Trusted counsel for strategic leadership challenges

Fleetwood Saunders is a specialist recruitment firm which focuses on helping financial services companies grow and supporting professionals through their career development.

We serve as trusted advisers on leadership and career decisions, employing a client-led approach that emphasizes understanding business dynamics, culture, and future goals.

Fleetwood Saunders prioritises a long-term strategy to mitigate risks associated with high-stakes leadership and career decisions.

fleetwood saunders bring clarity to complex hiring decisions

Our clients value our discretion, judgement and long-term approach and our candidates trust us to be honest, realistic and respectful of their careers. We know that executive search works best when it is guided by honest advice and long-term thinking.

we are your trusted talent adviser, not a transactional recruiter

We use our extensive experience to develop a deep understanding of the financial services companies we work with, to understand the business, leadership dynamic, culture and growth plans to shape every role with the client and challenge the brief where necessary.

our approach with longstanding clients is client-led, not role-led

Our clients trust us to find the right talent for their business. We have recruiterd across various disciplines within the financial services sector. Challenge us to fill a role and we will work with you to deliver the best person in the market, and if we can’t we will say so.

We take a long-term view that protects both sides of the decision

We don’t oversell roles or candidates. We value honesty and integrity and that has been the core of our approach from the beginning - developing long-term relationships and deep partnerships, evidenced by repeat placements with clients and candidates who now use us themselves as hiring managers.

Companies

Specialising in the Financial Services sector we work with FCA regulated companies including:

Wealth & Investment Management

Wealth & Investment Managers
IFA's and Financial Planning Firms
Private Banks

Wholesale Buy-Side

Asset Managers
Hedge Funds
Private Equity

Sell-Side

Stockbrokers
Capital Markets
Investment Banks

Retail

Consumer Credit Firms
Mortgage Brokers
Retail Banks

Regulatory Consultancies

Boutique Compliance Consultancies
Regulatory Hosting Platforms
Accountancy & Law Firms

Specialisms

The types of candidates we represent and opportunities we frequently recruit for include:

Compliance & Risk

Head of Compliance / Chief Compliance Officer
MLRO / Financial Crime Officers
Compliance Managers
Monitoring Officers
Policy & Advisory Officers
Financial Promotions Officers
Head of Risk / Risk Managers
Training & Competency Managers
File Reviewers / Suitability Specialists
Regulatory Consultants

Financial Planning & Wealth Management

Head of Financial Planning
Regional Managers / Team Leaders
Financial Planners / IFA's
Paraplanning Managers / Paraplanners
Investment Managers

Other

We are client-led and our clients often ask us to help with other business critical roles outside of our core specialisms.
For example: Accountancy & Finance, Legal and Co Sec, Marketing and Operations

“We have worked with Danielle on a number of important searches and have found her to be proactive, knowledgeable and extremely professional in the way she goes about business. danielle is our first port of call whenever we have a new job role to fill."

Managing Director, Regulatory Consultancy