The most consequential decisions a principal makes are rarely about capital. They are about people. Who leads the office, who runs the operating company, and who sits across the table when it matters.

These decisions fail when the picture of the person is incomplete. When the people with the clearest context were never asked. When the process was designed to fill a role rather than answer the right question.

I work with family offices and principal investors on senior people decisions across the office, across priority operating and portfolio assets, and around the individuals behind investment opportunities where significant capital or trust is at stake.

This work is most valuable early. The families I work with prefer conviction before a decision becomes urgent. For investment principals evaluating significant commitments, I provide independent people intelligence on leadership ahead of transactions where the quality of the individual can be as consequential as the quality of the asset.

How I work:

• References and discreet inquiries. When candidates have been identified, I conduct every reference personally. Structured conversations and discreet outreach to people who worked closely with the individual or team and will speak plainly.

• Retained talent advisory. For family offices with active hiring needs across the office and portfolio assets, I work on a retained basis as an external advisor. Discreet market intelligence, candidate identification and assessment, search oversight, and ongoing people advisory without the cost or complexity of a full-time internal hire.

• Independent mandate oversight. When a retained search needs to be run, I help define the brief, select the right search partner, and oversee the process so the family's interests, not a placement fee, determine how it is handled

If I have reached out to you in confidence regarding a discreet inquiry:

Conor Hourigan (London)

conor@globalwealthtalent.com

+44 7839 258066 (SMS and WhatsApp)