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Trusted counsel for strategic leadership challenges

Fleetwood Saunders is a specialist recruitment firm which focuses on helping financial services companies grow and supporting professionals through their career development.

 

We serve as trusted advisers on leadership and career decisions, employing a client-led approach that emphasizes understanding business dynamics, culture, and future goals.

 

Fleetwood Saunders prioritises a long-term strategy to mitigate risks associated with high-stakes leadership and career decisions.

Woman in Office

fleetwood saunders bring clarity to complex hiring decisions

Our clients value our discretion, judgement and long-term approach and our candidates trust us to be honest, realistic and respectful of their careers. We know that executive search works best when it is guided by honest advice and long-term thinking.

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Business Consulting

​​​we are your trusted talent adviser, not a transactional recruiter

We use our extensive experience to develop a deep understanding of the financial services companies we work with, to understand the business, leadership dynamic, culture and growth plans to shape every role with the client and challenge the brief where necessary. 

Office Collaboration Scene

our approach with longstanding clients is client-led, not role-led

Our clients trust us to find the right talent for their business. We have recruiterd across various disciplines within the financial services sector. Challenge us to fill a role and we will work with you to deliver the best person in the market, and if we can’t we will say so.

Shaking Hands

We take a long-term view that protects both sides of the decision

We don’t oversell roles or candidates. We value honesty and integrity and that has been the core of our approach from the beginning - developing long-term relationships and deep partnerships, evidenced by repeat placements with clients and candidates who now use us themselves as hiring managers.

Companies

Specialising in the Financial Services sector we work with FCA regulated companies including:

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Wealth & Investment Management

  • Wealth & Investment Managers

  • IFA's and Financial Planning Firms

  • Private Banks

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Wholesale Buy-Side

  • Asset Managers

  • Hedge Funds

  • Private Equity

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Sell-Side

  • Stockbrokers

  • Capital Markets

  • Investment Banks

 

Retail

  • Consumer Credit Firms

  • Mortgage Brokers

  • Retail Banks

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Regulatory Consultancies

  • Boutique Compliance Consultancies

  • Regulatory Hosting Platforms

  • Accountancy & Law Firms

Specialisms

The types of candidates we represent and opportunities we frequently recruit for include:

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Compliance & Risk​

  • Head of Compliance / Chief Compliance Officer 

  • MLRO / Financial Crime Officers

  • Compliance Managers 

  • Monitoring Officers

  • Policy & Advisory Officers

  • Financial Promotions Officers

  • Head of Risk / Risk Managers

  • Training & Competency Managers

  • File Reviewers / Suitability Specialists

  • Regulatory Consultants

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Financial Planning & Wealth Management​

  • Head of Financial Planning

  • Regional Managers / Team Leaders

  • Financial Planners / IFA's

  • Paraplanning Managers / Paraplanners

  • Investment Managers

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Other​

  • We are client-led and our clients often ask us to help with other business critical roles outside of our core specialisms.

  • For example: Accountancy & Finance, Legal and Co Sec, Marketing and Operations

“We have worked with Danielle on a number of important searches and have found her to be proactive, knowledgeable and extremely professional in the way she goes about business. danielle is our first port of call whenever we have a new job role to fill."

Managing Director, Regulatory Consultancy

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