Executive search for senior leaders.
Hiring C-suite and functional leadership for investment firms, financial institutions and high-growth technology businesses.
(Statement of Intent)
Adam Hilder works with investment firms, financial institutions and technology businesses across Europe and the Middle East, providing executive search and leadership advisory on a flexible, fractional basis — markets understood deeply, with the focus on leadership outcomes that work in practice.
Specialisms
01 — 05Fractional Executive Search
Senior search capability on demand — investment leaders, technology chiefs, COOs, CFOs and heads of risk — without the overhead of a retained global firm.
Org Design & Talent Strategy
Shaping investment and operating structures so the architecture of the business supports how capital, product and people are actually deployed.
Succession & Pipelining
Identifying and preparing the next generation of leaders and functional heads long before the seat opens.
Launch & Transaction Advisory
Leadership insight before, during and after fund launches, funding rounds, team lift-outs, spin-outs and platform consolidation.
Strategic Intelligence
Deep market mapping, compensation benchmarking and competitor analysis in markets that publish nothing.
Selected Mandates
03 Case StudiesHedge fund · London
Nine hires across a new human capital function
Series B technology company
Restructuring an in-house engineering organisation
Multinational financial organisation
Hiring operations optimised through advisory
Adam Hilder
Founder & Principal
Adam is an executive search professional supporting founders, boards and senior leadership through critical hiring decisions. His background spans global executive search firms, including Russell Reynolds and Marlin Hawk, and senior in-house work at HSBC — a rare blend of search rigour and financial-markets perspective.
He is typically engaged where quality, pace and judgement matter most: during growth, transformation or periods of intensified hiring demand. His work combines structured executive search with pragmatic advisory support, ensuring leadership appointments are effective in practice, not merely well-credentialed.
Today he works closely with investment firms, financial institutions, technology businesses, boards, search firms and internal talent teams — delivering search, succession planning and advisory on a fractional basis, designed to scale with the organisation.
Discreet Consultation
All enquiries are handled with absolute confidentiality.