Executive search
Senior leaders and specialist appointments across global equities, global debt and investment banking.
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Spartan International · Executive SearchExceptional people.
Exceptional people.
Lasting impact.
Specialist executive search and strategic advice across global equities, global debt and investment banking.
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London. International perspective.Photography: Akash Banerjee / Unsplash
People, understood.
Relationships at the centre of every search.
Markets, in depth.
Global equities, global debt & investment banking.
Perspective, worldwide.
Europe · Americas · Asia · Middle East.
The Spartan differenceDeep in your market.
Deep in your market.
Invested in your future.
The right appointment starts with a real understanding of the business — and the person.
Spartan International brings focused market knowledge, considered advice and lasting relationships to executive search. We work with clients and candidates across the buy side and sell side, from specialist hires to senior leadership and complete team builds.
Get to know SpartanHow we helpPeople decisions.
Our expertisePeople decisions.
Business defining.
Team build-outs
Connected appointments that help clients build new capability and develop their franchises.
Build your teamStrategic advice
Market mapping, succession planning and informed advice for important people decisions.
Plan your next moveA specialist search partnerOne clear focus.
One clear focus.
A world of connections.
Understanding the detail of financial markets allows us to see the people behind the opportunity.
Explore our market coverageGlobal equities
Research, sales, sales trading, trading and portfolio management.
Global debt
Fixed income, debt and credit markets.
Investment banking
Bankers, sector teams and heads of business.
Leadership & strategy
Senior leadership, succession, market mapping and franchise development.
Selected highlightsExperience that
Explore our track recordExperience that
speaks for itself.
Sector-specific
banking team.
U.S. Investment Bank
Team build-out
Selected highlightEuropean sales
trading team.
European Investment Bank
Team build-out
Selected highlightChief executive,
Americas.
European Investment Bank
Leadership hire
Selected highlightA selection of completed moves from Spartan’s wider work. Client names remain confidential.
Oliver Rolfe is clever, efficient, knowledgeable and honest. He is a highly valued professional and personal contact.Equities Managing Director · USA
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The addiction
blueprint.
The holistic guide to understanding and overcoming addiction today.
A compassionate exploration of addiction, the pressures behind it and the importance of understanding, support and recovery.
Beyond the appointmentCareers are part
Careers are part
of people’s lives.
Ambition, personal growth and wellbeing are connected.
Our life and career coaching creates space to consider what matters, prepare for change and move forward with purpose.
Explore coachingQuoted in the international press
Press & mediaA perspective worth sharing.
BloombergThe New York TimeseFinancialCareersIntegrity Research
The wider conversation
Ideas that travel beyond the search.
From the realities of building a finance career to the pressures that shape professional life, explore Oliver Rolfe’s interviews, writing and contributions to the press.
Explore all mediaPodcast
Founderbounty
Building a recruitment firm and getting hired in finance
Oliver speaks with Vlad Kozul about entrepreneurship, executive search and preparing for finance interviews.
March 2022
Listen to the conversationArticle
South China Morning Post
Work, burnout and recovery
Tara Loader Wilkinson’s feature includes Oliver’s experience of burnout and the changes he made. Subscription may be required.
21 February 2026
Read the featurePodcast
My Health Focus
High-functioning addiction and overwork
A conversation with Catriona Williams about work, burnout and the themes of The Addiction Blueprint.
9 May 2026
Listen to the conversation