Global Corporate Functions Practice.

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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 joined The Omerta Group in 2020 as Head of...

Jamie Souter

Partner

Michael is Head of Americas, leading The Omerta Group’s regional...

Michael Stover

Senior Partner, Head of the Americas

Bradley leads The Omerta Group’s Asia Pacific business and is...

Bradley Garland

Senior Partner, Head of Asia

Jamal joined The Omerta Group in 2022 as a Partnerin...

Jamal Henry

Partner

Adam joined The Omerta Group in 2021 having spent over...

Adam Hunter

Partner

Matthew joined The Omerta Group in 2022 as an Associate...

Matthew Morton

Associate

Biba joined The Omerta Group in 2023 as an Associate...

Biba Alexander

Associate

Jamie Souter

Position: Partner
Email: jamie.souter@omerta-group.com
Categories: Corporate Functions, TOG
Location: London

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

Position: Senior Partner, Head of the Americas
Email: Michael.Stover@omerta-group.com
Categories: Asset Management, Corporate Functions, Digital Assets, Fixed Income & Foreign Exchange, Hedge Funds, Investment Banking & Private Markets, Systematic Markets, TOG
Location: New York

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

Position: Senior Partner, Head of Asia
Email: Bradley.Garland@omerta-group.com
Categories: Asset Management, Corporate Functions, Digital Assets, Fixed Income & Foreign Exchange, Hedge Funds, TOG
Location: Hong Kong

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.

Jamal Henry

Position: Partner
Email: jamal.henry@omerta-group.com
Categories: Corporate Functions, TOG
Location: London

Jamal joined The Omerta Group in 2022 as a Partnerin the Corporate Functions Team.
 
Jamal started in Executive Search in 2003 and has focused on the delivery of senior mandates such as Chief Compliance Officers, General Counsels and MLROs across a wide range of Financial Services companies, globally.
 
​​​​​​​Jamal studied languages at the MOD’s linguistics academy and is fluent in French and Spanish.

Adam Hunter

Position: Partner
Email: adam.hunter@omerta-group.com
Categories: Corporate Functions, Digital Assets, Systematic Markets, Technology, TOG
Location: London

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

Position: Associate
Email: matthew.morton@omerta-group.com
Categories: Corporate Functions, TOG
Location: London
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

Position: Associate
Email: biba.alexander@omerta-group.com
Categories: Corporate Functions
Location: London

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.