Executive Search
Board, C-suite and strategically critical leadership appointments.
Typical mandates include CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, CRO, CCO, Managing Director and senior functional leadership.
Explore Executive SearchExecutive Search · Financial Markets · Fintech · Transformation
Leadership that moves financial services forward.
GFFC is a specialist executive search firm connecting financial services, fintech and transformation businesses with exceptional senior leadership.
Built by operators
We understand the job before we start the search.
We have sat in senior roles, built teams, managed change and operated inside financial markets.
That gives GFFC a different perspective on executive search. We understand the difference between a strong CV and someone capable of actually delivering in the role.
Our searches are senior, focused, confidential and personally led.
Core services
Four ways we help you hire.
Financial Markets & Fintech
Specialist search across FX, CFDs, brokerage, institutional trading, liquidity, trading technology, payments, fintech, compliance, risk, regulation and operations.
Financial Markets SearchDigital Transformation & Change
Senior transformation, programme, project, technology and change leadership for businesses undertaking complex delivery.
Transformation SearchInterim Leadership
Experienced executives and transformation specialists for leadership gaps, regulatory change, business transformation and time-critical delivery.
Interim LeadershipTwo practices. One senior network.
Specialist markets, specialist networks.
Financial Markets & Fintech
- CEO
- COO
- CFO
- CTO
- CRO
- CCO
- Managing Director
- Head of Trading
- Head of Institutional
- Head of Sales
- Head of Operations
- Head of Compliance
- MLRO
- Head of Risk
- NED / Board
Digital Transformation & Change
- Chief Transformation Officer
- Transformation Director
- Programme Director
- Portfolio Director
- Head of Change
- Digital Programme Lead
- Product / Transformation Lead
- PMO Leadership
- Senior Project Leadership
- Technology Transformation Leadership
Our approach
Search without the CV avalanche.
We start with the business problem, not a job description.
01
Define
Understand the role, business context, outcomes, culture and success profile.
02
Map
Build the target-company universe and identify the strongest potential executives.
03
Approach
Confidential direct outreach through market research and our established network.
04
Assess
Structured, senior-level assessment against the agreed mandate.
05
Shortlist
A focused shortlist of credible candidates — not a pile of CVs.
06
Appoint
Interview management, references, compensation, offer and resignation support.
07
Follow through
Stay close to the client and candidate through onboarding and the first 90 days.
Why GFFC
A different perspective on senior hiring.
Real-world experience
GFFC is built around first-hand operating experience across financial markets, fintech and transformation. We know what senior leadership looks like when the person actually has to deliver.
Senior attention
Your search is not won by one person and handed to an inexperienced delivery team. Senior mandates receive senior attention.
Specialist networks
We operate within focused professional networks across brokerage, FX/CFD, fintech, compliance, risk, technology, operations and transformation.
Discretion
Senior career moves and leadership changes require confidentiality. We treat both sides of the process accordingly.
The practice
Senior people, personally accountable.
Jason Gibson
Jason brings more than three decades of experience across financial markets, brokerage, trading technology and fintech, including CEO, COO and board leadership. He leads senior mandates across FX, CFDs, institutional markets, commercial leadership, trading, operations, compliance, risk and technology.
Meet JasonMonica Gibson
Monica's practice focuses on senior digital transformation, programme, project and change leadership. Her experience across transformation and delivery gives the practice first-hand understanding of the leadership, governance, stakeholder management and execution required to make complex programmes succeed.
Transformation PracticeNext step
Looking for senior leadership?
Tell us what the business needs to achieve, not simply the title you need to fill.
For candidates
Considering your next senior move?
Senior careers require discretion. Speak to GFFC confidentially about your experience, ambitions and the type of mandate that would genuinely interest you.