Headhunters for Private Equity

While PE firms tend to recruit people through their network first (e.g. alumni, bankers they worked with, friends and ex-colleagues) before going to headhunting firms, here is a list of the well known headhunters in London that have a specialised private equity practice:

Argyll Scott International (www.argyllscott.com)

Specialist Recruitment Consultancy managing permanent mid to senior level appointments within Corporate Finance. Clients range from top tier Investment Banks and Boutiques to Private equity houses in London. 

Contact Name: Jade Sweeney

email: jsweeney@argyllscott.com

contact phone: +44 (0) 207 936 1125

Arkesden Partners (www.arkesden.com)

London-based firm that covers both Investment Banking and private equity.

Contact Name: Jack Tattersall

email: jct@arkesden.com

contact phone: +44 (0) 20 3008 6204 

Blackwood (www.blackwoodgroup.com)

Blackwoods is a London-based search firm that recruits for a large variety of finance and non-finance roles, but they also have a good recognition in the London private equity recruiting space.

EH Partners (www.ehpartners.co.uk)

EH Partners is a London boutique executive search firm focussed on the alternative assets space and investment banking.

Contact Name: Simon Hegarty

email: simon.hegarty@ehpartners.co.uk

contact phone: +44 (0) 203 432 2552

KEA consultants (www.keaconsultants.com)

Kea Consultants is an executive search firm that specialises in moving young professionals from top tier investment banks and consultancies into the buy-side. They work on an exclusive basis with firms such as Blackstone, TPG, Advent & Och Ziff and have strong relationships with a number of other funds ranging in size

Contact Name: Hephzi Pemberton

email: pemberton@keaconsultants.com

contact phone: +44 (0) 203 397 0841

Kinsey Allen (www.kinseyallen.com)

Specialist Finance London-based search Firm with a global reach with its global offices.

One Search (www.one-search.co.uk)

Pure finance-focused firm with a good presence in private equity and hedge funds.

Contact name: Chris White

email:chris.white@one-search.co.uk

contact phone: +44 (0) 207 887 7500

PER (www.perecruit.com)

Private Equity Recruitment (PER) focuses exclusively on investment-related functions such as Private Equity, Venture Capital, Mezzanine Capital, Fund of Funds and Secondaries. They mainly cover Europe and Middle East.

Principal Search (www.principalsearch.com)

Specialist financial services search firm providing global hiring solutions to clients across a wide range of product areas within the investment banking and financial services sectors.

Contact Name: William McCaw

email: william.mccaw@principalsearch.com

contact phone: +44 (0) 207 090 7575

The Rose Partnership (www.rosepartnership.com)

Large recruitment firm based in UK. They cover mainly Europe out of London but also have some presence in Asia-Pacific through their Hong Kong office. They recruit for Banking and Private Equity.

Walker Hamill (www.walkerhamill.com)

Walker Hamill is widely recognised as one of Europe’s leading recruiters in private equity, venture capital, real estate, secondaries, fund of funds, mezzanine and hedge funds. It recruits for investment positions from Associate to Partner level and infrastructure roles including finance & accounting, fund raising, investor relations,compliance and portfolio management.

Contact : James Stephens jstephens@walkerhamill.com

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