The right leader changes everything.
Executive search for financial services. Senior, specialist and C-suite appointments across London, the UK and Europe.
Why Luxton Search?
Luxton Search is a specialist executive search firm for financial services, founded by Michael Luxton. Michael brings over 30 years of search experience in the sector, partnering with organisations across London and Europe on the appointments that matter most.
Every search is led personally from brief to appointment, with the discretion, judgement and network that senior hiring demands.
Expertise
Deep roots in banking and asset management.
We recruit across Finance, Technology, AI and Sales. Our network is strongest where talent is scarcest: quantitative, technical and commercial leadership inside regulated financial businesses.
Sectors
- Investment Banking
- Asset Management
- Reinsurance
- FinTech
Technology Leadership
Senior technology leaders who can modernise platforms in a regulated environment.
- Chief Technology Officer
- Chief Information Officer
- Head of Engineering
Quantitative Analytics
Quants and quant leaders for trading, risk and investment businesses.
- Head of Quantitative Research
- Quantitative Analysts & Strats
- Model Risk & Validation
AI & Data
Leaders turning AI and data into results within financial services.
- Chief Data Officer
- Head of AI
- Machine Learning Leadership
Finance
Finance leaders for banks, asset managers and high-growth financial businesses.
- Chief Financial Officer
- Finance Director
- Financial Controller
FinTech Sales
Commercial leaders selling technology and data into financial institutions.
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Head of Sales
- Business Development Director
Reinsurance
Specialist and senior appointments across the reinsurance market.
- Underwriting Leadership
- Actuarial & Analytics
- Executive & Board Roles
Services
Search, interim and advisory.
Executive Search
Search for confidential or complex senior appointments, where discretion is essential and deep sector knowledge is required.
Interim Management
A proven, trusted executive in place quickly, for a defined period or through a period of change.
Fixed Term Consulting
Specialist, project-focused roles that call for deep experience in a particular function.
Market Mapping
Market and talent intelligence that supports your in-house HR or recruitment team on a specific assignment.
Advisory Boards
Identifying and recommending senior professionals to join an existing advisory board or build a new one.
Career Coaching
Candid, one-to-one advice for senior professionals on career direction and on removing the blockers to success.
Our approach
How we work with clients.
Experience, integrity and balanced judgement: the reasons clients return to us over the long term.
One consultant, start to finish
The person you brief is the person who delivers. No hand-offs to junior researchers.
Process and intuition
A rigorous search process, supported by modern tools and years of candidate interviews.
Candid advice
Honest counsel on the market, the candidates and the brief itself, in your long-term interest.
How a search works
- BriefAgreeing the role, the culture and what success looks like.
- MapMapping the market to find the right people, including those not looking.
- AssessEvaluating skills, leadership and cultural fit in depth.
- ShortlistA focused shortlist, with candid views on every candidate.
- Appoint & supportManaging offer and resignation, then staying close after the start.
Founder
Michael Luxton
Founder & Director · London
Michael has spent over 30 years in executive search, with deep roots in investment banking and asset management. He leads every Luxton Search engagement personally, across the UK and Europe.
His approach is built on long-term relationships: understanding not just the role, but the culture, the team dynamics and the leadership qualities that will make a difference. Clients use him as a trusted advisor, for candid guidance and a network built over decades at the senior end of the market.
Whether it is a confidential C-suite search, an urgent interim placement or advice on building a leadership team, Michael brings the same personal commitment to every engagement.
For candidates
Considering your next move?
We work with senior and specialist professionals across financial services, many of whom are not actively looking. If you would like a confidential conversation about the market or your career, we would be glad to hear from you.
- Complete confidentialityYour details are never shared with a client without your explicit agreement.
- Honest adviceA straight view on the market, your options and how you are likely to be seen.
- No fees for candidatesWe are paid by our clients. We never charge candidates for finding them work.
Planning a senior appointment?
Every conversation is treated in confidence.
Contact
Speak to Michael
Tell us a little about the role or your plans, and Michael will come back to you personally.
- michael@luxtonsearch.com
- Michael Luxton
- Coverage
- London, the UK and Europe