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 experience, with his career spanning 20 years working at a strategic level as a talent acquisition leader in the U.S., EMEA and Asia markets. His coverage has included; Global Securities (Equities, Fixed Income & Research), Capital Markets, Digital Assets & Crypto, Investment Banking, Asset Management, International Banking, Transaction Banking, Wealth Management and Shared Services senior recruitment. Prior to joining Omerta, Michael’s career has included senior talent acquisition roles at Citadel, UBS, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank and Wachovia/Wells Fargo.

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)▪ Led key search firm mandates, and materially improved direct sourcing & internal/external networking▪ Member of Citadel Securities HR Leadership team and Citadel People Management team▪ Member of Insight Adoption/Refinement Committee; Recruitment Mentor project (assigned as Mentor for 2 Senior Recruiters); and Co-led Structured Interviewing Project across Citadel Securities

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▪ Materially reduced # of IB Americas vendors; established core Tier 1 & Tier 2 search partners & Regional IB PSL ▪ Managed Americas IB Executive Recruitment Researcher and Sr. Recruiting Coordinator▪ Mentored IB Americas Recruiters and Recruiting Coordinators; regularly presented at Regional & Global Management Recruitment staff meetings; participated in weekly offer approval debrief calls with HR management

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 planningAPAC Lateral Recruitment, DIR (based in Singapore, 5/10 - 10/12)▪ Regional Lead for Fixed Income, APAC; Investment Bank Division, Equities and Asset Management for Southeast Asia and MD & DIR recruitment for APAC Shared Services and CIO▪ Provided oversight and escalation point for on-site RPO model (Shared Svcs & CIO, VP & below)▪ Led relationships with Hiring Managers and Senior Management to implement & execute sourcing strategies for their businesses▪ Managed relationships with Asia-based and global contingency & retained search firms ▪ Developed and maintained critical hire reporting; key participant on project to develop a global standardized Hire Plan process for the front office▪ Managed recruiting coordinators and contributed to/led variety of global projects [including: “Grow Your Own”, Management Toolkit, Hire Plan, Vendor Management, Branding, Global Market Intel, RFP for out-sourced RPO model and Career Coaching]

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▪ Co-Led Post-Implementation Review of Resourcing Transformation for HR ExCo [reviewed successes and on-going challenges as a result of Resourcing Transformation prior to my arrival]

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 recruitment: Charlotte, New York, London & Hong Kong, plus all Wachovia Int’l Rep offices); Global Treasury Services & CIB COO▪ 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 review/testing▪ Initially joined to lead FirstPlace (internal staffing firm), focused on CIB Recruiting contract, contract to perm and contingency permanent placements; led to being an original member of newly created CIB Recruitment Team▪ Drove significant cost savings due to individual direct sourcing efforts:2008 - $2,052,2502007 (included 3 month assignment in London) - $936,0002006 - $1,419,2272005 - $525,0002004 - $1,000,000