Michael Stover Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

The Omerta Group, market leader in Global Financial Services Executive Search with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong & Singapore.Michael is the Head of Americas, leading The Omerta Group’s regional client relationships, strategic development and senior search mandates, based in New York. Michael has had significant global front-office recruiting.

Managing Director at retainer-based boutique executive search firm focused on the Global Financial Services industry. Areas of focus include: Sales & Trading, Research, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, among others.

Miami, Florida, US

Miami, Florida, US

• Led talent acquisition across Trading, Sales & Operations within Citadel Securities globally
• Established significant connectivity with senior leadership & management across Citadel Securities
• Implemented weekly recruitment briefings with business heads/COOs and executed sophisticated/strictly confidential talent acquisition strategies
• Closed several impactful senior 2017 hires; resulting in ~$1.2m in cost savings
• Managed portfolio coverage for 2 direct reports (1 NY-based and 1 London-based Recruiter)
• Maintained and improved crucial, commercial relationships with key search partners; for select businesses, in NY & London, introduced new search firm partners (negotiating significantly improved terms)

Zurich, CH

• IB Executive Recruiter, Americas and ICS Global Recruitment Strategic Partner - Executive Director
• Led IB Americas Executive Recruitment, individual portfolio inclusive of all MD and select Sr. ED roles across CCS, Equities, FRC and Research; also played key client management role for all other levels of recruitment
• Member of Global IB Recruitment Management team and Global Coordinator for Institutional Client Services
• Thru direct sourcing and referrals/networking, directly contributed cost savings in 2016, ~$2.0m & 2015, ~$3.3m
• Extensive collaboration and coordination with IB Sr. HRBPs, Country HR Heads (i.e., Brazil & Mexico), and critical partnership with Executive Compensation and General Counsel
• Led Americas IB hire plan; developed sophisticated cost projection & avoidance model and IB declines report

Zurich, CH

• Managed global recruitment for Fixed Income & Equities. Led global team of 7 front office recruiters (staff in NY, London and HK); In addition to global management remit, led Fixed Income Americas recruiting
• Responsible for MD hiring in Fixed Income & Equities globally; staff in London & HK assisted with local execution
• Coordinated hire plans with Global HR Heads, Global COO’s and Finance. Co-led development of IB hire plan & created sophisticated dashboards; hire plan for Securities was ~700 roles (internal & external hires)
• Significant connectivity with Global Heads of Fixed Income & Equities, Management Committees and COO’s; as well as Regional HR in order to develop & execute talent acquisition strategies
• Managed global & regional relationships with contingency & retained search firms [‘Vendors of Choice’]
• Mentored recruiting coordinators and contributed to global projects: IB Hire Plan, Diversity initiatives, Global Vendor Management, Global Market Intel, Global Securities Mailer, Internals First and Succession.

London, England, GB

• Led Global Wholesale Bank [WB] Recruiting Team, partnered with Regional Recruiting Heads across Europe & Americas, MEPA, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia (38 dotted-line Recruiters + RC’s)
• Developed recruiter capacity model and partnered with Global Recruiting Management Team to develop a successful business case to add 15+ headcount to WB Recruiting Team
• Feb 2010, assumed management of Management Associate Program, 1 headcount and hiring of ~45 Associates
• Developed WB hiring plan and distributed to Global Recruiting & HR teams on a bi-weekly basis; communication included: trend analysis and break-downs by region, country, business unit & level [title & salary band]
• Partnered with WB COO & Finance to develop Hiring Governance, including: posting & hiring plan policies, accountabilities for recruiting, HR & hiring managers and WB Recruiting organization overview
• Managed global search firm relationships. Established and managed Tier 1 & Tier 2 vendor list

San Francisco, California, US

• Portfolio responsibility included, Global Fixed Income (Rates, Structured & Distressed Debt, Structured Credit & Derivatives); Global Financial Institutions & Trade Services Division (supported US & International.
• 3 month assignment in London (March 2007 – June 2007): focused on developing recruitment strategy for the Corporate & Investment Bank in EMEA. Led coordination between International & U.S. Recruitment Teams
• Partnered with Global Head of CIB Recruiting and key business stakeholders to develop, implement and maintain an internal Workforce / Hire Planning Tool [PeopleNet; a sophisticated workforce planning system]
• Managed relationships with Contingency and Retained Search Firms
• Significant cost savings consistently realized; 2004-2008 average total savings = ~$1,000,000
• “Project Champion” for implementation of new Recruiting Solutions enterprise-wide recruiting database/system; included, acting as CIB Recruiting representative on division communication, change management and system.