We are laser focused on making sure the world’s most talented are able to build and pursue exceptional careers with progressive and forward thinking organisation operating globally.
We break from the conventional approach to find new, creative and highly relevant solutions to improving the success of our clients
Valuable insight into the industry and well equipped to provide guidance on what it takes to succeed building your teams
We’re selective about who we work with. It ensures that we only collaborate with individuals or companies who share our values and will be good long-term partners.
Proton Global was founded on first-hand experience working within financial institutions and alongside senior commercial leadership. This perspective provides a clear understanding of how successful client coverage and capital origination functions are built, managed, and measured.
Combined with extensive experience in financial services search, this background allows us to assess talent through a commercial lens—focusing not simply on experience, but on an individual’s ability to originate business, build client relationships, and contribute to the long-term success of a distribution platform.
Our work is grounded in careful analysis rather than broad market outreach. We focus on understanding the strategic objectives of each mandate and identifying the individuals whose experience and commercial capability align with those priorities.
Rather than relying on traditional recruitment channels, we conduct disciplined market mapping and targeted engagement with professionals already performing at a high level within their organisations. This approach allows us to reach candidates who are rarely active in the market and ensures a more focused and effective search process.
.png)
We take a selective approach to the mandates we undertake. By working with a limited number of clients at any one time, we are able to maintain a high level of focus and engagement throughout each search.
This approach enables us to build long-term relationships with both clients and candidates, founded on credibility, discretion, and a shared commitment to building strong commercial teams.
We specialize in identifying and securing top-tier Coverage professionals who are essential to seamless client management.
Our expertise extends to supporting smaller managers, where roles often encompass both asset raising and client retention, ensuring a well-rounded approach to investor engagement.
Roles we cover include:
- Investor Relations
- Business Development
- Client Services
- Portfolio / Performance Analytics
- Marketing Analysts
We have a dedicated specialist function focused on buy-side operations, where our deep industry expertise positions us as trusted market leaders.
Our coverage spans from entry-level roles to COO positions, ensuring tailored recruitment solutions at every level. As the fund management landscape evolves, we extend our expertise beyond traditional operations to encompass a wide range of back and middle-office functions.
Roles we cover include:
- COO / COS / Business Managers
- Risk - market, client and operational risk roles
- Operations - from analysts to teams heads
- Trading assistant and desk support roles
- Middle office specialist
- Compliance and Surveillance
Effectively managing change is critical to an organization's success. As technological advancements continue to reshape industries, particularly the rise of AI. Transformation and change are becoming increasingly vital.
We have earned a strong reputation for introducing change professionals who bring both exceptional expertise in change management and deep industry knowledge, consistently driving successful transformations.
Roles we cover include:
- Product Management
- Project and Programme Management
- Business Analysis and Process reengineering
- Operating Model Design and Implementation
- Programme Office and Project Governance
- Data Engineering
- Change Leadership
We specialize in identifying and securing top-tier Investor Relations and Client Services professionals who are essential to seamless client management.
Our expertise extends to supporting smaller managers, where roles often encompass both asset raising and client retention, ensuring a well-rounded approach to investor engagement.
Roles we cover include:
- Investor Relations
- Client Services
- Portfolio / Performance Analytics
- Marketing Analysts
Murray is a CFA Charterholder with over 20 years of experience in financial markets. His career includes senior roles within multiple tier 1 global investment banks, including serving as Chief Operating Officer, FID Sales and Director in the Rates Sales and Trading business .
This experience provides first-hand insight into how client coverage, distribution, and trading businesses operate and how commercial performance is generated within complex financial institutions.
As founder of Proton Global, Murray works closely with clients on the identification and assessment of professionals responsible for client coverage, capital origination, and commercial leadership.
Jessica has over 16 years of experience in financial services recruitment, specialising in multiple functions across financial institutions.
During this time she has developed a disciplined and highly effective talent identification process, combining structured market mapping with targeted engagement and data-driven insights to access professionals who are rarely active in the market.
Jessica works closely with clients to design search strategies that deliver precise and efficient hiring outcomes for critical roles.
