Global Alternative Asset Manager
The Mandate
A global alternative asset manager expanding into the wholesale wealth channel required a senior leader to build the function from scratch. Historically institutional-focused, the firm was entering one of the fastest-growing areas in asset management: private markets distribution to wealth clients.
The Challenge
A newly created Managing Director role requiring a rare combination of:
Proven ability to build a wholesale distribution platform from the ground up
Deep relationships across private banks and wealth platforms in both EMEA and Asia
Strong private markets product expertise
Senior credibility to represent a global alternatives platform
The intersection of these attributes represents one of the most constrained talent pools in asset management.
Search highlights
Cross-border mandate spanning Europe and Asia
Accessed a highly constrained, non-visible talent pool
Secured a candidate with both geographic and product depth
Successfully filled a newly created, strategically critical role
Our Approach
AMC mapped the full addressable talent pool across Europe and Asia using a combination of AI-enabled analysis and deep market relationships — identifying candidates beyond the visible market, including those transitioning between institutional and wholesale roles.
We leveraged long-standing relationships within the wholesale distribution community across London, Zurich, Singapore and Hong Kong — critical at this level, where the most relevant candidates are not actively looking and only engage through trusted conversations.
We worked closely with the client to position a newly created opportunity within a firm entering a new channel — articulating the scale of the platform, the strategic importance of the role and the long-term growth opportunity in private markets distribution.
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