Partners
Sam Stylianou, Managing Partner
Initially joining Armstrong International as a Researcher across all product groups, Sam has specialised in Derivative Products since 1996. Today, he is the Managing Partner, and oversees the Fixed Income division, which conducts searches for a number of Armstrong's international clients. He also has day-to-day responsibility for the firm's Investment Management team. Sam has extensive experience of working and placing candidates across every Fixed Income sector specialisation, and has, additionally, undertaken searches across all areas that Armstrong International covers.
Sam read Econometrics and Mathematical Economics at the London School of Economics, graduating with a BSc (Econ) in 1992. Having begun a further Engineering degree at Univeristy College, London, Sam decided to discontinue his academic career in 1993 and, instead travelled to Washington DC. Whilst there, he researched and wrote an evaluative study of the healthcare systems of eight developed countries for the Employers' Council on Flexible Compensation (as a prelude to the Clinton plan), before returning to the UK and joining Armstrong International.
Matthew Osborne, Partner
Matthew joined Armstrong International at the start of 2001 in our Global Fixed Income Division. He has continued to specialise in Fixed Income, executing assignments within Hedge Fund Sales (Rates & Credit), Debt Capital Markets (Corps, FIG, Sov/Supra & Local Authorities across Europe), Corporate Derivatives (across Europe), Interest Rate Trading & Structuring (Cash, Swaps, Inflation, Vanilla & Exotic Options) as well as UK/Ireland/Benelux/Scandinavian Fixed Income Sales (Cash & Derivatives). Matthew became a Partner of Armstrong International in December 2005.
Prior to joining Armstrong International, Matthew worked at Harvey Nash, a London-based Headhunting firm where he worked in their Financial Services Practice. Previously Matthew graduated from University with a Business Degree.
Nick Harper, Partner
Nick Harper joined Armstrong International in July 2002 in our Equities division. He is now a Partner running both the Equities Practices and Corporate Finance.
He has executed assignments at VP, Director and Managing Director level in both Corporate Finance and Equities. Within Corporate Finance, Nick has worked on searches in a wide range of sector and product areas including Energy and Power, FIG, Media, Telecommunications, Real Estate and senior searches in France, Emerging Markets and the UK. In the Equities space, Nick has carried out a broad array of assignments within Research, Sales and Trading, both cash and deriviatives. Nick became a Partner at Armstrong International in December 2007.
Prior to joining Armstrong, Nick spent two years with a global executive search firm where he specialised in the Financial Services Industry, working across Investment Banking, Asset Management, Retail, Financial Services and Private Equity. Nick graduated from Bath University with a BSc in Business Administration.