We go beyond simple recruitment by crafting end-to-end talent and people strategies that propel your organization forward. MKS Partners has been the trusted advisor for leading AI, Crypto, Hedge Funds, HFT firms seeking elite talent.Our Expertise:Deep Industry Knowledge: We are immersed in the cutting-edge worlds of Crypto, Hedge Funds, Deeptech, and AI, understanding the unique demands and talent landscape of each.Holistic Approach: We don't just fill positions; we build talent pipelines. Our comprehensive strategies encompass attracting, selecting, onboarding, and retaining top performers.Executive Search Prowess: When you need exceptional leaders to guide your organization, our executive search practice delivers, leveraging our vast network and deep understanding of your specific needs.Unmatched Experience: With over 30 years of combined experience, our team has seen it all. We leverage this wisdom to create customized solutions that address your unique challenges.MKS Search:Building high impact teams by recruiting across Engineering spectrum, ML/DL Research Scientists, Quant Researchers, Quant Devs and Portfolio Managers for leading Hedgefunds/Prop Shops/Market Making/AI firms.MKS Talent:Senior Manager - Talent & People - LMAX Head of Talent - AI start up (Stealth Mode) - Leading a small team to recruit deep learning scientists and engineers working on LLM (RL, RLAIF, RLH, Pre Training & GPUs).

Hired x11 pre-training and finetuning large language model researchers and engineers (LLM, RL, RLAIF and GPU's) saving the company over $1.7m in search fees.Building a strategy and coaching a global team.

LMAX is an award winning institutional FX & crypto currency exchange who provide a market leading solution for physical trading and custodial services for the most liquid FX & crypto currenciesSupporting the growth of LMAX by driving best practises across the talent, people & culture team.

Crypto.com was founded in 2016 on a simple belief: it's a basic human right for everyone to control their money, data and identity. With over 10+ million users on its platform today, Crypto.com provides a powerful alternative to traditional financial services, turning its vision of "cryptocurrency in every wallet" into reality, one customer at a time. Crypto.com is built on a solid foundation of security, privacy and compliance.I was the first TA hired across EMEA & US. My role was to build, manage and mentor a large team around me to deliver against the hyper growth and build a go to market strategy. I led on global change projects from redesigning the e2e interview process, implementing a global onboarding programme and building an EVP/employer brand strategy. I still remained hands on doing the exec level recruitment globally. The other half of my role was to also support the wider talent management workstreams looking at on/offboarding, retention strategies and implementing L&D platforms. I also supported the SVP of Eng & Product on reward exercises and org designs building high octane performing teams for DeFi/Web3/Exchange teams.

Initially launched as a credit card pilot in 2002, Vanquis has evolved as a digital bank to offering credit cards and loans, and is now a key player in the credit card market for customers who are not well served by mainstream lenders.I managed the technology, digital (Product) and big data functions of the business. My role focuses primarily on setting the talent strategy across commercial areas with the senior leadership team, implementing GTM attraction strategies, interviews and assessments, building talent MI dashboard for ExCo, managing the MSP/RPO, Software Vendors, Direct Sourcing strategies, I&D campaigns, (PnL) Budget management and leading a team.

Chelsea Apps Factory is the UK’s fastest growing Mobile consulting business - ranked 16th of the 100 fastest growing privately owned tech companies by the prestigious Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100.  Our growing, diverse, 100 strong team is based across our offices in London and Edinburgh.  We work as trusted partners, embedded strategically and often physically, within our clients' teams. We have an Agile, Lean, "Startup as a Service" in our DNA and deliver results like no other.CAF was in transition when I came on board. We were looking to grow and bring real high value customer experience applications to the market. To do that we needed to create a Talent Acquisition department where we could attract and retain quality candidates. Due to client demand and number of projects CAF was winning I was involved in scaling up from 13-190+ in the space of 12 months. I reduced agency cost and saved the company in excess over £293,451.00 in recruitment fees. 90% of these roles were based across Engineering/Digital

Looking after tier one banking and hedgefund/prop shop accounts across engineering division, hiring professionals across Java, C++, Python, C# ASP.NET, Hadoop, Scala, Cloud Tech (Azure, AWS, Google)

IT Engineering Recruitment, contract & perm

Tech recruitment, contract & perm