Sectors

Depth where it counts.

We concentrate on the markets we know intimately. That focus is what allows us to advise with genuine authority rather than general familiarity.

Core Markets

The markets at the heart of what we do.

Three markets where our knowledge runs deepest and our relationships span years rather than transactions.

Private Equity

Our deepest specialism. We place investment, portfolio and operational finance professionals for the firms shaping private capital, from emerging managers to established institutions.

Private Credit

Direct lending, special situations, structured credit and NAV lending. We place the finance, operations and investment professionals who keep credit platforms running as fast as they are growing.

Infrastructure

Long-hold, asset-heavy strategies deserve permanent teams. We recruit the fund accountants, SPV specialists, valuations professionals and CFOs behind infrastructure and energy transition funds.

NAV Financing & Secondaries

Carnegie NAVsec, our dedicated division led by Director James Holm, provides executive search across the NAV financing and secondaries markets for private equity and private credit: buy-side and sell-side, Associate to Partner, across Europe and the US.

Fund Administration

The engine room of private markets. We recruit fund accountants, client delivery professionals and senior leadership for the administrators that private equity, credit and infrastructure managers rely on.

Asset Management & Hedge Funds

Front, middle and back office talent across traditional and alternative strategies. We understand the regulatory, operational and commercial demands that shape every appointment.

Hospitality

Finance leadership for ambitious, investor-backed hospitality businesses navigating growth, acquisition and the demands of private ownership across multi-site operations.

Functional Disciplines

Specialist coverage across private capital.

Within our core markets, we recruit across the functions that keep private capital firms and their portfolio companies performing.

Accounting, Finance & Tax

Technical finance appointments from financial controller to financial leadership, including specialist tax and treasury expertise.

Business Support

Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and Office Managers who keep demanding firms running with discretion and precision.

HR, Legal & Compliance

The governance, people and regulatory specialists that private capital firms and their portfolio companies depend upon.

Investment

Deal, origination and investment professionals across the full investment lifecycle, from analyst to investment director.

IR & Capital Raising

Investor relations and fundraising talent for managers building lasting relationships with their limited partners.

Business Support

The people who keep demanding firms moving.

Behind every high-performing investment team is exceptional business support. We place the Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and Office Managers who operate with discretion, anticipation and absolute reliability.
In private capital, these roles carry genuine weight. We recruit for them with the same rigour we bring to a finance leadership search.
Common questions

Questions about our sectors.

Our core markets are private equity, asset management and hedge funds, and hospitality. Within these, we cover a broad range of functional disciplines, from accounting, finance and tax to business support, HR, legal and compliance, investment, and investor relations.
Finance is our heritage and remains our deepest expertise, but we also place the business support, HR, legal and compliance professionals that finance-led firms rely upon. Our advantage is that we understand how these functions operate within private capital environments.
We focus deliberately on the markets we know intimately. If your requirement sits adjacent to our specialisms, we will tell you candidly whether we are the right partner, and introduce you elsewhere if we are not.
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