Specialist recruitment for
the world’s trading desks

We place researchers, traders, engineers and risk specialists who keep high performance desks competitive, across traditional and digital markets.

Where the difference is measured in microseconds and basis points

Trading is one of the most competitive talent markets in the world. The people who move the needle are few, in demand, and rarely on the open market. Hiring them takes someone who understands the desk, speaks the language, and already knows where the talent sits


We work this market every day. We know the funds, the prop shops, the market makers and the crypto-native desks, and we know who is good and who is moving. That depth lets us reach people a generalist never will.

The niches we cover

Trading is not one market but many. We work each of these as a specialism in its own right.

  • Quantitative Research

    Researchers building the signals and strategies behind systematic returns.

    Roles we place:
    • Quant Researcher
    • Quant Analyst
    • Strategy Researcher
    • AI Researcher
  • Development

    Engineers who turn research into production trading systems at speed.

    Roles we place:
    • Quant Developer
    • C++
    • Rust
    • Python
  • Trading

    Systematic and discretionary traders across asset classes and venues.

    Roles we place:
    • Quantitative Trader
    • Discretionary Trader
    • Prediction Markets Trader
    • Execution Trader
  • Portfolio Management

    Portfolio and subportfolio managers running capital across strategies.

    Roles we place:
    • Portfolio Manager
    • Sub-PM
    • Multi-Strategy PM
  • Risk

    Specialists protecting the desk across market, credit and quantitative risk.

    Roles we place:
    • Market Risk
    • Quantitative Risk
    • Credit Risk
    • Risk Manager
    • Head of Risk
  • Low-Latency & Trading Infrastructure

    The engineers building the systems that trading speed depends on.

    Roles we place:
    • Network Engineer
    • FPGA Engineer
    • DevOps Engineer
    • DeFi Engineer
    • Exchange Connectivity
    • SRE
    • OTC Engineer
    • Performance Engineer
    • HFT Infrastructure
    • Low-Latency Engineer
  • Digital Assets & Crypto Trading

    Crypto native desks, market making and DeFi, where the rules are still being written.

    Roles we place:
    • Business Development
    • Sales
    • OTC Sales Trading
    • Compliance

The People Behind Every Search

Every mandate is handled by our CEO or one of our expert team leads, supported by marketing and a selected team of researchers and analysts, so you always have the right expertise working for you.

David McGuigan
David McGuigan Head of Trading
Chloe Fletcher
Chloe Fletcher Head of Quantitative Technology
Ed Langdon
Ed Langdon Principal Recruitment Consultant
Keanu Ebanks
Keanu Ebanks Recruitment Consultant
Ellie Taylor
Ellie Taylor Recruitment Consultant
Nick Roostan
Nick Roostan Recruitment Consultant
Archie White
Archie White Recruitment Consultant
Lize Viljoen 
Lize Viljoen  Principal Recruitment Consultant
Nicola Taylor
Nicola Taylor Recruitment Consultant
Harry Rock
Harry Rock Recruitment Consultant
Alex Harmes
Alex Harmes Sales & Business Development
Cillian Heaney
Cillian Heaney Trading & Research
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Build a desk that performs

Whether you are launching a strategy, scaling a desk or making a single business critical hire, we deliver a curated shortlist of people who can perform under pressure, not a list of who happens to be available. Retained, exclusive or contingent, matched to the search rather than the other way round.

Move when it’s the right move

We represent some of the most sought after desks in the market, including roles that are never advertised. We will be honest about fit, discreet with your search, and we will only ever put you forward with your agreement. The result is fewer conversations, but better ones.

Let’s talk trading

Hiring for your desk, or thinking about your next move? Start a conversation with a trading specialist.

Get in touch with us

Send us a brief and a member of our team will come back to you within 24 hours. Depending on your sector, you'll speak directly with the consultant who'll run the search.

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