Leadership
Search That
Goes
Further.
Finding the right leader is one of the most decisive moments in a company's trajectory. Our executive search is partner-led, discreet, research-driven, designed to deliver leaders who bring clarity, steady execution, and measurable results across regulated and high-growth organisations.
Executive search specialist with 25+ years advising regulated financial services, FinTech and trading businesses across Cyprus, EMEA, APAC and the UK. Partner-led from day one.
Industry Specialists, Not Generalists
We recruit exclusively within FinTech, Trading, Payments, Digital Assets, and Financial Services. Your search is handled by people who understand your market, your competitors, and where the candidates are.
Regulation-Ready Leadership
We understand CySEC, FCA, DFSA, VARA, VASP, MAS and other regulatory frameworks. Every candidate we present has been assessed for regulatory awareness and compliance readiness.
Partner-Led End-to-End
We work as an extension of your leadership team, from market mapping and candidate identification through to offer negotiation and onboarding support. No handoffs, no junior researchers running your mandate.
Global Reach, Local Insight
Cyprus-based with deep EMEA, APAC and UK talent networks. We deliver leadership talent across Cyprus/Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and we know where the candidates are before the search begins.
Structured Engagement
Agreed milestones, progress reporting, and defined timelines from day one. Both retained and contingent models availablewe'll advise the right approach for your mandate.
Engagement
Models
For specialist and mid-level hires, we work success-only. For C-suite and senior leadership, retained search ensures dedicated research capacity, full market coverage, and the depth these mandates demand.All options are discussed during our briefing to ensure a win win and dedicated, timely search. Where your in-house capabilities are stretched, our service is designed to complement your internal TA team - not compete with them.
Executive Search
A committed engagement with phased fees, dedicated research capacity, and structured milestones - market mapping through shortlist to offer management. We go where job boards and LinkedIn searches can't. Designed to complement your internal hiring team, not replace it.
- CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, CRO appointments
- Group-level and multi-jurisdictional leadership
- Regulatory-critical hires: Head of Compliance, MLRO, Head of Risk
- Confidential replacements & new market entry
Executive Search
For senior specialist and functional head roles where speed and market coverage are the priority. No upfront fees, you pay when we deliver the right hire, backed by our replacement guarantee.
- Heads of Department - Engineering, Product, Compliance, Ops
- Senior specialists in risk, payments, trading, finance
- Leadership hires where the brief is well-defined
- Interim & transformation leadership
Every Level.
One Search.
From board-level appointments to transformation leadership - executive search for regulated, start-up, scale-up and high-growth organisations.
- CEO / COO / CFO
- CTO / CPO / CRO
- Board & Exec Committee
- NEDs & Chairman
- Head of Compliance / MLRO
- Head of Engineering / Product
- Head of Risk / Operations
- Head of Growth / Marketing
- Subject-matter CXO leaders
- Regulatory specialists
- Domain-deep technical executives
- Commercial & trading leaders
- Scale-up & market entry
- M&A and post-merger integration
- Regulatory uplift & governance
- Fractional C-suite
Your Next
Chapter,
Handled
Discreetly.
If you're a senior leader exploring new opportunities in FinTech, trading, financial Services or technology, we welcome confidential connections to ensure you're on our radar. Whether you're considering a move now or want to understand your options, your approach will be handled with complete discretion.
- Executive mandates are often placed confidentially - before they reach the open market
- Being on our radar ensures you're considered when a relevant mandate aligns with your experience
- We only introduce opportunities that match your experience, ambitions and expectations
Common
Questions.
Answers to the most common questions about working with Emerald Zebra on executive search mandates.
Leadership Search
Finding the right executive requires depth, precision and confidentiality. Whether you're building a C-suite, expanding globally, or strengthening regulatory governance, we can help.