Sarah Shamouelian

Sarah Shamouelian is a Director at Stanton Chase Los Angeles, where she specializes in executive search across aerospace and defense, private equity, advanced technology, and financial services. She works with founders, CEOs, boards, and investors to build leadership teams capable of scaling complex technologies, expanding into new markets, and navigating strategic growth inflection points. Her search work focuses on commercial, operations, and technical leadership roles where strategy and execution intersect.

With a track record across aerospace and defense, industrial and technology businesses, Sarah has led senior-level searches for venture-backed dual-use technology companies, emerging aerospace and propulsion platforms, and established defense and space organizations supporting DoD, NASA, commercial spaceflight, and international defense customers. She has experience supporting both early-stage, founder-led environments and late-stage transformation initiatives within industrial and technology-driven businesses.

Earlier in her career, Sarah held commercial and advisory roles in financial services, global business intelligence, and AI and automation, working with multinational corporations across the U.S., U.K., Europe, and emerging markets. She brings a global perspective, having lived and worked in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain, with consulting and project experience across the Middle East and Africa.

Sarah holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School and a BA in History of Art and Italian from the University of Manchester, including study at the University of Pavia in Italy. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and is active across the Southern California aerospace, defense, and private equity ecosystems.