Sheffield Haworth Acquires The Meyer Partnership

Sheffield Haworth, the global executive search, interim management and human capital advisory firm, today announces the acquisition of The Meyer Partnership and the appointment of Nicole Meyer as Global Head of the Transaction Banking practice.

London (I-Newswire) April 24, 2012 - The Meyer Partnership is a leading specialist and highly respected search firm in Corporate, Commercial and global Transaction Banking. The firm has been led by Nicole Meyer, a former transaction banker who, with over twenty years in the industry, has an unrivalled reputation in this sector.

Nicole has a wealth of experience in Transaction Banking, most recently having worked at Citibank as Managing Director and Team Leader for their North American Financial Institutions Cash Management sales team. Prior to working for Citibank she worked for The First National Bank of Chicago and Shawmut Bank Boston. Nicole moved into search in 2007 at The Rose Partnership in London as Head of the Transaction Banking practice.

‘Nicole’s international banking experience and excellent reputation in the executive search industry bring significant benefits to our clients and our organisation, further supporting our strategy of developing a balanced, market-leading business dedicated to servicing the global financial services industry.’ says Timothy Sheffield, Chief Executive, Sheffield Haworth.

The newly formed Transaction Banking Search practice will cover senior leadership roles in Cash Management, Trade Services/Trade Finance, Securities and Fund Services in addition to leveraging a growing Corporate Banking practice. Aligning resources and working closely together with the firm’s existing Coverage of Corporate and Investment banking clients firmly places Sheffield Haworth as a leading service provider in these sectors.

‘The time is right to leverage our unique niche and combine resources to collectively deliver outstanding service to this important growth sector of the financial services industry. The opportunity to leverage Sheffield Haworth’s global platform is a tremendous opportunity for us. Global dominance and leadership in this space was always the intention and with Sheffield Haworth it is now the reality’ says Nicole Meyer.