The best recruiters in investment banking - ranked
Working out the best financial services firms to work at is easy – a professional simply needs to consult the eFinancialCareers Ideal Employer Report. But getting into an Ideal Employer is easier said than done. You might ask yourself which headhunters are best to work with. Luckily, the eFinancialCareers Ideal Recruiter Report can help you do that.
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The 2026 Ideal Recruiter report is based on a survey we ran across 2025, which received over 7,500 responses from industry professionals. Each one was asked their industry – and each one was asked what the best recruiter in their space was.
One of the industries our respondents came from was investment banking – and, by quite some margin, the most popular recruiter in investment banking was Selby Jennings. The firm, which has offices in the US, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, is the marquee brand of global recruitment agency Phaidon International.
In second place was Dartmouth Partners. Headquartered in London and with offices in New York and Charlotte, the firm was founded in 2012 by former PwC analyst Logan Naidu. It’s now headed up by Terri Loska, who worked with Naidu at recruitment firm the Cornell Partnership, a firm he also founded.
Dartmouth “supported me throughout my interview process with insight into the field and the firm,” said one London-based private equity professional in our survey. “They have positioned themselves to be visible to the professionals of the field with excellent industry networking,” said another.
Maven Partnership came third in our ranking of banking recruiters. The firm – which has more than 80 people – with offices in New York, West Palm Beach, London, Dubai, and Hong Kong. Maven was founded in 2007 by Gaurav Sethi, and it is now headed up by Will Hannaford as CEO, with Rizwaan Ahmed serving as Managing Partner for Global Banking.
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