Placements

Risk management executive search is all we do and in our eight years of operations, we have successfully placed more than 100 risk professionals. Some examples of our recent placements:

Director/Head of Commodities Risk Management, Investment Bank
This Director was hired to manage the nature of all traded market and credit risks and ensure that all risk taken is both transparently reported and commensurate with the Bank’s stated appetite for risk. The Director is required to recommend the appropriate level of new types of risks or products and to approve increases in risk within specified parameters. A close working relationship with both Trading and other Risk personnel is required, and the Director is to take a prominent role in advancing various initiatives within Risk Oversight and Market Risk as well as the Lines of Business. The candidate placed was a former Vice President/Head of Commodities Risk Management at another major investment bank.

Director of Risk Management Solutions, Software Analytics Firm
The Director of Risk Management Solutions was hired to lead product strategy, development, marketing, and vision for our client's world-class Risk Management/Financial Services product family. This key leadership position is in charge of the P&L for the entire financial services product line and manages a staff of over 8 direct reports. The successful candidate was a managing consultant with a major consulting provider with strong skills in Basel II and Economic Capital software systems.

Compliance Advisor, Energy Company
Compliance Advisors were hired to work on the trading floor of this Fortune 25 Energy firm and are charged with overseeing the regulation and compliance monitoring of the firm's oil trading activity. Individuals in this key compliance role are responsible for training traders on regulatory issues and responding to any concerns that come up during the course of the trading day. Two successful candidates included Assistant General Counsel from a mid-sized broker-dealer and a Senior Manager of Surveillance Systems at a financial exchange.

Head of Credit Risk, Capital Markets/Sub-Prime Lender
The Chief Credit Officer/Head of Credit Risk was hired into a high profile business and risk role responsible for the overall direction and control of business performance and risk exposure for a major division of this lending company. This senior risk professional directs all modeling analysis efforts, determines risk policies and strategies, and serves as technical expert to senior management on complex risk issues. The successful candidate came from a major mortgage company with deep industry experience.

Head of Market Risk, Capital Markets/Government Sponsored Entity
The Head of Market Risk was hired to provide oversight on financial risk management activities and to ensure safety and soundness on market risk management issues. The position required at least 5 years of experience in a market risk position focused on fixed income/mortgages and a graduate degree in economics, finance or other quantitative field. The successful candidate came from a major GSE with a solid market risk and quantitative background. The position offers an exceptional opportunity for advancement from senior market risk officer to chief risk officer.

Principal- Trading and Risk Management, Energy Practice of Consulting Firm
The Principal Consultant was hired to lead a team of consultants and be responsible for the development of analytical models for energy transaction valuation, portfolio and asset risk analysis, energy transaction and risk Management systems data analysis, financial forecasting, and asset optimization. In addition to developing models, this individual is responsible for communicating model results and assumptions through reports and presentations. The successful candidate was a consultant in the energy practice of another consulting firm.

First Vice President/Head of Research and Quantitative Systems Management, Financial Exchange
The First Vice President was hired to lead the research and development function and to consult on implementation of quantitative risk systems as well as their integration into the firm’s overall IT infrastructure. This role involves leading new quantitative systems initiatives, authoring system requirement documents and coordinating quantitative system activities across several departments, including but not limited to risk, research and IT. A senior portfolio manager/head of quantitative research from a hedge fund was successfully placed into this position. Before joining a hedge fund, the candidate was a global head of quantitative research at a large investment bank.