We’re a boutique firm with an enviable track record. As well as a reputation for placing diverse talent into leadership roles, we’re also known for our ability to reach across regions and sectors. Increasingly, organisations are coming to us with challenging briefs that require a truly global perspective and a creative approach.
From the iconic Bank of England and Lloyd’s of London to global asset managers and leading not-for-profits, Sapphire has supported organisations as they move forward, embrace change and expand into new spaces.
Here are some examples:
A truly amazing partnership over six years and a privilege to work with the Board of this large investment trust, through six new appointments as their existing members came to term.
We found a diversity of fresh candidates for each role, all with different areas of expertise yet united in their enthusiasm to join Fidelity China Investment Trust. We approached each search as a blank sheet of paper - there were no recycled candidates.
We were thrilled to land two China experts based in the region, a former Asia fund manager, an accountant skilled in audit and unlisted valuations, a marketing expert and leading political economist with expertise in the region
Having successfully recruited the amazing Angela Crawford-Ingle as head of their Audit Committee, and then placed the talented Patrick Tiernan as chief of markets, Lloyd’s came to us to find an international non-exec with strong technology and transformational experience.
Joe Hurd, a Silicon Valley-based tech executive, wasn’t on anyone’s radar and had never worked in insurance. But he had varied and impressive experience – from London lawyer to serving in the US Dept of Commerce for Barack Obama – and we found him through our extensive network.
Today, we are proud of the strong relationship we’ve built with Joe, and it appears he agrees: “Kate, your advice and guidance has been extremely valuable, and I am pleased to call you a friend as well as a partner. If you are looking to build a great, diverse board, call Kate.”
CFIT is an exciting new government-initiated body aimed at making Britain attractive to fintech companies, and we were excited to take on the mandate to constitute its new board. We became the organisation’s ambassador, searching in a wide candidate pool, and engaging tech, data and investment talent in the CFIT mission.
Finding someone who brought together corporate purpose and financial understanding for this high profile, complex role at the Impact Investment Institute meant searching across various sectors including government, charity and asset management. In the end, we were delighted to place Kieron Boyle, CEO of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation.
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