diaspora. Our founder-led model is strongest for companies that need a global hiring partner, international talent sourcing, and senior judgment rather than generic staffing agency volume. We start with relationships, references, and trusted connections, then expand carefully when a search needs broader coverage. ## Want to talk to one of the founders? [Book a working call →](https://cal.com/tessera)