Private Wealth Management
The team at Armstrong International is one of the leading players within the international private wealth management executive search market.
Our well-established team, headed by Partner Harry Pilkington, was started in 1998 and typically concentrates on the high end of the business, in-line with the focus of our clients. We possess strong relationships with the private banking, private client fund management and private wealth management community.
Our coverage which started with a pan-European focus, particularly the UK, German, French, Italian and Spanish markets now extends across Europe and Emerging Europe, the Middle East, India, Hong Kong and Singapore, Latin America, Canada and the US. This coverage is mirrored in the main offshore centers, particularly Switzerland.
As the expectations and needs of private clients have grown, we have been asked to help identify product specialists who have typically focused on institutional clients for the investment banks
Our product knowledge incorporates M&A/corporate finance; capital markets structuring, sales and trading – cash and derivative products; wealth planning/wealth advisory - tax, legal and estate planning and investment solutions – traditional and alternative advisory and discretionary investment management.
We work in partnership with two global wealth management businesses and have worked with them in the hiring of private bankers/client advisors, product specialists and for senior management positions. One of these we have worked with continuously since the team was started in 1998. We do also work with a small number of boutiques and family offices.
The team is focused on client relationships. The majority of hires that we are involved in are at the Managing Director and Executive Director/Vice President level. We do though hire at more junior levels when this is of strategic importance to a client.