Navstar is a financial services recruitment firm founded in 2012 that specializes in connecting fintech companies with talent. It generates revenue through fintech recruitment and partnerships with tier 1 providers. The firm is currently expanding its coverage of alternative investments and asset management, including real estate, credit, and private equity. Navstar's values of client focus, continuous improvement, confidentiality, integrity, collaboration, and teamwork guide its operations and strategic direction. It provides professional search, executive search, and advisory services on a global scale.
1. SOLUTIONS & TRACK RECORD
JUNE 2015
Silvana Iuliano
Executive Search Consultant
2. INTRODUCTION
Founded in 2012 to specialise in Financial Services market efficiency
Agile & responsive client-led business operating at the interface between technology & financial markets
Primary revenue stream comes through FinTech recruitment (partnering with Tier-1 providers)
Value-driven business offering transparency, integrity & collaboration
Currently in Growth Phase 2 (GP2) expanding into alternative investment and asset management, with primary coverage across real estate,
credit & private equity.
GP3 to come through intelligent acquisition of “Practice Specialists” for key asset classes
3. VALUES
Client Focus
Continuous
Improvement
ConfidentialityIntegrity
Collaboration
& Teamwork
Navstar is a value-driven business. Our values define
operating principles which guide our internal conduct as
well as our relationship with our clients, partners, suppliers
and associates. Furthermore, these values influence the
strategic direction of the business, thus maintaining and
nurturing our corporate identity.
4. SOLUTIONS
Paul Sweeney Fergus
O’Brien
TECHNOLOGY
Focus on trading and risk
management software
solutions
PROJECTS
Full project
ownership,
minimising risk and
maximising cost
effectiveness
PEOPLE
Performance-driven
individuals operating
at the intersection of
business and
technology
We are a client led organisation. Our solutions are
tailored to meet our clients' respective needs at any given
time.
Ultimately, our solutions are bespoke creations aligned
with the business critical needs of our clients.
6. SERVICES
• Tangible,
bespoke and
confidential
intelligence
• Strong thought-
leadership in key
technologies and
IT strategies
• Strategic and
retained input for
crucial C-suite
mandates
• Stringent
qualification for
permanent and
interim resources
PROFESSIONAL
SEARCH
EXECUTIVE
SEARCH
ADVISORYCONSULTANCY
7. TERRITORIES
GLOBAL VISION | GLOBAL REACH
SAMPLE FINTECH PLACEMENTS:
- London: Head of Presales (Banking & Capital Markets)
- Paris: Senior Quantitative Consultant (Market Risk)
- Frankfurt: Head of Investment Management (PE)
- New York: Senior Product Manager (Real Estate Accounting)
- Rio de Janeiro: LatAm Sales Director (Derivatives Risk Mgmt.)
- Johannesburg: Presales Consultant (Core Banking)
- Dubai: Reporting Consultant for Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Singapore: Project Manager (Investment Management Platform)
- Hong Kong: Senior Consultant (Hedge Accounting)
- Beijing: Head of Professional Services (Wealth Management)
- Sydney: Business Development Manager (Investment Management)
8. 2015 EXPANSION
• The natural next step in our growth was to focus on Alternative
Investments and associated Asset Management.
• Leveraging previous experience in ABS warehousing and a fluid network
across the structured finance arena, we have quickly developed robust
capability.
• Our coverage extends across real estate, credit and private equity within
the UK&I and mainland Europe.
• Current clients include a leading US investment manager (with significant
exposure to European real estate) and a loan servicing platform with an
international presence.
Our growing placement list:
• Investment Management (Associate) – Luxembourg
• Investment Management (Associate) – London
• Commercial Loan Servicing (Associate) – Dublin
• Real Estate Asset Management (Associate) - London
• Real Estate Asset Management (Assoc. Director) – Frankfurt
9. METHODOLOGIES
Navstar believes in a data-driven approach to all market activities
We are committed to aggregating layers of intelligence to build market-level panoramics & insights
Each assignment is treated as unique and an initial data gathering process underlies all subsequent activity
Via a combination of sophisticated in-house software, custom-built dashboards, and RSS-based market reporting, we build credibility with
target candidates in order to assure a thorough & credible screening process
Our primary Real Estate & DCM feeds come courtesy of:
