Senior hiring and reference-led perspective for families, principals, and the companies they own and back
The most consequential decisions in private capital are people decisions. I advise single-family offices, multi-family offices, direct-investing families, principal investors, and selected advisers on two connected questions: who to hire at the executive level and what to make of the people behind a consequential decision. In private-capital environments, reputation, trust, and fit matter more than process.
If I have reached out to you
If you have arrived here after an approach from me, here is what to expect.
Before founding Global Wealth Talent, I was Co-Global Head of Talent Acquisition at UBS Wealth Management in the US and a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry. My work today is with family offices, principal investors, and the businesses they own and back.
I speak regularly with senior people across these markets. My calls usually concern a chair, CEO, or board appointment under consideration; a management team behind an investment under review; an individual being weighed for a board or advisory role; or a reputational question that needs answering before a significant capital commitment. I approach the people most likely to have direct professional exposure to the person in question, not those offering broad-market commentary.
A call takes 15 to 30 minutes. I will explain the context as clearly as confidentiality allows, and I will only ask for views grounded in your direct experience or informed professional perspective. I do not deal in gossip or speculation. Conversations are handled discreetly, and nothing you say is used on an attributed basis.
Many of these calls prove useful in both directions: a chance to compare notes or test a market read.
The work
On the hiring side, I advise families and their offices on senior shortlists: helping shape the list, adding names that are rarely visible in the open market, and giving a view on fit. Roles include family office CEOs, CIOs, COOs, and chiefs of staff; investment professionals and operating partners; company executives; board members, trustees, and protectors.
On the referencing side, I help clients form a grounded view of the people behind a company they own, an investment they are weighing, or a partnership they are entering: founders, management teams, advisers, and board members. This is independent referencing: perspective from people with direct professional exposure, gathered before the commitment is made, with nothing riding on the answer but the truth of it.
Contact
Conor Hourigan (London)
+44 7839 258066