Helping investment technology scale-ups become market leaders.
Founder-led search for the hires that matter most.
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Hiring challenges inside investment technology
If you’re hiring in this space, you’re probably facing at least one of these.
Internal hiring has stalled
Your team and network have gone as far as they can, and the role still isn’t moving.
Expanding into a new market
No network in the new market, and nobody there knows your name yet.
Growth under pressure
Investors want the numbers, and hiring has to keep pace without the quality slipping.
Launching something new
First-in-role hires, with no precedent and no one to benchmark them against.
The niche skills bottleneck
The skill combination you need barely exists, and candidates keep failing your test.
Securing the hire
Signing the offer isn’t securing the hire. Counter-offers can still cost you before day one.
Talent is hard to win. The best people aren’t looking, so here’s where I’ve won them anyway. See the case studies →
How I work
I can help you meet these challenges and the expectations of the market.
Every search I run is exclusive and led by me. I start by understanding what the hire has to achieve, then go straight to the people who can deliver it, most of whom aren’t on the market.
01A warm pipeline, not a cold search
20 years of direct network access, with hundreds of active referrals in place before your search even opens.
02Quality at pace
One search partner, a focused shortlist within two weeks, and references offered on every hire.
03Protected to signature
Negotiation and counter-offer risk managed all the way through to your new hire’s first day.
It scales with what you need, from proving the fit on a single hire to building out a whole team. See the ways to work together →
Proven success
6 hires
BlueFlame AI
Six hires in four months across the US and EMEA. BlueFlame was later acquired by Datasite.
$500k+
Enfusion (now Clearwater Analytics)
Built the London / EMEA sales team from scratch. The first two hires generated over $500k in new revenue within six months.
25+ hires
Finbourne
Hires placed as Finbourne scaled from around 20 to 300+ employees and secured a $100m Series B.
Measured across my searches.
98.9%
Search success rate
95.8%
Retention: placed candidates still in role after 12 months
100%
Of clients who have worked with me would recommend me
From my own records: search outcomes, plus the feedback I ask every client for after each placement. Retention based on my last 24 placements.
It is rare that recruiters take the time to understand in extreme detail the needs of their clients on both sides of the professional placement industry. Jamie is an exceptional professional and a talented recruiter whom I have recommended to companies and individuals alike. He has carved a niche in the market and nobody does it better.
Joel BurnetteHead of EMEA Sales, BlueFlame AIGot a critical hire coming up?
Let’s talk about what it needs to succeed. Ask me for a salary benchmark and market map for the role before you commit to anything.
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