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NEW HIRE – HSG appoints new US Associate Partner. Following an extremely exciting and record-breaking 2018, HSG continues to grow as the Search firm of choice within Financial Services. Testament to the continued international growth we are pleased to announce the appointment of Randy Egter van Wissekerke who will be an Associate Partner in our San Francisco office. Randy will be focusing on US Finance & Accounting executive search assignments. He has a wealth of experience in the US Finance markets operating across various sectors and delivering senior level search solutions on both East and West Coasts. Prior to joining HSG, Randy started his search career at Reaction Search International working on retained search assignments across a diverse client base then joining Century Group to focus on Finance, Accounting, Tax & Audit executive search. James Ridd, International CEO comments ‘I’m excited about Randy’s appointment in San Francisco and certain that he will be a real asset to our clients in this fast growing region'.
HSG SEMINAR - This morning we hosted a seminar on Succession Planning – What Constitutes Good or Effective Governance. Thank you to all that attended and thank you for helping demystify those urban myths around succession planning. From the feedback provided, all participants thoroughly enjoyed the seminar and found it very worthwhile, relevant and provided additional food for thought around why succession planning is of interest, what are published expectations and what are observations of good practice. A special thanks of gratitude to our presenters - Nick Dexter, Christopher Forster and Max White from the PRA/Bank of England and Richard Waddell from Talent ID. Our next seminar is on the 13th of June and the topic is Climate Change - Impact on Investing. If you would like to receive an invitation about this seminar please email – info@hanoversearch.com
PROMOTION - We are very pleased to announce the promotion of Daniel James and Paul Merlin to the position of Partner. Having started his career in London, Daniel made the brave decision to relocate to New York in 2016 to initially develop our Asset Management proposition. In 2017 he saw the opportunity to join Antony Pitt, CEO US Wealth Management in our newly acquired WM business and has been a central part along with John Chudzik, Managing Partner in building our East Coast WM brand. Paul re-joined HSG in 2016 after running his own search firm for 6 years. Since his return he has embraced brand strength and extensive client relationships to add both energy and expertise to our UK WM business and working closely with our Europe CEO, Stephen Phipps. He is based in our London office and has an exceptional track record of delivery with his main expertise being in distribution. James Emmett, Group CEO comments ‘They are both a testament to what can be delivered when you combine a great brand with great people. Congratulations to you both!
MBO COMPLETE – although we have 23 years’ of history, following a MBO in 2014, we have seen our most significant period of growth, performance and success over the past 5 years… Our headquarters in London moved into new offices, we opened offices in Dublin, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vermont and a partnership with ALS International extends our foot print to Asia. Our headcount has dramatically increased and we are now equipped with the latest technology to provide our clients with the best possible service. 2018 saw HSG ranked number 1 for Retail Financial Services and Insurance for assignments between £100,000 to £200,000 in the Executive Grapevine UK market report. We also partnered with a talent consultancy business led by Richard Waddell – Talent ID. James Emmett, Group CEO comments ‘It has been 5 years since Paul Groarke, Stephen Phipps and I first executed the MBO of HSG and set about transforming the business and now without any financial hand cuffs we have the people, brand and momentum to build a market leading Global Talent Solutions business.
HSG TURNS 23 TODAY! We would like to take this time to thank all of our clients and candidates who we have worked with. We will continue to support you and welcome any new opportunities. James Emmett, Group CEO comments ‘It’s been an amazing journey so far and really looking forward to the next few years as we roll out our new 3 year strategy to be your global provider of talent solutions’ Please feel free to get in touch with us on +44 (0)207 248 2244 / info@hanoversearch.com
NEW HIRE – Continuing our global growth plans, we have a new hire this week in our Dublin office. James Sweeney joins Simon Waddington's team to help build our position as the financial services search firm of choice in Ireland, while also helping Simon to develop our banking and legal practices in Europe. James holds Master’s degrees from University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology, and he has a professional background in political research and sales. James will bring his business and political science acumen, as well as his political research background, to bear in undertaking bespoke executive search assignments across the financial and professional services sectors in Ireland. Simon Waddington, Partner comments “we are delighted to have someone with James’ depth of research experience joining the Dublin office, to assist us in working towards our global goal of being the preeminent executive search boutique in financial and professional services”.
Read our latest blog from Zofia Sharman... As a Recruiter I spend a lot of my time dealing with people’s wellbeing because that’s largely what determines their reason for moving jobs, their reason for accepting job offers and their capacity to secure a new job too. We can say that “work-life balance” is an important factor for work because it gives us a sense of wellbeing but is there a bit more to being well? Click here to read the full article...
Last week Partner and Head of US Asset Management, Michele Hanson joined forces with two organizations: Youth With a Mission and Homes of Hope and spent the week in Ensenada, Mexico with an incredible group of people working alongside a family to take them from their uninhabitable living conditions to a home. Michele comments ‘It was the most honourable work I have ever done. There is so much that we can do for others, and it involves only a fraction of our good fortune.’ Hanover Search Group is extremely proud to be supporting such worthy charities. We have a lot of fundraisers planned for this year so watch this space! Please get in touch with Michele if you would be interested in finding out further information on these charities and the work they do – michele.hanson@hanoversearch.com
Today Hanover Search Group is celebrating International Women’s day. We’ve been talking to our colleagues, clients and candidates and a common theme has been that for real change to happen we need to be working as men and woman together to achieve goals and a better balanced workforce, the journey can’t be achieved alone! To do this we need to stop putting limitations on ourselves as women, especially ones that aren’t even there, set goals that will stretch you, don’t be afraid to ask for help, seek out successful men and women for support and guidance on your journey. To quote Brendon Burchard “I’m not interested in your limiting beliefs, I’m interested in what makes you limitless” So come on everyone it’s time to not only “talk the talk, but walk the walk” on a journey to balance for better! Happy International Women’s Day
NEW HIRE – We have another new hire in our London office this week! Iside Oliveti has joined our European team as an Associate and will be supporting Managing Partner, Kamila Orlando. Iside specialises predominately in the Insurance industry and her core competence lie in both the German and Italian speaking Actuarial & Risk markets. Iside is a native Italian speaker, fluent in both German and English with a University Degree in Global Business Management. She began her career with Hanover as an intern in our New York office. As an adept researcher with a passion for recruitment Iside provides first class market mapping intelligence and candidate identification and relationship management. James Ridd, International CEO comments ‘During this period of sustained growth, it is great to have Iside joining our expanding European team. I am sure she will be a great success in her new role’
