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Banking & Consumer Financial Services

 

The Consumer Financial Services and Banking Practice focuses on providing executive search and leadership development consulting at the Board and Senior Executive level. Our client base is centred around retail and commercial banking and non-bank consumer finance providers across the UK and continental Europe.

 

Our executive search work includes the appointment of Chairs, Non-executive Directors and C-suite executives across all functional and business disciplines. Our leadership development work focuses on both individual and team programmes designed to improve performance and connectivity amongst Boards and executive teams.

Key Contact

Managing Director & Head of Banking & Consumer Financial Services

Team

Associate

Executive Assistant

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Paris

Frankfurt

Zurich

Amsterdam

New York

Bermuda

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Stockholm

Edinburg

Munich

Abu Dhabi

Cologne

Luxembourg

Miami

Belfast

Dublin

Sydney

Singapore

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Paris

Frankfurt

Zurich

Amsterdam

New York

Bermuda

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Stockholm

Edinburg

Munich

Abu Dhabi

Cologne

Luxembourg

Miami

Belfast

Dublin

Sydney

Singapore

Jamie Risso-Gill

Managing Director & Head of Banking & Consumer Financial Services

Jamie Risso-Gill

Managing Director & Head of Banking & Consumer Financial Services

Jamie is the Managing Director of Per Ardua and Head of the Banking and Consumer Financial Services’ Practice.

 

He joined the firm in 2009 to establish the Banking and Consumer Financial Services’ Practice and became the Managing Director in 2018.  In addition to running the business, Jamie focuses on searches at Board and senior executive level across senior business leadership and functional roles in Banking and Consumer Financial Services. He is also a member of the Board Practice.

Tom Adams

Associate

Tom Adams

Associate

Tom works on Board, C-suite, and senior leadership roles in the Banking & Consumer Financial Services practice.

 

He is responsible for advising clients and executing searches across a broad range of banking and consumer finance-related organisations, including Retail & Corporate Banks, Building Societies, Specialist Lenders, and Card & Payments companies.

 

Tom holds a First-Class degree in French Studies from the University of Bristol.

Ruaraidh Maclean

Senior Associate

Ruaraidh Maclean

Senior Associate

Ruaraidh executes assignments within the Insurance, Consumer Financial Services and Asset Management practices. 

 

Prior to joining Per Ardua in 2022 Ruaraidh’s experience was gained with global headhunting firm Odgers Berndtson, working as a Researcher in the Oil & Gas and Maritime & Shipping practice.

 

Ruaraidh holds a BA in Business Management gained from Robert Gordon University. 

Natalie Conway

Executive Assistant

Natalie Conway

Executive Assistant

Natalie is the Executive Assistant to Jamie Risso-Gill, Managing Director and Banking and Consumer Financial Services Practice Leader; Simon Hearn, Chairman; Jennifer Jones, Director of Pantheon Leadership, Per Ardua Associates’ Leadership Advisory business; and Executive Assistant to the Pantheon Leadership Team.

 

She joined Per Ardua in 2013, supporting across all assignments within these Practices and organises industry events on the company’s behalf. She began assisting Pantheon Leadership, which focuses on assessment and coaching at the Board and C Suite level at the beginning of 2018, when it was established.

 

In 2022, she was promoted to Team Leader of the Executive Assistants.

 

Natalie has an Art and Design Foundation Diploma from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design.