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Steven Le Hellidu

Partner
· London

Areas of specialism

  • Insurance
  • Reinsurance
  • Captive & Offshore
  • Lloyd’s Market
  • Board & C-Suite Appointments
In The Omerta Group since 2026

About Steven

Steven is a Partner based in The Omerta Group’s London office, where he leads the development and strategic expansion of the firm’s Global Insurance practice. With over 20 years of dedicated experience in executive search, Steven is widely regarded as a trusted advisor within the Lloyd’s and broader (re)insurance markets, having built an extensive international network across the UK, Middle East, Asia and the United States.

Throughout his career, Steven has established a strong reputation for delivering high-impact talent solutions to board-level executives, CEOs and senior leadership teams. He partners closely with both business and functional leaders to support critical hiring mandates, offering strategic insight and market intelligence alongside execution. His work spans the full talent lifecycle — from identifying and developing emerging talent through to advising on complex C-suite and board-level appointments.

Steven’s sector expertise encompasses insurance, reinsurance, captive, offshore and the wider financial services landscape. He is particularly recognised for his ability to navigate complex, highly regulated environments, aligning talent strategies with evolving market dynamics, regulatory expectations and organisational growth objectives.

In addition to his advisory capabilities, Steven brings a strong track record of building and scaling high-performing search platforms. Prior to joining the firm, he spent eight years as the Founding Partner of a market-leading executive search firm, where he was instrumental in establishing its market presence, driving international expansion and delivering consistent growth.

At The Omerta Group, Steven plays a key role in shaping the firm’s global (re)insurance offering, leveraging his deep market expertise, extensive network and commercial insight to support clients in securing leadership talent that drives long-term value.

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Representative work

Representative assignments

Global CEO for Reinsurance

Lloyd’s Broker

London

Chief Parametric Officer

Lloyd’s Broker

London

Global Head of Programmes

Lloyd’s Broker

Bermuda

Head of Construction

Lloyd’s Broker

Dubai

Background

Credentials

Education and experience

Forest School, Snaresbrook & Epping Forest College
Voice & Data Engineer (CNCI); Fibre Optic Engineer (Frip)
SixteenEighty6
Managing Director & Founder, 2018 – 2026
The iSP Group
Co-Founding Partner & Group Managing Consultant, 2008 – 2018

Recognition

PSPA
Member, Board of Trustees

Based in

TOG London

10 Noble Street
London, EC2V 7JX

Consultants here19

CoverageEMEA

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Colleagues

Mike Hindley

Mike Hindley

Mike Hindley is Founder and Managing Partner of The Omerta Group and serves as Global Head of Financial Services at Kingsley Gate Partners.  With more than 25 years of experience in executive search, he advises leading financial institutions across Global Markets,...

Senior Partner
Graham Smith

Graham Smith

Graham leads The Omerta Group’s Global Hedge Fund practice and is based in London. He has more than 25 years’ experience in executive search and has advised and recruited for many of the world’s largest multi-manager platforms alongside leading single-manager hedge...

Senior Partner

Where Steven works

Practices

Portfolio managers, analysts, strategists and traders, and the COO, CRO and business management mandates that keep a platform running.

Quantitative researchers, traders, portfolio managers and developers across high and mid-frequency strategies.

Sales, trading, structuring, capital raising and research across every major asset class.

Leadership, portfolio managers, research, distribution and risk across traditional managers and alternatives.

Managing directors and product heads across M&A, ECM, DCM, leveraged finance and restructuring.

Managing directors and product heads across M&A, ECM, DCM, leveraged finance and restructuring.

Chair, non-executive director, CEO and executive committee searches across financial services.

COO, CFO, CRO, general counsel, audit and compliance leadership at partner and managing director level.

CAIO, CTO, CIO, CDO and head-of-engineering mandates, and the executives building the AI and data infrastructure behind them.

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