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...“I thought it was better to talk to people directly than through headhunters,” he said. “I’m a front door sorta guy. I think it was effective and I’d do it again.”...
...“Goldman people, senior people, are more receptive than ever to take a call from me,” said one Wall Street headhunter....
...Of the 22 hedge fund trader hires that headhunter OCR Alpha listed for September across the industry, eight of them were made by Millennium — by far the largest by any single firm....
...claiming to belong to established and reputable-sounding institutions, think-tanks and universities, Some of the most widely-used profiles show pictures of attractive young women and men who claim to be headhunters...
...Only 8 per cent of fintech directors globally are women, according to research by DHR International, the headhunters....
...“We are open to the idea of putting one or two additional non-executive directors on the board, but going through a proper headhunter process,” he said....
...Headhunters say computer scientists are now the hottest property in finance....
...Technologists are the priority now,” says Jared Butler, a headhunter at Selby Jennings. “It’s easier to hire a computer scientist and teach them the financial world than the other way around.”...
...Mr Bolloré, it seems, did not like headhunters’ first CEO choice, even if chairman Jean-René Fourtou did....
...Just two weeks ago, a French headhunter was contacting private equity professionals to form a team, a person with knowledge of the move said....
...“They’re definitely the most aggressive guys in the market at the moment” in terms of hiring, says Peter Henry of Commodity Search Partners, a headhunter....
...Mr Plassat turned down the job earlier this month, according to a person close to Carrefour, who said informal approaches had been made, though no headhunter has been mandated to undertake a search....
...Bank (Hong Kong), joined as non-executive chairman in March at the same time as David Henderson, a former chief executive of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank and managing director at Russell Reynolds, the headhunter...
...The code is expected to suggest that 30 per cent of search lists should be women, and if not, headhunters should explain why....
...Premier, which has appointed headhunters Spencer Stuart to lead the search that will be launched both externally and internally, has spent much of the past year de-leveraging its balance sheet and is now...
...Former Lloyds chief Eric Daniels was among the first guests at headhunter Jan Hall’s reception at the Tate Modern....
...However, Michael Boroian, president of the headhunters Sterling International, said: “Generally speaking, when you have a brand created by a designer of Mr McQueen’s personal stature and vision, but the...
...George Stein of Commodity Talent, a New York-based headhunter group, said there was no question “looming compensations …have triggered a move of commodities traders from banks into trading houses and hedge...
...“The industry’s cost basis has to be realigned and cannot work as it did in the past but on future needs,” says Iraj Ispahani, head of European, Middle East and Africa financial services at headhunters Korn...
...Michael Goodman, founder of New York headhunter Long Ridge Partners, said there had been a “tremendous amount” of job losses at hedge funds....
...The search for a replacement for Dame Clara, being handled by Anna Mann, City headhunter, has been going for half that time....
...Headhunters were approaching potential replacements as early as this summer, but some directors believed that Mr Duran should have been given until the end of the year to turn the company round....
...“People who a year ago I couldn’t get two minutes on the phone with, suddenly they are free for lunch,” said Chris Gaunt, a principal at Heidrick & Struggles, the headhunters....
...Everyone uses headhunters – it is all based on price,” said one senior staffer at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority....
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