our mission
We asked what if a search firm was designed the way great product teams build software? With sprints, feedback loops, deep customer discovery, and constant iteration.
This question became our blueprint. Ocean Red Partners is a recruitment and search firm, but built like a SaaS company.
We are talent strategists for the trading technology, financial markets, and commodities sectors. We are a challenger brand, built to go against the grain of transactional recruitment and reshape how ambitious firms hire in trading technology
Our expertise is built on deep industry knowledge, real-time market intelligence, and a methodical approach to talent acquisition. We do more than “just” recruitment; we analyse market trends, engage top-tier professionals, and optimise hiring strategies to give our clients an advantage in an increasingly competitive landscape.
We’re not just here to fill roles; we want to give you a hiring edge.
We operate with precision, speed, and deep domain expertise. Our clients don’t come to us for volume. They come to us because they need high-impact people who understand the complexity of trading technology, financial markets, and commodities.
Here’s what defines our approach:
We build hiring strategies that drive revenue, not just headcount.
We stay niche because generalists can’t win specialist markets.
We go deep in our search, sourcing operators, builders, and leaders others can’t reach.
Hiring isn’t just a function. It’s your firm’s fastest lever for competitive advantage.
Let’s ensure you’re ahead of the curve and ahead of your competitors.
our purpose
“To connect trading technology innovators with exceptional talent, empowering them to build faster, safer, and more profitable solutions for the financial markets.”
our vision
To be the trusted partner and advisor for trading technology firms, transforming hiring into a market differentiator for our partners, by leveraging our relationships and expertise to position clients, candidates, and ourselves as leaders in talent acquisition
our founder and director
What if a recruitment firm was built like a SaaS company?
That’s the question that sparked Ocean Red Partners.
I’ve spent 19 years in recruitment, 17 of which were agency-side, and two as Head of Talent. But it was my time inside SteelEye, a leading FinTech, that changed everything. I saw how product, engineering, sales, and marketing worked in sprints, qualified every decision, and iterated fast. It wasn’t chaotic, it was customer-led, agile, and aligned.
And I thought: why isn’t hiring done this way?
So I built Ocean Red Partners like a product. We apply the same agile principles to recruitment, working in sprints, tightening feedback loops, and treating hiring like a commercial process, not an admin task.
We work with trading tech firms, hedge funds, fintechs, and energy players to deliver strategic hires that create edge, not noise.
Recruitment done properly isn’t a cost. It’s a multiplier. That’s what we do.
I started Ocean Red because I was tired of how transactional recruitment had become, CVs flung over, inboxes spammed, no real understanding of what makes a great hire. I’ve been in recruitment for nearly two decades, and I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in trading tech, Commodities, and Investment tech.
But honestly? The magic happens when you treat hiring like a strategy, not a checkbox.
Ocean Red is my way of doing things properly: high-touch, insight-led, agile. Built more like a SaaS product than a traditional agency. Because great recruitment isn’t about volume, it’s about impact.
I’m based in Essex, work across global markets, and thrive on the challenge of solving messy hiring problems in niche, competitive spaces.
Outside of work, I’m an endurance runner, Arsenal sufferer, and film obsessive (Forrest Gump is still undefeated). I read a lot of business and mindset books, anything that challenges the norm, and I like building things that last.
If we work together, expect straight talk, high standards, and full skin in the game.
Let’s talk
Whether you’re scaling a team or eyeing your next role, we know this market and we know how to make it work for you.