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Sainty Hird delivers world-class executive search services that identify and secure exceptional leaders who drive success. Our rigorous, tailored approach ensures the perfect alignment of candidates' skills, values, and vision with our clients’ needs. With a deep network and a reputation for excellence, we bring transformative talent to every leadership role.
Asset & Wealth Management
We work with asset and wealth managers, sovereign wealth and pension funds, hedge funds and family offices across EMEA and North America. Our network and expertise extend across public and private markets and we specialise in board, leadership and management appointments, as well as those in investment, distribution and operations. We also have a successful record in making thoughtful corporate introductions and in building and refreshing teams.
Board
For nearly 30 years, we have helped clients to have a diverse blend of skills and experience on their boards. We have successfully sourced and placed chairs and non-executive directors for public and privately owned companies, as well as numerous growth companies and non-profit organizations. We are proud to say that the majority of our successful non-executive candidates are considered to be diverse.
We understand too that start-ups and scale-ups require different skills and experience on their boards at different stages of their journeys. We help investor-backed businesses – from series A through to PE-backed companies across all sectors – by working closely with existing executives, board members and investors to find and engage the right governance according to stage-specific priorities.
In addition to our comprehensive search and assessment process, we also offer a structured development programme to help aspirant non-executive directors.
Global Banking
We have one of the most active and well-known teams in the market, recruiting executives across all capital markets, corporate and investment banking disciplines in EMEA and North America. We are in particular recognised for our work across both debt and equity capital markets, as well as leveraged finance, real estate, project, infrastructure and structured finance. We have also been instrumental in some of the most high-profile corporate and investment banking appointments in the UK and Europe.
Global Markets
Our team has an unparalleled executive search record in secondary markets, having been responsible for over 1,000 hires in sales, trading and research during the past 20 years. Working across Equities and Fixed Income, cash and derivatives, PT and Electronic, we have supported the formation and build-out of multiple leading investment banks in both Europe and the USA.
Human Resources
For more than 20 years, we have been supporting our clients in the UK, US, and EMEA to find commercial leaders for their People & Culture teams, enabling them to enhance leadership, performance, and culture. With a proven track record across financial services, professional services, and technology, we deliver on searches for Executive roles (CPO, CHRO), Regional Heads of HR, Management roles in specialist areas (including Talent, Culture, Inclusion, and Reward), and Strategic Individual Contributors.
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Insurance
Handling executive and board searches in the UK, Bermuda, the US and EMEA, we have one of the most active international insurance executive search teams in the market, with unrivalled access to the best talent across the Life and Non-Life industry. Our team has more than 25 years’ combined experience of broking and underwriting, and more than 50 years in search.
Not-for-Profit
Sainty Hird & Partners has a long and robust track-record supporting charities, NGOs and not-for-profit organisations. We are recognised for engaging with both industry grandees as well as fresh talent, and in this way ensuring our clients have the people necessary to make a difference at Board and Executive Committee level.
Private Markets
We work across multiple sectors within private markets – including credit, private equity, infrastructure and real estate – and have a notable record in building investment and specialist distribution capabilities, as well as board and senior management appointments. We also work with our clients’ portfolio companies to assess and refresh board and management teams, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and diverse governance.
Professional Services
Sainty Hird & Partners supports leading professional services organisations across all advisory and consulting sectors, including strategy, transformation and change management, and programme delivery. We have an extensive and proven record hiring at Partner and MD level within deal advisory; management consulting; strategy consulting; digital & technology consulting; and post-merger integration.
Technology
At Sainty Hird & Partners, we fill executive-level roles for digital and technology officers, including CIO, CTO, and CISO roles. Additionally, we help businesses secure skills that include AI, cloud computing, IT project management, and software engineering.
We work with software and platform organisations to find proven leaders who can capitalise on new market opportunities and help their organisations seize them. The strength of our approach lies in helping clients find transformative Board Directors, CEOs, and General Managers who can lead those critical functions.
By working with digital infrastructure companies, we help them find the right talent for their evolving needs. We also provide both digital and legacy companies with the leadership solutions to harness disruption in an increasingly complex and competitive market.
Our close relationships with the Fintech community, as well as with the wider technology and finance ecosystems differentiates Sainty Hird & Partners and enables us to identify the right person for each board or executive role.
Telecoms
Sainty Hird & Partners helps established, global communications services providers, telecom network equipment providers as well as new, disruptive players find proven, agile leaders who can drive growth and succeed even in a rapidly evolving telecoms world. Our partners have some of the deepest, most robust telecoms talent networks on the market, handling searches across the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas for over 20 years.
“Working with Sainty Hird, we made 107 offers to candidates in various areas of equities over five years and we received 103 acceptances.”
“I have dealt with Sainty Hird & Partners for over 20 years and they have never failed to find the right candidate.”
“The Sainty Hird & Partners team are a pleasure to work with.”
“The team's knowledge of the marketplace and success rate in filling the various roles we have presented has been impressive.”
“Most search firms can find candidates, several can get the candidate to entertain an offer, but Sainty Hird is really good at closing the hire.”
“The Sainty Hird team always finds candidates with the right cultural fit as well as the ability to do the role.”
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