Building Brilliant Teams
Developing world-class teams through executive search, growth advisory and human capital services
Welcome
Delivering expertise and leadership talent into top tier management consulting firms around the world.
River Partnership is an executive search firm whose mission is to assist leading firms and corporations to significantly improve performance by attracting, recruiting, retaining and developing the most talented people in the market.
The firm specialises in executive search and associated recruitment services across financial services, corporates, utilities, the professional services/advisory sector and the burgeoning renewables sector.
Specialist delivery across central management functions.
At River Partnership, we specialise in delivering exceptional talent solutions across key business areas critical to organisational success. Our expertise spans a wide range of disciplines, ensuring that we can support our clients in driving growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Explore our areas of specialism:
Previous Assignments
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Building a US Financial Services Consulting Practice
River entered a Partnership with the Global Head of FS to build out capabilities in New York and Charlotte across Banking, Wealth and Asset Management and Climate Risk.
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Delivering Growth across the MENA region for a Global Strategy Consultancy
River was commissioned a global Management Consultancy, to hire one Public Sector Partner in Dubai.
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UK CEO for Global Digital Bank
The global CEO of a major digital bank was seeking a UK CEO. They retained River to conduct the search and market mapping exclusively.
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Building a North American Consulting Practice
The North American Consumer Leader of a global consultancy ($1.6 billion revenue) enlisted our services to recruit Partner and Principals with a focus on strategy and transformation in the food and beverages sector.
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Group Head of Financial Crime for major European Bank
The Group Head of Financial Crime at a major, European bank retained River to conduct a search for a Head of Financial Crime.
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Leadership Team Build APAC
Global Leadership sought to invest and build presence in one of the most strategically important growth markets
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3 x Leadership Team hires for a Global (re)insurance Leader
The Group CFO at a leading insurer retained River to conduct a search for 3 x Leadership Team hires
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APAC General Manager
A major name beauty brand, owned but managed independently from its parent company was looking to accelerate growth in Greater China and APAC region.
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Global Leadership Build for Consumer Products Client
River was instructed by a Global Consumer Products leader to recruit a global leadership team for one of its newly acquired brands
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VP, SVP and MD search for a Global Bank
River Partnership were retained by a Global Bank to assist with the build out of their internal consulting team.
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European Leadership Team Build
River mapped and identified a target market of 161 leadership candidates in strategy and transaction services across Europe
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Assisting a Global Finance Advisory Firm with Potential Acquisition
Given River’s reputation and previous successes in identifying acquisition targets on behalf of international technology funds, River were asked to assist a Global Finance Advisory firm with a potential acquisition.
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AI Partner for a Digital transformation firm
A Leading Digital transformation firm had ongoing projects touching on AI topics, identified a gap in their offering and were keen to hire a AI focused Partner to develop and strengthen their offerings, sizing the rise in demand
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French / Benelux Insurance Partner
The client was seeking a Partner to establish the brand in this new industry and build from the ground up an insurance practice (including defining market potential, business strategy, client segmentation, etc).
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Managing Director for a PE Backed Corporate
2 Managing directors, to take on the Leadership of 2 key markets and transform/further boost activity.
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M&A Consulting Partner Hire
River Partnership to introduce Partners with a specialisation in technology M&A consulting.
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Building up a new Energy Practice – French/Benelux
A Leading Digital transformation firm wanted to launch a brand new Energy offering in the French/Benelux market. Not known in this industry on this market, they were seeking an entrepreneurial Partner to build and launch this new service line from 0.
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Leadership Team build – Wealth Asset Management
A Leading Digital transformation needed to provide the next level or Leadership for the Wealth and Asset Management practice.
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UK Boutique Consulting: Succession Planning and Leadership team hire
River was mandated by the Chair of a leading UK Infrastructure consulting and advisory boutique to help plan for the succession to the founders.
- 400+Successful leadership search completions.
- 87%We’re proud that the majority of our new business comes from repeat clients.
- 27xSuccessfully delivered search assignments in 27 countries across 4 continents.
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River identified me as a candidate for my current role. Their energy sector knowledge and ability to match candidates to clients' requirements and culture result in successful outcomes for both.
Associate Partner
The Advisory House -
River were excellent. Proactive, responsible and eminently sensible. I would definitely use them again. They were head and shoulders above the other search firms we have used at that level.
Chief Strategy Officer
Asia Pacific, Global Asset Management Firm
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