Our Expertise
Specialists across global investment and advisory ecosystems
For almost 20 years, Carpenter Farraday has advised leading private markets, asset management and wealth management firms on executive search, market intelligence and team-building, delivered with discretion, rigour and deep market specialism.
Our expertise
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We work closely with clients worldwide, applying a structured methodology enhanced by proprietary data, ongoing market mapping and longstanding relationships. This integrated approach enables us to identify individuals whose experience, behaviours and career trajectories align with a client’s strategic objectives, supporting long-term value creation.
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Our consultancy combines real human insight with deep institutional knowledge, supported by a proprietary data platform developed over more than two decades . This blend of relationships, technology and disciplined research gives clients the confidence to make high-impact hiring decisions across the mid-to-senior spectrum. We bring judgement, discretion and a network that transcends data alone – helping firms build teams that contribute, stay and perform over time.
Our Markets
We operate at the centre of global Private Markets, Asset Management and Wealth Management markets – areas where specialist knowledge, long-term relationships and assured guidance matter most. We support clients across the full investment and wealth lifecycle, building high-performance teams, from capital raising, investment, portfolio and client management, investment realisation, and distributions.
Our Markets
Private Markets
We partner with private markets funds and advisers, recruiting senior professionals across the full investment lifecycle: fundraising, deal origination and execution, portfolio management, secondaries, and exit realisation.
Asset classes:
Private equity
Alternative credit
Infrastructure
Our Markets
Asset Management
We’re highly experienced in supporting institutional asset managers and building teams that deliver sustained performance and long-term value creation. Our functional expertise covers sales and distribution, research and portfolio management professionals across the following asset classes:
Fixed income
Equities
Multi-asset
Our Markets
Wealth Management
We partner with firms advising high-net-worth clients, ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices, where trust, stewardship and continuity define success. Our expertise includes:
Private client advisers and relationship-led roles
Investment, portfolio and discretionary management
Succession-led and multi-generational wealth expertise
About us
A global search team
With offices in London, New York, Los Angeles and Singapore, our consultants work directly within the world’s financial hubs. We combine global reach with deep local insight, enabling clients to access talent wherever they operate.
“Over the last 10 years, Carpenter Farraday have used their understanding of our culture, people and objectives to help us significantly expand our team.”
Who we work with
Carpenter Farraday partners with firms across global financial markets, from established international institutions to specialist investment managers.
How we work
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Our approach combines long-standing relationships with a disciplined, data driven and research-led methodology. We draw on two decades of market insight, analytics and real-world relationships, giving us the depth and visibility to identify exceptional talent with speed and precision.
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Every engagement begins with understanding a client’s strategic priorities, the characteristics that drive success in their organisation and the cultural nuances that shape long-term fit. We balance human judgement with structured search, ensuring each mandate is transparent, rigorous and aligned to the future of the teams we help build.
Latest insights
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News
Three Senior Promotions
The firm recognises exceptional talent and leadership with a trio of appointments that reflect its continued growth and ambition. The appointments span our Wealth Management and Private Markets divisions, and take immediate effect.
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Comment
Recruiting for semi-liquid funds
With its potential for high returns, traditional PE is a popular investment option for institutional investors. High-net-worth individuals also like to benefit from these growth opportunities but the level of investment needed, combined with the long time-horizon and the risk level, meant that until relatively recently they could not access them.
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News
Spear’s Recommended 2025
We are proud to announce that Managing Director and Head of the Wealth Management team, Tom Upson has been recognised by Spear’s Magazine in the 2025 index, and awarded a top rated ranking in their list of Wealth Management Recruitment Consultants.
Speak with our Team
Wherever your market, our consultants are ready to support your search.
