More strategic.
More selective.
More connected.

Teaming up to combine over 20 years of commodities network and knowledge. As a founder-led firm, the focus is on quality and results.
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Two headhunters, one combined network.

We see beyond the market, beyond the profile and beyond the obvious. We understand what makes people exceptional, where their strengths translate and what it takes to make the right move happen.

Neil

Director & Co-founder · Commercial & Trading

Neil has over 13 years' experience in commodities headhunting across Europe and North America, placing key figures in senior leadership, trading, origination and commercial roles. With a little black book to die for, Neil's superpower is his connections,  building long-term relationships and finding solutions for his candidates and clients alike. Over the span of his career he has been responsible for headline moves: notorious market entries, team moves, desk build-outs and capital introduction.

Noortje

Director & Co-founder · Quant, Analytics & Technology

Noortje has over 10 years of headhunting experience across global quantitative, analytics and technology markets, complementing Neil's commercial experience and network with a technical headhunting skillset. Her secret weapon is combining deep technical understanding with a personal approach and plenty of patience uncovering what truly drives candidates, understanding what clients really need, and bringing the right people together at the right time.

13yrs

Commodities headhunting

10yrs

Quant & tech headhunting

20+yrs

Combined commodities network

Our Edge is Our Way.

In trading, Edge comes from seeing what others don't, understanding the market better and acting with conviction when it matters.

We believe recruitment is no different. Choosing the right search partner can create a genuine Edge in the market.

Contacts are for everyone,
‍relationships are for some.

It is not a product, a database or a technology. It is the way we work.
The relationships we build, the markets we understand and the way we look beyond the obvious.
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Map the market.

See beyond the visible market.

Markets move. So does talent. We track the landscape beyond the obvious to understand where people are, why they are moving and where future opportunities can emerge.

Know the individual.

Not just the profile.

We look beyond the company and beyond the CV to understand the person, their motivations, strengths and potential, and match this to the right company platform.

Find where strengths translate.

Our proprietary methodology identifies the strengths that can translate across platforms, helping us match exceptional talent to the environment where they can have the greatest impact, and where the move makes sense for both sides.

From identification to completion.

We stay close from the first conversation through to the final decision, helping both sides navigate the process, maintain alignment and create the conditions for the right move to happen.

Our Edge

In trading, edge comes in four forms. So does ours.

We believe choosing the right search partner delivers a recruitment Edge in the market.

Informational

Knowing who's moving, who's available and who's quietly outperforming long before it becomes public.

Analytical

Reading a mandate properly: what the desk actually needs, and which profile genuinely delivers it.

Execution

Reaching the right people directly, and running a process that closes rather than stalls.

Behavioral

Understanding motivation and timing the human factors that decide whether a move actually happens.

Headhunting built around relationships, market intelligence and actionable insight.

01

Search

We map the market others can't see. Uncovering talent beyond LinkedIn and connecting with firms at every stage of growth.

02

Intelligence

Bespoke intelligence on both sides of every hire, matching on motive as much as on merit.

03

Advisory

Search and intelligence are only the beginning. We turn insight into understanding, and understanding into action.

More on what we do

See how the three disciplines run across a full search, step by step.

Case studies

What the Edge looks like
in practice.

A range of searches across power, gas, oil, metals and environmental markets. From single off-market hires to full market entries.
Team meeting around a boardroom table

Standing up a North American trading operation

  • Trading
  • Analytics
  • Risk

Advisory and talent mapping across North America to attract senior traders and analysts for a ground-up build-out.

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A prestigious European trading merchant was entering the North American market and needed to build its local trading operation from the ground up, including attracting hard to find experienced talent in the power trading space.
We provided advisory and market intelligence, talent mapping across North America, identifying and attracting senior Traders and Analysts to support the firm's market entry and build-out.
Natural gas pipeline at sunset

Specialist hires across a growing commodities business

  • Trading
  • Quant Research
  • Structuring

Targeted searches for talent combining deep market expertise, quantitative skills and complex structuring experience.

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A leading global trading fund was expanding its commodities business and needed to identify highly specialised talent across North American Gas & Power, including Traders, Originators, Quants and Structurers.
We conducted targeted searches across the commodities market, identifying candidates with a combination of deep market expertise, quantitative skills and experience in complex trading and structuring environments.
Case studie

Specialist hires across a growing commodities business

Trading

Quant Research

Structuring

Challenge

A relationship-led, phone-first approach built on deeper conversations and rigorous insight resulting in finding, understanding and engaging the right talent.

Solution

A relationship-led, phone-first approach built on deeper conversations and rigorous insight resulting in finding, understanding and engaging the right talent.

Results

A relationship-led, phone-first approach built on deeper conversations and rigorous insight resulting in finding, understanding and engaging the right talent.