Financial Services Governance Expertise

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Danos Group is a specialist financial services recruitment and executive search firm, supporting global institutions with hiring across Compliance, Financial Crime, Legal, and Risk.

Since 2004, we have partnered with global banks, investment managers, hedge funds, insurers, and fintech firms to deliver senior talent into regulated environments. Our focus is clear: we help organisations build and strengthen governance functions that meet regulatory expectations while supporting commercial growth.

Operating across New York, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong, we provide a global platform with local market expertise. This allows us to support both regional hiring needs and complex, cross-border mandates.

We are not a generalist recruiter. Our model is built around deep functional specialisation in governance recruitment, giving clients direct access to market insight, talent networks, and hiring intelligence that goes beyond a standard search process.

Meet Our Specialists

Our Offering: Search, Recruitment & Consulting Solutions

We deliver a full suite of hiring and advisory solutions across the financial services sector:

Executive Search – Retained mandates for C-suite and senior leadership roles, including Chief Compliance Officers, General Counsel, Heads of Risk, and Financial Crime leadership
Permanent Recruitment – Targeted contingent hiring across mid-to-senior level roles within governance functions
Interim Solutions – Day-rate and fixed-term professionals to support regulatory change, remediation programmes, and business transformation
Consulting Services – Project-based delivery through specialist teams, supporting regulatory remediation, backlog clearance, and governance uplift

Our clients operate in highly regulated environments where hiring mistakes carry real risk. As a result, our approach is structured, disciplined, and aligned to both technical capability and cultural fit.

We work across key financial services sectors including:

Sell-side institutions (global banks, brokerages, markets businesses)
Buy-side firms (asset managers, hedge funds, private markets)
Insurance
Payments, fintech, and digital assets
Professional services and consultancies

This breadth gives us a clear view of how governance functions are evolving across the market—and where talent gaps are emerging.

Our Experts

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Spencer Knibbe

Managing Director, Head of Americas

+(1) 212 600 4827 sknibbe@thedanosgroup.com View profile

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Lucky Nguyen

Associate Director, US Compliance

+(1) 646 415 8511 lnguyen@danosassociates.com View profile

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Denis Spearman

Managing Director, Group Head, Compliance & Financial Crime Practice

+(1) 212 600 4834 dspearman@thedanosgroup.com View profile

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James Franklin

Managing Director, Head of Legal

+(1) 212 600 4834 jfranklin@thedanosgroup.com View profile

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Bradley Handelaar

Director, Head of Consulting

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Proven Delivery and Market Insight Across Financial Services Governance Recruitment

Our track record is built on consistent delivery in complex hiring environments. We support clients through periods of regulatory change, business transformation, and growth, where governance hiring is both business-critical and time-sensitive.

We combine data-led market insight, established talent networks, and a global delivery model to execute effectively across jurisdictions. This includes:

Access to senior, often non-active candidates
Real-time insight into compensation, hiring trends, and competitor activity
Proven delivery across both individual hires and team builds

Beyond recruitment, we act as a governance partner to our clients—providing practical advice on team structure, market conditions, and hiring strategy.

The reality is straightforward: financial services firms need governance functions that are credible, effective, and scalable. We focus on delivering the people and capability to make that happen.

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Danos Associates offered much more than simply sourcing candidates.

They helped frame the scope of the search, giving context as to where we could search for our candidate pool and provided a commercial view of the labour market in this field and what we could expect… The shortlist of candidates we received was of a very high standard. Each candidate had been looked at critically.

Nicola Swann HR Director

Danos Consulting offered an excellent Interim Head of Compliance as a solution whilst undertaking our challenging permanent search mandate.

Danos Consulting really listened to our needs, parachuting in a candidate with the right technical skill set and personality. They really understood the DNA of our business which enabled them to provide support effectively when working to tight onboarding deadlines.

General Counsel, Niche Asset Management Firm

Danos Associates spend a lot of time getting to know your team and the culture, which makes it easier when new staff join the business.

In credit risk often the candidate pools have the same skill sets, however there are elements that the CV miss out. The Danos team work tirelessly to understand the skills levels of all candidates and most importantly, they get us quality candidates we can close and bring on board quickly.

Director of Model, Development Banking

Danos was referred to me as the best in the business.

I needed to find risk and compliance staff. My experience corroborates precisely that. Thorough, encyclopaedic market knowledge and execution orientated.

Hugo van Vredenburch Non Executive Director, TMF Group