INDUSTRIES
Off Cycle PE Recruiting
HW Anderson has become a key partner for a select number of leading firms in the global private markets. We provide a flexible and targeted alternative to On Cycle PE Recruitment that allows our clients to select from a pool of candidates with tangible experience. As a business, our growth into the private markets has been organically driven as a result of our longstanding work within the public equity industry. Our private equity executive search practice places individuals from both buy-side and sell-side backgrounds with leading firms across various seniority levels and investment strategies, with a particular focus on off cycle private equity recruiting. As private equity recruiters, we understand that off-cycle hiring can be a time consuming process. Therefore, we aim to show our clients top tier talent in the market by following our robust and repeatable search methodology which is based on an exhaustive approach. With strong fundraising set to continue and the increasing capital flows into the private markets in recent years, we have assisted a number of our clients develop their businesses into cross asset investment funds by placing experienced private market investors into senior level positions.
Private Markets Coverage
Functional Scope
We are the preferred off-cycle private equity recruiter to clients across a range of geographies. We have access to a wide variety of unique talent pools and we are most active in Europe and North America and have a growing presence across Asia Pacific.
Functions
- Associate and Analyst Talent: We have a strong track record delivering executive search campaigns to find elite junior talent from top-tier investment banks and consultancies aiming to secure an entry level buy-side investment role. We aim to establish relationships with talented candidates very early in their professional development and maintain a dialogue throughout their investment career to quickly provide our clients access during off cycle private equity recruiting campaigns.
- Investment Director, VP and Principal: We specialize in placing mid-level private equity candidates with generalist or sector-specific coverage who are aiming to take the next step in their career, or those who are looking to make a lateral move to a more established firm. These roles naturally lend themselves to off cycle private equity recruiting.
- Key Portfolio Leadership: Partnering with leading funds who are looking to change or develop existing management teams in their portfolio companies across the C-Suite amidst turnaround or growth situations.
- Venture Backed Leadership: Working with early-stage venture backed firms who are looking to secure highly talented management-level candidates to grow their businesses.
Global Strategic Relationships
Our Clients
We have experience delivering both on-cycle and off cycle private equity recruiting campaigns and we have a track record of placing individuals across the key financial hubs of London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore. We have helped a number of our clients with international expansion into the US, European and Asian markets.
CLIENT TYPES
Diverse Relationships
We have experience delivering for a variety of clients across the private markets but we are most commonly engaged by one of the following six firm types.
LARGE CAP
LARGE CAP
We work with a select group of the worlds largest private mega funds to add talented and dynamic investment professionals to their global teams from Analyst through to Principal level.
BUYOUT
BUYOUT
We partner with firms that make control-oriented equity investments in European and US businesses, from lower- to middle-market to deliver off cycle private equity recruiting services. These firms work with management teams around the world to accelerate growth with a focus on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, buy and build strategies and take-private transactions.
GROWTH EQUITY
GROWTH EQUITY
We work with funds that make large minority investments in innovative growth companies globally, with a focus on the Consumer, TMT and Healthcare sectors.
VENTURE CAPITAL
VENTURE CAPITAL
Our clients in the venture capital space typically operate in the Energy, Industrials, Healthcare and Technology sectors. Most of these investments will occur from series A onwards and are focused on the adoption of disruptive technologies.
PRIVATE DEBT
PRIVATE DEBT
Partnering to deliver off cycle private equity recruiting services with investment funds and trusts that offer direct lending and capital solutions to both growing and established businesses on an international basis. In recent years these firms have also provided a source of funding to private equity managers who are looking for more leverage than what they may typically receive from a bank.
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
Firms commercializing their existing asset base and investing thematically in high-quality assets across the Real Estate and Infrastructure space globally. We have experience of working with clients who specialize in private investments in energy and energy-related infrastructure as well as transportation and social infrastructure.
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Team
Our People
Within the hyper-competitive and tight-knit trading and investment community our growth as a firm since inception has been exponential and truly organic. Every specialist HW Anderson consultant has been trained in-house and from-scratch. This ensures our methodology is original and consistent and that our culture is unique. Thanks to this growth we are positioned as a leader in Trans-Atlantic front office search. With three established offices, in the USA, UK and EU, our talented team is uniquely positioned to deliver meaningful value as off cycle private equity recruiters to our clients into the future.
