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We are a trusted executive search firm, known for sourcing senior leaders for board and executive roles in financial services and select regulated industries. Our clients are leading lights in their field, ambitious and innovative, with high expectations of us and the service we provide.

With an extensive and wide-ranging network, who you know does count, it is vital to our business. Our aim is to build strong and lasting relationships with clients and candidates by connecting them with the right people, we want to be “worth knowing” not just “well known”.

Our creative methodology ensures we uncover many inspirational and innovative leaders with the skills and ability to positively impact a business. With a flexible, nimble, thorough, and honest approach, we have built a reputation as experts in our field. Each assignment we manage is tailored to our clients’ specific needs, and we take time to fully understand their business, people and culture, enabling us to bring forward a shortlist that is strong, both technically and culturally. As a smaller boutique firm, we adapt quickly and easily throughout an assignment, without compromising our performance, appreciating that change happens as our client’s business grows and evolves.

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We have primarily worked within financial services and a handful of regulated industries, as outlined below:

Financial Services

The financial services landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years. Today it is broader and more dynamic, influenced by changing consumer habits, technology, AI and customer data/intelligence requiring an innovative and everchanging approach to sourcing talent. Sectors served have included mid-tier banks, insurers, mutuals, asset managers, payments, fintech’s, master trusts, crypto markets, private equity backed start-ups, outsourcers and professional services firms.

Regulated Markets

Due to our experience and extensive network, we understand how the world of regulation operates and have significantly broadened our offering to many regulated firms that sit outside of financial services.

 

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Below is a selection of recently completed mandates evidencing our capability:

Board

Chairperson/Non-Executive Director/Chair of the Risk Committee/Chair of Audit/Chair of Nominations/Chair of Remco/Senior Independent Director/Shareholder Representative/Trustee

C-Suite

Chief Executive Officer/Chief Risk Officer/Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Financial Officer/Group Chief Legal and Risk Officer/Chief Legal Officer/Chief Commercial Officer/Chief Internal Auditor/Chief Operating Officer/General Counsel/Chief People Officer

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Audit Director/Director of Credit/Director of Enterprise-Wide Risk and Prudential Risk/Director of Financial Crime and MLRO/Director, Portfolio Risk/Lending Officer/Director of Operational Risk/ Finance Director/Head of Cyber Security/Director FP&A/Director of Compliance Monitoring/Head of Operations/Director, Regulatory Reporting/Director, Intermediary Sales/Head of Capital Management/Customer Services Director/Director, Credit Risk & Analytics/Director of Infosec/Head of Business Recoveries/Head of Legal