About Us
Global Corporate Functions Practice.
The Omerta Group’s Corporate Functions Practice is responsible for all board and functional leadership hiring across our global Financial Services client network. The practice serves as a horizontal overlay across our vertical specialists covering Asset Management, Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Systematic Markets as well as the firm’s historical core strength in sell side Financial Markets and Banking.
Executive & Non-Executive Board.
COO Office.
Finance.
Risk, Compliance & Audit.
Tech, Digital & Innovation.
Legal.
People, Culture & ESG.
Our Reach
Coverage.
Our Track Record
Recent Completed Assignments.
Chief Risk Officer.
Leading Investment Bank
Chief Compliance Officer.
UK Multinational Insurer
Chief Financial Officer.
Private Equity Portfolio Company, Financial Services
Chief Technology & Quantitative Officer.
Global Commodity Merchant Trader
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Human Resources Director.
European Asset Manager
Global Head of CCAR.
Leading Investment Bank
Chief Risk Officer.
Asian Sovereign Wealth Fund
Chief Operating Officer.
European Private Equity Fund
General Counsel.
Global Commodity Merchant Trader
Chief Financial Officer.
Private Equity Portfolio Company, Renewables Infrastructure
Our People
Practice Team.
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Jamie Souter
Jamie joined The Omerta Group in 2020 as Head of Control, Corporate Functions practice, based in London.
He leads client relationships across Corporate Functions – COO, Risk, Audit & Compliance. Jamie joined from Korn Ferry where he hired at the C-Suite level. He has experience completing corporate functions searches across the UK, US, Continental Europe, Africa and Asia. He has over 18 years’ experience in Executive Search and he brings a track record of hiring a number of Director and Managing Director level individuals into COO, Risk, Audit and other Corporate Functions within financial services companies throughout his career.
Jamie grew up as an ex-pat across London, Geneva, Tokyo and Shanghai, He completed his undergraduate degree in the UK and spent five years of his early career working in Hong Kong.
Michael Stover
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.
Bradley Garland
Bradley leads The Omerta Group’s Asia Pacific business and is a senior member of the Asset Management and Global Markets practices.
Bradley joined The Omerta Group in 2016 and has over 18 years’ of experience in executive search, across Europe and Asia. He has made senior level placements with both buy side and sell side across; sales and distribution, investment and research, trading, structuring, origination and financing.
Previously, he was a founding member of an Asian focused, boutique search firm specialised in Fixed Income, Currencies and Financing. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2008, Bradley worked in London for a prominent executive search firm leading the Structured Finance Practice.
Bradley read Equine Science at the University of the West of England.
Adam Hunter
Adam joined The Omerta Group in 2021 having spent over 10 years’ covering senior technology mandates across Investment Banking, Asset Management and Systematic Markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
He has a track record of delivering for clients across a wide range of roles within the Technology landscape, from c-suite leadership through to business heads and senior functional positions in the front office.
Adam graduated from Leeds University and has spent time working across Asia as well as New York.
Matthew Morton
Matthew joined The Omerta Group in 2022 as an Associate in the Corporate Functions Team.
Prior to joining The Omerta Group, Matthew studied for his Masters degree in Contemporary History at the University of Birmingham
Biba Alexander
Biba joined The Omerta Group in 2023 as an Associate based in London. She is part of the Corporate Functions practice, supporting the team with board and functional leadership hiring across all sectors of financial services.
Biba graduated with a first-class degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Leeds in 2023, during which she spent a year abroad studying at the Berlin School of Economics and Law.