About us
Built on two decades of knowing this world
Bayswater Consulting Group was founded on a simple conviction: that executive search in the alternatives industry demands a level of expertise, discretion, and commitment that most firms aren’t structured to deliver. We built this practice to be different — and to prove it on every mandate we take.
Why we exist
Our founding philosophy — and why it shapes everything we do.
Executive search in private equity, venture capital, and asset management is not like search anywhere else. The talent pools are small and interconnected. The searches are sensitive. The stakes — for fund performance, for portfolio company outcomes, for careers — are genuinely high. And yet the industry has largely been served by generalist firms that treat these mandates like any other senior hire, and contingency shops that treat them like a numbers game.
The best searches aren’t won by the firm with the biggest database. They’re won by the firm that actually understands the mandate.
We founded Bayswater because we believed there was a better way — a practice that goes deep rather than broad, that takes retained mandates seriously as partnerships rather than transactions, and that brings genuine sector knowledge to every search rather than learning the industry on the client’s time.
After 20 years working in and around staffing and executive search, the patterns became clear. Clients want a firm that already understands their world when they pick up the phone. Candidates want a firm that will handle their career with discretion and honesty, not just move their resume around the market. Bayswater was built to be that firm.
We concentrate exclusively on alternative assets and financial services — not because it limits us, but because it makes us better at the thing that matters most: finding the right person for a genuinely hard search, and doing it in a way that reflects well on everyone involved.
Exclusivity over volume
We take a limited number of mandates at any time. Not because we can’t handle more — but because every search deserves the full weight of our attention, and we won’t compromise that.
Sector depth, not sector breadth
We work only within alternative assets and financial services. This isn’t a constraint — it’s a competitive advantage that compounds with every search we run.
Retained always, contingency never
Contingency search creates misaligned incentives. Retained search creates partnerships. We only work one way, and we believe it produces meaningfully better outcomes.
Honesty at every stage
We’ll tell clients when a role is hard to fill and why. We’ll tell candidates when they’re not the right fit. Uncomfortable truths early are far more valuable than comfortable ones late.
Discretion as a foundation
Both sides of every search share sensitive information with us. We treat it accordingly. Our confidentiality standards aren’t a policy we follow — they’re a value we hold.
Relationships over transactions
The best clients and candidates we have today came from searches we ran years ago. We invest in relationships that last because a great placement is the beginning of something, not the end.
A practice built for the long game
Let’s have a real conversation
Whether you’re a firm looking to build your leadership team, or a senior professional thinking about what’s next — we’d welcome a direct, no-obligation conversation about how we might be able to help.