Our Client
Our client is the global investment arm of a US-based financial services organisation. One of the largest global asset managers ($1 trillion+ AuM), with a strength and breadth across multiple asset classes in both public and private markets.
With a team of more than 2000 people around the world, our client is experiencing strong growth across its various entities and needs an experienced Head of Operational Risk to lead its EMEA and APAC team. A minimum of 10 years' experience across multiple European and APAC jurisdictions in the buy-side environment is essential.
Required strengths/SME
Operational risk
Compliance/Regulatory
Organisational governance
Planning: strategy & tactical
Team building & mentoring
Post-acquisition integration
Critical thinking, command and consensual decision making
Organisational change management
Compliance
SOX
Internal Controls
Your Profile
The successful candidate will have:
10 years of experience in operational risk
Breadth of management experience in APAC & EMEA
Buy-side leadership
Sell-side experience useful
About Rutherford
Rutherford is a boutique search firm located in London. Our consultants are the executive specialists in compliance recruitment, and also in financial crime, legal and cyber security, all within the financial and professional services sectors in the United Kingdom and New York. We use our carefully curated relationships, networks and market knowledge to find the best fit for the clients in hand. We work with a wide range of clients, spanning from advisors, management consultants, corporate and commercial banks, brokers, exchanges, MTFs and financial tech, through to global investment managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, investment banks and technology firms. We began as a compliance recruitment firm in London and expanded to offer new resourcing expertise across legal and cyber recruitment. We have been a leading legal and compliance search agency in London for a decade and are excited about bringing our expanded offering into the technology area.