Expertise

Deep markets. Difficult mandates.

Three focused executive search practices. Each requires a different understanding of performance, technology, markets, and leadership.

Three connected practices.Financial markets, investment organizations, and technology increasingly compete for the same scarce analytical, technical, and leadership talent.
01

Trading & Quantitative Finance

Trading, market making, systematic portfolios, quantitative research, trading technology, and energy and commodities.

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02

Investment Management & Capital Markets

Portfolio and investment leadership, hedge funds, family offices, private markets, banking, and capital markets.

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03

Technology & AI

Engineering and technology leadership, trading systems, applied AI, machine learning, data, and infrastructure.

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Beyond the title

Different markets. Different evidence.

The best candidates are defined by what they have actually done, not the name of their previous position. Our assessments follow the economics and technical realities of each mandate.

01 / Trading

Can the performance travel?

Evaluate attributable trading results, risk and capital requirements, strategy portability, restrictions and whether the candidate can operate on the hiring firm's platform.

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02 / Investment

Who owns the investment decisions?

Examine capital responsibility, portfolio construction, investment judgment, decision authority and the distinction between an individual's contribution and institutional resources.

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03 / Technology

What has worked in production?

Look beyond the technology stack to architecture ownership, live-system reliability, execution performance and collaboration with the trading or business teams the platform supports.

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