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The specialists in compliance recruitment, legal resourcing and cyber search.

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Through extensive training and experience, we ensure that every consultant at Rutherford is a market expert; a receptive ear and a trusted voice in their industry.

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If you are looking for a truly specialised compliance recruitment agency, get in touch with our headhunters today. Our firm covers Compliance, Financial Crime, Legal and Cyber Security, all within the financial and professional services sector.

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Trusted Governance and Compliance Recruiters

Our greatest pride is our people. Our boutique firm has some of the best headhunters in the compliance, cyber and legal space, who have built highly curated networks over the years.

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If you are looking for your next career move, speak to our consultants for a confidential conversation.

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94%

of permanent placements made in the last two years are still in position

73%

of our searches have been exclusive or retained in 2020

96%

success rate on exclusive mandates in 2020

58%

of our placements in 2020 were from a diverse background

Search to Succeed

Rutherford is a highly specialist search firm founded in 2011.

Ever since its inception, our agency's focus has been legal and compliance within the financial and professional services sector. Our success lies in dedicated work within the space, as our team of compliance headhunters have been working tirelessly in the past decade to build a vast network of strong regulatory talent.

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 recruiters 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 clients' needs, providing now an even more comprehensive pool of regulatory and governance talent. Our London-based compliance recruitment agency has therefore widened its offering, with the introduction of risk and cyber security services within financial and professional services.

We help you source the leaders of today to make you thrive.

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About Rutherford

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About Us

Every day we are building relationships with the future Governance Leaders and identifying the problem solvers, strategic thinkers and innovators.

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Our Values

We value honesty and integrity as well as long-lasting partnerships with our clients and candidates.

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Our 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

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​We have a reputation for quality, reliability and market knowledge and professionalism. Don't let us go about it though; see what clients and candidates have to say about us instead.

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SELECTION PROCESS

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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.

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RETENTION & COST

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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.​

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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.

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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.

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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.

Latest Jobs

Financial Crime Officer

City of London £65,000

​Our client, a fast growing payments fintech are looking for a Financial Crime Officer to support the Head of Compliance in all financial crime matters. The aim is to at least double in size in the next year in terms of the wider firm as well as the compliance function so it's a really exciting time to join.

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Senior Compliance Officer

City of London

​Our client, a leading global hedge fund, is currently seeking a Senior Compliance Officer to join its London-based office. Reporting into the Deputy CCO, the successful candidate will be assisting them with UK and EU compliance & regulatory matters.

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Group Compliance Manager

Essex £65,000

​Our client is an insurance broker who are looking for a Group Compliance Manager to be a compliance leader and subject matter expert for all compliance matters. The office is based in Essex, but there is flexible working (e.g. 2 days in the office, 3 working from home).

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Regulatory Senior Manager

City of London £85,000

​Our client, a leading law firm, is currently growing its new regulatory consulting arm and now has a key vacancy for a dynamic Senior Manager to join the business.

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Testimonials

​There aren't enough words to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to Rutherford for their assistance in helping me land an amazing role at a phenomenal private equity firm.


Rutherford's Compliance recruitment consultants were friendly, proactive, encouraging, and extremely helpful in guiding me through the recruitment process. I never once chased them and was consistently on the receiving end of calls, getting regular updates on the progress made. They kept an open and honest line of communication and spent a considerable amount of time prepping me at each stage of the process.


Their technical knowledge coupled with their down-to-earth personality makes Rutherford undoubtedly an amazing choice of a compliance recruitment firm if you're considering a career move in the legal or compliance sectors.

Compliance Associate, Leading European Private Equity Firm

​During the time I have known Rutherford, their compliance recruitment team have shown a combination of efficiency, consistency and a frankness which is rarely found amongst their competitors. I have been consistently impressed by my compliance headhunter's attitude whenever we have interacted. He was very encouraging and patient, just a genuinely nice person too. Would highly recommend him and Rutherford, and will be eternally grateful to them for helping me secure a role at my dream firm.

Compliance Director, Generation Investment Management

​We have worked with Rutherford Search on a number of occasions to find candidates for regulatory/compliance positions and I’ve always found their London compliance recruitment team to be professional and helpful. They’ve done a great job of helping us find the best possible candidates and we have always been very pleased with the service offered.


Their compliance recruiters is proactive and reliable, invested in understanding and meeting our needs as a client and, most importantly, they are able to find and suggest great candidates which meet our specific briefs. The quality of service and candidates that we have received has always been high and this is indicative of Rutherford’s well-deserved reputation in the market.

Global Head of Compliance & Regulatory, FTSE 250 Asset Manager

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