Paul is the Managing Partner of Hammond Partners and has led assignments across all practice areas since 2006.

Paul focuses on senior roles across all practices, with a particular focus on Investment Banking, Equities, all aspects of Asset Management and Private Equity.

Prior to Hammond Partners, he spent 20 years in Investment Banking, primarily in Equities Sales and Trading. He started his career in Equity Sales in 1981 at L. Messel & Co, moving to James Capel in 1984. In 1988 he moved to Goldman Sachs to build their Equities presence in Europe, and was co-Head of UK Equities. In 1995 he moved to Morgan Stanley as Head of UK Equities. He represented both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley at LIBA, and sat on the London Stock Exchange Markets Committee.

Paul read PPE at Christ Church, Oxford.

Richard specialises in Global Equity and Equity derivatives trading, structuring and sales on both the buy and sell side. He has executed searches at all levels and has played a key part in a number of business and team build-outs at several Investment Banks.

Prior to Hammond Partners, Richard worked for an executive search firm where he built and ran the equities franchise across all equity product groups working for three tier 1 Investment Banks.

Richard holds a BA (Hons) in Theology from Exeter University.

Emma runs our Fixed Income & Currencies practice.

Emma specialises in Fixed Income across Trading, Research and Sales. She joined Hammond Partners from The Mulsanne Partnership where she led the Credit Trading and Research business for five years. Emma has worked on a wide range of assignments across Credit, Rates and FX operating in both the UK and continental Europe. Earlier in her career she focused on headhunting within Private Equity having begun her career in 1999 at an international recruitment firm.

Emma holds a BA in Geography from Manchester University.

Simon runs our Risk, Analytics and Management Practice

After starting his career in Global Markets, Simon has been involved in senior level search across risk management, controls, governance and C-Suite since 2000. Simon joined Hammond Partners in 2017 to broaden the firms offering in Risk Management, Quantitative Analytics, Data Science and Portfolio Construction. Simon is a product specialist in both the first and second line of defence operating across all facets of Financial Services working as a trusted Partner and Advisor for his clients.

Simon holds a BA (Hons) in History and Modern Languages from Manchester University.

Mark specialises in Risk Management, Portfolio Construction, Quant and COO hires. His coverage includes both the buy and sell sides across all asset classes. He has a particular focus on market risk, credit risk, liquidity, portfolio, and quant/model risk. He has successfully completed a number of Global CRO/MD level searches and has supported his clients in the building/restructuring of key risk functions.

Prior to Hammond Partners Mark spent several years as the Chief Operating Officer for a Risk Intelligence consultancy. He began his career in 2000 working for an international recruitment firm in London before moving to Hong Kong where he built and ran two well regarded Asian executive search risk practices.

Mark holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Geology.

Elizabeth was the Founding Partner of Hammond Partners and continues to act as a relationship manager and advisor to a number of the Hammond Partners’ clients.

Elizabeth started her career at Goldman Sachs before pursuing a career in search and has over 25 years experience working within the search industry. Prior to founding Hammond Partners, Elizabeth was the co-global head of the Financial Services Practice at Heidrick & Struggles.

Amongst other businesses, Elizabeth also founded and sits on the board of TXG, a leading organisation in the coaching and leadership development industry.

She is a trained high performance coach and mentor and also advises a number of small businesses and entrepreneurs as a mentor and occasional angel investor, using her experience and training in business strategy and team and leadership development.

Elizabeth is on the committee of the charity Action for Children and also sits on the Women Taking Action committee.  She is also a leading UK private 1:1 and executive coach/mentor and increasingly spends a significant amount of her time focusing on this (elizabeth-hammond.com).

André runs our infrastructure practice and leads our Middle Eastern operations. André started his career in 2002, where he worked with a range of bulge bracket investment banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds across London, New York, and the Middle East. In 2005 André joined a market leading executive search firm in London and delivered on a range of leadership searches at the Director and Managing Director level across London, New York, Dubai, Qatar and Riyadh.  Andre has a strong focus on senior level searches across infrastructure, including finance, compliance, HR, and Operations. André joined Hammond Partners in 2023 and continues to manage the delivery and execution of confidential C-suite leadership searches, including CEO, with both regional and international clients, with a particular emphasis on the UK and the Gulf regions.

André hold a BA (Hons) in Marketing & Advertising from Birmingham University.