Rutherford's team groups specialists in compliance, financial crime, in-house legal and private practice legal recruitment. Drawing on years of experience in their own field, our Consultants are experts in skilfully assessing clients' needs, and using several efficient searching techniques to identify and attract the best executive talent on the market.
Discover below the members of our team. If you wish to contact us for a more general enquiry, please fill this form or send us an email to enquiries@rutherfordsearch.com
Rutherford is part of the Pearse Group, alongside Pearse Partners and Pearse Professionals. Together, we form a group of boutique specialist recruitment firms, each covering a specific area within the financial services market.
Founded in 2018 by Sean Bourke, Pearse Partners is a front office recruitment firm made up of five specialist teams across Corporate Finance, Credit, ESG & Sustainability, Investor Relations & Fundraising and Private Equity. As for Pearse Professionals, the business focuses on servicing the senior finance and executive markets.
Through our collaborative approach and by leveraging each other's strengths as businesses, we have been able to successfully secure coveted mandates, from the UK to the Middle East to the US. We have truly grown together and have been able to build over the years a culture filled with performance and, most importantly, fun and mutual respect.
Director
About Jonathan SkerrettJonathan Skerrett is a Director at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After working for a global recruitment PLC where he manage...
Director, Legal & Compliance
About Jackson BakerJackson Baker is the Director of the Legal & Compliance desk at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After finishing his double degree in Commerce and Business at...
Chief Operating Officer
About Genevieve Higgins-DesbiensGenevieve Higgins-Desbiens is a Chief Operating Officer at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After obtaining her Bachelor of Business in Canada, she w...
Principal Consultant, Legal & Compliance
Principal Consultant, Legal & Strategic Hires
About Octavian DonnellyOctavian Donnelly is an experienced Principal Consultant at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in compliance and legal searches within professional, legal and financial services. Throughout his career, Octavian has launche...
Head of Delivery
Matthew is Head of Delivery for Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in in-house legal, private practice, compliance and financial services searches within law firms and financial services businesses.After working as a Financial Advisor for a globally renowned financial services company, Matt explored the world...
Researcher, Legal & Compliance
About Liam LynchLiam Lynch is a Recruitment Researcher at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in compliance, in-house legal and private practice legal recruitment searches for both financial services businesses and top-tier law firms. Liam joins Rutherford after completing his studies at the AIE, Aca...
Researcher, Private Practice Legal
About Luzaan De Wit Luzaan De Wit is a Recruitment Researcher at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in compliance, in-house legal and private practice legal recruitment searches for both financial services businesses and top-tier law firms. Luzaan joins Rutherford after completing her studies at the U...
Researcher, Private Practice Legal
About Rebecca CollinsRebecca Collins is a Recruitment Researcher at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in compliance, in-house legal and private practice legal recruitment searchers for both financial services businesses and top-tier law firms. Rebecca joins Rutherford after working as a Rese...
Head of Talent
Alexandra Feeney is the Head of Talent at the Pearse Group, which Rutherford is a part of. Alexandra comes in with a wealth of experience within the recruitment industry, having been herself a Senior Recruitment Consultant for our sister company Pearse Partners. After leading the Investment Banking team at Pearse Partners for a couple...
Managing Director - Pearse Group
Sean Bourke founded Pearse Partners after 7 years working for a FTSE 250 recruitment company. For the first three years he recruited Accountancy candidates into a broad spectrum of companies in Central London. The final 4 years were spent recruiting Corporate Finance and Investment Professionals into Boutique Advisors, Investment Banks and Al...
Managing Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Business Manager, Private Equity
Principal Consultant, Private Equity
Consultant, Private Equity
Consultant, Private Equity
Managing Consultant, Investor Relations and Fundraising
Senior Consultant, Investor Relations and Fundraising
Associate Director, Credit
Business Director, Credit
Principal Consultant, Credit
Senior Consultant, Credit (Germany)
Consultant, Credit
Consultant, Credit
Managing Consultant, ESG
Consultant, ESG
Marketing & Operations Director
Office and Marketing Assistant
Head of Executive Search
Senior Consultant, Executive Search
Head of Interim Management
Senior Consultant, Interim Management
Consultant, Interim Management
