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Through extensive trainingand experience, we ensure that every consultant at Rutherford is a market expert; a receptive ear and a trusted voice in their industry.
If you are looking for truly specialised regulatory compliance recruiters, get in touch with our headhunters today.
Our firm covers recruiting for Compliance, Legal, Risk and Cyber Security, all within the financial and professional services sector.

Trusted Governance and Compliance Headhunters in London
Our greatest pride is our people. Our boutique firm has some of the best compliance and legal recruitment consultants in NYC, who have built highly curated networks over the years.
If you are looking for your next career move, speak to our compliance recruitment agency consultants for a confidential conversation or to discuss our regulatory compliance jobs on offer, hiring processes, or for more information on our regulatory and in-house legal recruitment agency.
of permanent placements made in the last two years are still in position
of our searches have been exclusive or retained in 2020
success rate on exclusive mandates in 2020
of our placements in 2020 were from a diverse background
Search to Succeed
Rutherford is a highly specialist regulatory compliance risk recruitment agency in NYC founded in 2011.
Ever since its inception, our agency's focus has been legal and compliance within the financial and professional services sectors. Our success lies in dedicated work recruiting compliance professionals within the space.
Our team of top compliance and legal headhunters in NYC has worked tirelessly in the past decade to build a vast network of strong regulatory talent.
A Cut Above The Rest
Over the years, we have identified both the rising stars and the best-experienced talent in our market, accompanying them along their professional journey. Our compliance and legal headhunters have developed carefully curated relationships to ensure we always guarantee a perfect cultural fit for our clients, some of the most renowned financial services firms across the globe.
A More Diverse Offering to Better Respond to Your Needs
In recent years, we have added some new specialisms in order to meet our client's needs, providing now an even more comprehensive pool of regulatory and governance talent.
Our London-based compliance staffing agency has therefore widened its offering, with the introduction of compliance risk and cyber security services within financial and professional services.
To find out more about our new disciplines contact our New York Risk, Strategy and Operations team or our New York Cyber Security team for full details. We help source the leaders of today to make you thrive.
About Rutherford
About Us
Every day we are building relationships with the future Governance Leaders and identifying the problem solvers, strategic thinkers and innovators.
More about usOur Values
We value honesty and integrity as well as long-lasting partnerships with our clients and candidates.
See our valuesOur Team
We are a dynamic bunch, with expert consultants and a back office team dedicated to the highest levels of service delivery
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Why Rutherford as Your Compliance Executive Search Partner?
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REPUTATION We have a reputation for quality, reliability and market knowledge and professionalism. Don't let us go on about it though; see what clients and candidates have to say about us instead. | | SELECTION PROCESS We do the hard work for you. We have a rigorous screening process and will only send you a select few of the most qualified resumes to peruse. | | RETENTION & COST A good recruitment agency should be able to place employee that will last in their position. We are confident in our retention rate: 94% of our permanent placements made in the last two years are still in position today. |
Services Tailored to Your Needs
Rutherford provides different types of services to its clients, with the goal to always find a solution that is best suited to their recruitment needs.
As a compliance executive search firm, we offer retained search services for niche, highly specialised roles in the field. We will adopt a tailored and rigorous approach to secure premier compliance candidates.
For a quicker delivery, you can opt for our contingent recruitment services which have been built to meet your short-term hiring needs. Our compliance headhunters will tap into their sizeable network and database to bring you top talent in the sector.
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