Americas Practice.

Michael is Head of Americas, leading The Omerta Group’s regional client relationships, strategic development and senior search mandates across Global Markets, Global Systematic Markets, Investment Banking and Asset Management, based in New York.
 
Michael has had significant global front-office recruiting experience, with his career spanning 20 years working at a strategic level as a talent acquisition leader in the U.S., EMEA and Asia markets. His coverage has included; Global Securities (Equities, Fixed Income & Research), Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Asset Management, International Banking, Transaction Banking, Wealth Management and Shared Services senior recruitment.
 
Prior to joining Omerta, Michael was a Managing Director at a boutique executive search firm focused on the global financial services industry, where he was responsible for the origination of new business development and execution of searches across global markets and asset management.
 
Michael’s career has also included senior talent acquisition roles at Citadel, UBS, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank and Wachovia/Wells Fargo.

Jon, based in the New York office, is part of the firm’s Global Asset Management leadership team, focused on identifying, assessing and hiring senior talent across both, traditional and alternative asset managers. His core expertise stretches across senior leaders, portfolio managers, research analysts, sales & distribution, IR, quantitative professionals and risk managers.
 
Jon has established and managed relationships with buy side firms for over 20 years, including extensive experience with fundamental credit and equities; event-driven, special situations and distressed; emerging markets; structured corporate and mortgage credit; macro; and quantitative strategies. Jon has also run and executed numerous sell side searches, primarily in corresponding asset classes/markets.
 
In addition to establishing and building the asset management practice at two previous search firms he worked with, Jon has been part of the senior leadership teams, helping to set and execute firm and/or team strategy, including hiring, training and managing team members.
 
Prior to search Jon traded derivatives. He studied finance and Asia at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dan joined The Omerta Group in 2019 and leads the Research function, where he supports all firm practice teams for the U.S. operations. He also actively recruits for searches where additional resources are needed. Dan is based in New York.
 
Prior to joining The Omerta Group, Dan held senior Research positions with a number of global retained search firms, where he most recently served as the Head of Research for the Americas at a major global executive search firm.
 
Throughout his career, Dan has developed expertise around several areas within Financial Services including Fixed Income, Equities, Foreign Exchange, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Fin Tech, Cash Management/Transaction Banking, and Risk Management, among others. Beyond Financial Services, Dan also has a successful track record and extensive exposure to search assignments for clients in the Payments, Software, Networking, AI and Real Estate spaces.
 
Dan attended Pennsylvania State University for his undergraduate degree.

Charlie is a Vice President in The Omerta Group’s Global Hedge Fund team. He is experienced hiring Portfolio Managers, Analysts/ Strategists and Traders across Equities, Fixed Income and Credit globally.
 
He rejoined The Omerta Group in 2023 having originally joined the firm as an Associate in 2019. He spent two years with another Financial Services Executive Search firm building out a Hedge Fund focused Equities practice.
 
Charlie read Human Geography at The University of Exeter.

Edward joined The Omerta Group in 2021, supporting the Global Markets, Investment Banking and Asset Management practice in New York City. He specializes in all levels of M&A advisory and investment roles across investment banking, asset management, hedge fund and private equity clients.
 
Prior to joining Omerta, Edward was an Associate Director with a nationwide search firm based in New York.  For nearly 10 years he partnered with banks, asset managers, insurance, real estate and fintech firms to support positions across investment/corporate banking, private equity, risk management, compliance, investor relations, sales, and all aspects of middle/back office operations.
 
Edward studied Finance at Seton Hall University

Ruvhen joined The Omerta Group in 2021 as a Senior Associate covering Equities markets for both Buy and Sell-side institutions within EMEA, Asia and the US. Focusing across all levels of seniority, Ruvhen has a wealth of experience hiring Portfolio Managers, Traders, Analysts and Sales people.

He joined the firm having had three years prior experience working within a financial services executive search firm, specialising in Equities into Investment Banks.

Ruvhen read International Finance & Accounting at Coventry University and also sat for the Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst Certification awarded by the Corporate Finance Institute.

Jack is an Associate, focussed on Digital Assets whilst supporting the Global Markets and Investment Banking practice within The Omerta Group.
 
Prior to joining Omerta, Jack lead the development of the Blockchain practice within a global search firm based in New York. Providing extensive knowledge within the Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Asset space within both Engineering, Security, and Trading.
 
Jack holds a Master of Science (Economics) from Southern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from Bond University, Australia.

Gabriella joined the Omerta group in 2022, supporting the Quant and Investment professional team across Global Systematic Markets, Asset Management and Global Markets landscape.
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Prior to joining, Gabriella worked as an Associate with a boutique search firm based in New Jersey. She partners with quantitative funds, proprietary trading firms and tech start-ups across their algorithm development and technology roles.
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Gabriella graduated summa cum laude in Economics from Middlebury College.