Our insights
Progress happens outside the comfort zone
What can be done to ensure commitment translates to action? We spoke to several senior ethnic minority professionals with experience working in leading City firms to find out why businesses need to step outside of their comfort zone to guarantee results when it comes to diverse hiring.
The war for energy talent intensifies: what are businesses doing about it?
With levels of attrition in the energy sector at an all time high and staff switching jobs at an accelerating pace, we share some actions that firms can take to ensure they have an effective plan in place.
Respecting the differences
“Don’t let anybody tell you you’re different.” When Kasase Kabwe was at the airport, flying away to boarding school in Britain at the age of 13, this is what his father said to him.
Who are we
Falcon Brook is an executive search consultancy operating across Energy, Commodities, Investment and Wealth Management.
We can say with confidence that we are unlike any other search firm operating in our markets.
Our personal approach and commitment to our community sets us apart.
We help organisations create a more sustainable future for diverse and underrepresented talent.
Our long-term relationships with clients and candidates are built on trust, integrity and delivery. It’s never about a quick win for us, and our track record of repeat business demonstrates that.
Why partner with us
Our service focuses on people not profit. Human connection is paramount to all that we do and our business is built around the community we support.
We work quickly, discreetly and effectively with boards and management and are consulted as trusted experts to advise on talent strategy and growth opportunities.
Our candidates trust our judgement and value our passion and enthusiasm for the brands we partner with.
We operate globally, bringing local expertise to the geographies in which we work through active ongoing communication with our network.
We go where our clients go. We deliver talent where our clients need it or where we identify a market entrance opportunity for them.
Our reputation is unchallenged.
Our team
Chantel Rademeyer
Founder & CEO
Market coverage: Global Energy & Commodities, Front Office and Commercial Support functions
How I add value: extensive global track record and market reach; long standing relationships with C-suite and exec leaders; trusted to support clients and candidates throughout their careers; open, transparent, honest; a genuine passion for the industry and its people
Nick Dunn
Consultant
Market coverage: Energy & Commodities Trading; Origination & Analytics; Commercial Leadership; New Markets, Geographies or Products
How I add value: provide the highest level of service delivery; very well networked globally; creativity; accountability; market reach; attention to detail; and technical knowledge
Sara Tullis
Consultant
Market coverage: Traders, Originators, Portfolio Managers, Analysts, Structurers, Operations and Schedulers, Charterers including Head of and Managers across LNG, Gas and Power
How I add value: integrity; results driven; listening to both client and candidate; consultative; tenacious; I invest time and effort in industry relationships and networks
Jason Mellors
Consultant
Market coverage: Equities, Fixed Income/Credit, Direct Lending and Alternatives for Boutique, Sovereign Wealth, Insurance, Traditional, and Private Wealth Investors globally
How I add value: a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior investment teams globally, identifying, sourcing and retaining key diverse talent. Delivering business critical and succession planning projects
Rashmi Safo
Consultant
Market coverage: Middle Office/Risk, Data Scientists, Quant Analysts/Structurers, Originators, Algorithmic/Systematic Traders, IT/Developers
How I add value: considered to be the FB Ninja, I produce candidates for niche roles and locations with speed and precision
Lianne Boller
Database Administrator
Market coverage: Commodities, Data
How I add value: Providing process solutions, administrative and data management support and ensuring the highest level of accuracy
Velia Kietzmann
Head of Operations
Market coverage: HR, Finance, GDPR Data Officer, Compliance
How I add value: proactive, detail-orientated, transparency and above all else integrity
Louise Pollock
Consultant
Industry experience: Private Equity, Finance, Manufacturing, Education, Health, Government and the Charity sector
How I add value: Executive coach and consultant; academic background in economics, psychology and neuroscience. Part of the Treasury’s first ever Diversity team, bringing a unique insight into the benefits of diversity at work
Deborah Lewis
Consultant
Industry experience: Industrial, transport, professional services, FMCG, food, pharma, luxury, recruitment, financial and property
How I add value: Corporate PR and communications consultant, passionate about creating content for companies who commit to putting D&I at the heart of their brand and have a recruitment strategy to reflect this
Karen Sargent
Consultant
Industry experience: Government, FMCG, Asset Management (Diversity Project), Executive Search
How I add value: Senior communications professional specialising in internal and change communications, strategic comms support, copywriting and editing, channel strategy and project management
Lee Higgins
AVID Leaders
Market coverage: Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Investment teams, Heads of Distribution, ExCo including COOs, CTOs and CIOs across asset class
How I add value: working in true partnership with organisations, focusing on the D&I challenge and delivering results with authenticity
Dale Headley
AVID Leaders
Industry experience: Financial services, Private Banking, Asset Management and Management Consultancy
How I add value: Delivering global business and regulatory change. Proud to have helped create the JP Morgan EMEA Black Leadership Forum to support the business in addressing systemic challenges in the recruitment and retention of BAME candidates
Dr Kamel Hothi OBE
AVID Leaders
Industry experience: Ranked in the top 100 most influential black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in the UK. Awarded an OBE for services to promoting diversity in banking
How I add value: Formed the BAME and Women’s network, Asian Strategy and cultural training initiatives for Lloyds Banking Group. Advisor/Trustee on boards including Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, Alzheimer’s Society, NED on TLC Lions
Philippa Deane
AVID Leaders
Industry experience: Financial Services, spanning Asset Management, Investment Banking and Insurance
How I add value: In-house executive talent acquisition, delivering strategic resourcing support while developing and launching initiatives to proactively source diverse talent. Instigated and successfully delivered the first M&G Career Returner Programme in 2019
Gareth Jones
AVID Leaders
Industry experience: HR Director, Board Advisor and Head of Talent with over 20 years’ experience in fund management and capital markets
How I add value: Board Advisor and Head of Talent for UNIMO Group, offering world helpers a way to fund sustainable companies and support not-for-profit cause. Chair of NOCN Group, international educational charity and awarding organisation
Anna Wilk
AVID Leaders
Industry experience: Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, Mentor with over 20 years in supporting new mothers and families through parenthood
How I add value: Supporting employees and employers during the pre/ postnatal journey so that employers can retain their experienced female talent and women can confidently take their maternity leave, enjoy the beginnings of motherhood and return to work
What we do
With our in-depth knowledge and network across Energy, Commodities, Investment and Wealth Management, we partner with clients to meet their needs through:
- Full end to end executive search
- Market mapping
- Diversity mapping and coaching
- Confidential succession planning
- Competitor analysis
- Compensation research
- New market insight and intelligence
- Executive coaching
- Onboarding and integration of senior talent and teams
- Advice on corporate benefits, relocation and immigration
Projects completed to date
Years combined experience
%
Completion rate on executive search mandates
Team build outs
Global Head and C-Suite hires
%
of our business is repeat business
Our expertise
Energy & Commodities
Functions
- Leadership: CXO, Board, Management
- Trading: Prop, Asset, Flow, Quant/Algo
- Origination: Structured, Up-/Downstream
- Sales & Marketing: Physical, Derivatives
- Stucturer: Quant, Financial, Physical
- Analysis: Quant, Economic, Fundamental
Diversity & Inclusion
Services
- Metrics: data and diversity mapping
- Executive search benchmarking
- Pay gap reporting
- Quantitative feedback: internal and external
- Competitor evaluation
- Board coaching
- Cultural communication business coaching
Investment & Wealth Management
Functions
- Leadership: COO, CMO, CIO, & CEO
- Investment: Portfolio Managers, Strategists & Analysts
- Distribution: Global and Regional Heads
- Quant: Portfolio Managers, Analysts and Traders
- Technology: CTO, Chief Data Officer & Data Science
Our global reach
We have offices in London and Singapore and a global network of clients and candidates.
To date, we have completed mandates across 23 countries including Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe.
Our partners
Our clients mean everything to us. We are proud to act as their brand ambassadors and enjoy the long-term relationships we have established built on our successes.
Testimonials
AVID Leaders
Our AVID Leaders programme works with AVID (Authentic, Vulnerable, Inclusive and Diverse) leaders to change the way organizations approach diversity and inclusion.
We are committed to helping companies and individuals adapt to create a more sustainable future for diverse and underrepresented talent.
We help our clients align purpose and profit by building teams with a broad range of perspectives and experience, so that they can see the positive benefits of fresh thinking and new solutions and the impact this has on performance and culture.
We provide meaningful data on the size of the talent pool, honest and unfiltered feedback from your own employees, clients and candidates and executive coaching to help senior executives develop empathy and passion to do better for their employees.
Our support is backed up with expert advice and guidance from our AVID Leaders, a group of high profile influencers and distinguished coaches who work with our network of senior executives to give them access to those voices they wouldn’t ordinarily hear.
The aim of this programme is to engage senior leaders in a conversation and to help firms hire more individuals from under-represented groups by connecting you with the diverse talent that does exist.
Contact us
+44 207 993 2890
info@falconbrooksearch.com
www.falconbrooksearch.com
1 Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ