Running an asset management firm means balancing performance, compliance and business development.
The CEO of an asset management firm carries a multi-faceted responsibility: ensuring the performance of management teams, guaranteeing the structure's regulatory compliance, and growing distribution among distributors and investors. Turgot Executive Search conducts these general management mandates with consultants who intimately know the ecosystem of French and international asset management firms.
We qualify a candidate's ability to carry a coherent development strategy for the asset management firm.
Our consultants factor in the AMF requirements weighing on the leadership of an authorised asset management firm.
We assess a candidate's ability to develop relationships with distributors and institutional investors.
Recruiting a CEO for an asset management firm starts with a fine analysis of the structure's situation — assets under management, development strategy, shareholder governance issues — to target a genuinely suitable profile. Augmented sourcing widens the pool of potential executives, before qualification that cross-references strategic vision, regulatory rigour and business-development capability.
Demonstrated experience leading or co-leading in a comparable asset management context, ideally including a business-development dimension.
Yes, this is a frequent and sensitive case, handled with the confidentiality and support a governance transition demands.
Yes, our mandates cover entrepreneurial asset management firms as well as subsidiaries of large groups, with different governance considerations.
The CEO of an asset management company holds a regulated position whose appointment must be validated by the AMF (or relevant authorities for foreign structures in France). They are responsible for the licence, regulatory compliance, commercial strategy, and investment performance. A failed hire at this level can jeopardise the firm's regulatory approval.
Turgot Executive Search supports asset management companies in this critical recruitment: profile definition with the board of directors, confidential sourcing, rigorous candidate assessment, and support through the AMF notification process. We have handled mandates for management companies of all sizes, from specialist boutiques to major group subsidiaries.
A consultant will personally respond within 24 business hours, to understand your needs and introduce you to the specialist best suited to your sector.
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