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Jamie Souter

Partner
· London & New York

Areas of specialism

  • Corporate Functions
  • Audit and Compliance
  • C-Suite and Board Appointments
  • Digital Assets
In The Omerta Group since 2020 · 6 years

About Jamie

Jamie Souter is Partner, Head of Corporate Functions at The Omerta Group, based in London and New York. He leads client relationships across operations, finance, human resources, risk, audit and compliance, supporting senior appointments across financial services.

Jamie has worked in executive search since 2003, delivering assignments across the UK, US, Continental Europe, Africa and Asia. His track record includes C-suite, Director and Managing Director appointments across banking, investment management, proprietary trading and digital assets. His expertise spans corporate leadership and specialist functional roles, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and senior people leadership positions.

Jamie joined The Omerta Group in 2020 from Korn Ferry, where he focused on C-suite appointments. He grew up in London, Geneva, Tokyo and Shanghai, and spent five years working in Hong Kong early in his career.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Sport Science from Durham University.

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Representative work

Representative assignments

Chief Financial Officer

Global liquidity provider and trading firm

Amsterdam

Deputy CEO

Emerging markets investment management firm

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Group Chief Risk Officer

Financial technology and brokerage firm

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Chief Information Security Officer

European digital asset exchange

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Background

Credentials

Education and experience

Durham University
Bachelor's degree, Sport Science
Korn Ferry
C-suite appointments, until joining The Omerta Group in 2020

Recognition

Multifaceted Risks Facing Financial Services
Co-author with Adam Hunter, published by Kingsley Gate. Drawing on a survey of 88 financial institutions across 30 countries, the whitepaper examines evolving risk and control priorities including cybersecurity, credit risk, regulation and operational resilience, and their implications for leadership and talent.

Based in

TOG London

10 Noble Street
London, EC2V 7JX

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Where Jamie 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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