Resilience.
Trust.
Opportunity.
Halsey Keetch has a track record of completing complex, leadership-level, search assignments across governance, regulatory and controls functions for a broad financial services client base.
We attribute our success to our extensive knowledge of what it takes to resource mission-critical Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Crime, Internal Audit leadership roles.
Our results are due to our innate understanding of these functions, an appreciation of our clients’ specific needs, and uncompromising respect for all stakeholders in every project we handle.
Additionally, our Board Practice has been built on the longevity of our business, the depth of our relationships, our credibility as governance, regulatory and controls specialists, and our access to this highly accomplished network of people.
The value of our process speaks for itself: Over 90 percent of the leadership professionals placed by us since 2015 have remained with and progressed meaningfully at our client organisations.
Succeeding a long-serving incumbent for this global firm, we found our ‘household name’ client a crisis management specialist who has proven an exceptionally strong hire as the pandemic brought upheaval to global markets in 2020.
We successfully secured an up-and coming Chief Risk Officer / SMF4 capable of operating across all facets of banking risk, including prudential and credit, who has brought much needed structure to a nuanced international environment.
Our client required a Bermuda HQ based enterprise risk specialist for this important role ahead of a major push for international growth; we found them a Big Four-trained risk expert ‘on island’ with substantial industry experience
Replacing a very senior previous incumbent sadly lost to the City, we helped our client hire an outstanding and broadly experienced London based former FTSE100 ExCo member who has made a material impact since joining.
With our client facing considerable regulatory scrutiny due to fast-evolving regulation, we placed an MD-level investment banking compliance expert who has set the agenda since joining, resolving issues and meeting regulatory expectations.
This hedge fund plans considerable growth having established an exceptional track record over four years; we helped them to appoint an ex-regulator and experienced SMF16 to help them stay compliant whilst achieving their goals.
We have assisted this client twice in their international audit hiring endeavours, first placing one of the sector’s now established and recently promoted senior leaders and subsequently facilitating the internal move of an exceptional colleague.
We have assisted this client three times with their appointment of a Head of Internal Audit, most recently in 2020; we supplied a highly diverse shortlist and ultimately secured the services of one of the investment industry’s best people.
The investment banking audit specialist placed into this role brought with them a Big Four audit and global banking finance background and has been so successful as to have held this key role at our client firm for more than a decade
We secured an outstanding leader with technical and commercial finance experience to join a sophisticated, high growth UK asset manager (part of a larger life company group) who will provide a succession planning option for the CFO.
Following an exhaustive search of this competitive marketplace, we have facilitated the internal move of a high-potential finance professional with Big Four training and a blend of experience into our client group’s world-leading ventures arm.
The Global CFO of this huge firm required an exceptional deputy with technical, commercial and treasury accounting plus global leadership skills; we landed a broadly experienced FD from one of the world’s leading banking groups for the purpose.
Following the planned departure of the incumbent Chair (placed by Halsey Keetch) of this prominent Japanese bank’s EMEA business, we were mandated again and secured a Chair-calibre former corporate banker with Japanese cultural and business experience.
The Audit Chair placed by Halsey Keetch at this mid-size investment bank in 2017 progressed to take on the role of Board Chair in 2019, leading to the third of our engagements on this search, through which a board diversity issue caused by two planned departures needed to be addressed. An extensive search led to the appointment of a former banking CFO who made a great start to her portfolio.
To address a diversity issue on the all-male board of a major alternative asset management business, a female Remco Chair capable of managing both hedge fund managers and representatives of the North American bank parent was needed. We produced a strong and diverse shortlist; the ex-HR Director placed in the role has been a great success.
