Alacrity Advisors

Alacrity Advisors is a small executive search firm that works only in the asset and wealth management industry. It was set up in 2010 and recruits senior professionals for both large global firms and boutique managers.

Services

• Executive search: senior hires in asset and wealth management, run as retained searches with regular progress updates.
• Investment roles: chief investment officers, portfolio managers, investment and quantitative research analysts.
• Distribution roles: heads of institutional sales, consultant relations staff, investment directors and business development officers for wealth management.
• Original research: each search starts with fresh research drawing on the firm's network and its own candidate database.
• Diverse shortlists: the firm aims to present a varied slate of candidates on every assignment.

Customers and markets

Clients range from large global asset managers to boutique firms, and most of its work comes from repeat clients. The firm limits itself to three searches at a time, so each client gets focused attention.

Key facts

• Founded: 2010
• Leadership: co-founder Julie Stevenson, who spent twenty years in the asset and wealth management practice at Russell Reynolds Associates
• Workload: no more than three searches running at once
• Specialism: asset and wealth management only