Michael Aitchison Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Director & Principal Headhunter for City & Capital Headhunters, part of the City & Capital Group.The City & Capital Group are a key consultancy partner for financial & professional services organisations who are looking to achieve important growth or succession planning for their business.Our knowledgeable team offer decades of experience derived from their own successful careers within financial and professional services. These experiences include the management & delivery of the most senior recruitment placements, as well as successful sales & acquisitions of businesses and client banks within the financial service and financial advisory sectors.This direct experience means that we speak your language and understand your goals from a ‘real world’ perspective. This in turn is fundamental in ensuring that we can introduce you to the right business or individual to meet your requirements.For a consultation without obligation call 07823 329736

Fintech, Banking, Commercial Finance, Bridging Finance, Consumer Finance, Alternative Lending, Advisory and General Insurance specialist. mike@fs-search.co.uk +44 (0)7823 329736

Leeds, United Kingdom

Lending, Specialist Finance & General Insurance specialist

United Kingdom

Executive Search professional/talent finder for Senior Management and Leadership roles, specialising in the Financial Services, Private Equity and Cyber Security sectors.Providing boardroom search methodology to identify and engage the very best talent for our clients, quickly and professionally without the prohibitive costs normally associated with a proactive search.Recent completed searches include:Sales Director, £150k basic salary, South West. Private Equity backed specialist lender.Operations Director, £140k basic salary, North (multi site). FTSE 100 Life & Pensions.Head of Business Development, £65k basic salary, North West. Private Equity backed lender.Head of Account Management, £65k basic salary, North West. Private Equity backed lender.Interim Head of Regulatory Complaince (SRA and FCA), £750 per day. North West. Legal Services.Divisional Managing Director, £160k basic salary, London & South East. Lloyds Market Insurer.Head of UK Distribution, £200k basic salary, London. Lloyds Market Insurer.Commercial Manager, £60k basic salary, North West. Legal Services.Divisional Managing Director, £220k basic salary. UK, India, South Africa, Australia. FTSE 100 Life & Pensions.Divisional Managing Director, £130k basic salary. Yorkshire. Mortgages Network.

United Kingdom

I was the Boardroom search specialist for the Financial Services, Private Equity and BPO sectors.

The heart and soul of Cornerstone entails maximising service to client organisations. Our primary core competency is retained executive search—evaluating internal and external leadership to optimise the harmony and performance of our clients. To complement this retained executive search service, we have supplemented Cornerstone with other core competences that clients have recommended as “best of breed”.Examples of these additional services are as follows:•Board Assessment & Board Search.•Executive Onboarding.•Audits of Existing Management.•Outplacement (totally separate from search division)•Compensation & Benefits.•Leadership Appraisal for Mergers/Acquisitions.•Employee Investigations & Candidate Background Checks.•Organisational Development & Training.•Diversity Search & Consulting (Board & Executive Levels).•Interim Management.•Succession Planning (Board and Executive Levels).•Executive Coaching.•Outsourcing Pre-Screened World-Class Consultants.

I specialised in the recruitment of senior Finance, Audit, Risk, IT Audit, Treasury, Tax and Operational Management professionals (£50k+) across Yorkshire and the North East.My team handled recruitment assignments from the newly qualified level upwards.

Recruiting qualified Accountants primarily for UK and US listed businesses in Financial Services, BPO and Telecomms sectors.Promoted to Senior Consultant within 12 months.

Fast track career progression covering Call Centre Management (Affinity Partnerships), Corporate & HNW Financial Adviser, Private Banking, Commercial Finance and Corporate Banking roles.Initial role with Capital Bank then Bank of Scotland and latterly HBOS

Fpc 1,2&3, Financial Planning, Advice And Regulation

Hnd, Business & Finance