our mission
Ocean Red Partners is a recruitment and search firm — we are talent strategists for the trading technology, financial markets, and commodities sectors. We bridge the gap between trading innovators and elite talent, ensuring firms don’t just fill roles but secure a competitive hiring edge.
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
Hi, I’m Richard Twumasi. I’ve spent 19 years in recruitment, with 17 years agency-side and 2 years as Head of Talent Acquisition. I’ve delivered global hiring solutions for startups, fintechs, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and multinational corporations across the trading technology and financial markets space. I’ve seen firsthand how the right hiring strategy can be a game-changer—and how a bad one can set a company back years.
Most recently, I worked inside a leading FinTech firm in trade surveillance, and it opened my eyes. Their approach to assessing customer needs was surgical in precision, qualifying every detail to ensure their product truly solved a problem. The result? A seamless sales cycle and a clear competitive advantage.
Why Isn’t Hiring Treated the Same Way?
It’s widely reported that the cost of a bad hire can reach up to 3x their salary, yet most firms spend more time assessing software vendors than they do evaluating talent. Recruitment is too often reactive, outdated, and treated as an admin function—when in reality, it should be a core competitive strategy.
Ocean Red Partners: Hiring as a Competitive Advantage
Ocean Red Partners was built to transform the way companies hire. We bring a methodical, data-driven approach to talent acquisition, ensuring firms don’t just fill roles—they attract, assess, and retain the best talent in the market.
What makes us different?
- Market Intelligence: We don’t just recruit—we analyze market trends, write about them, and arm our clients with insights on where talent demand is shifting.
- Sourcing Expertise: We leverage deep sourcing strategies, tapping into passive markets and high-value candidates that competitors overlook.
- Hiring Optimization: We help firms rethink outdated hiring processes, turning talent acquisition into a strategic, competitive edge.
- Industry Focus: With a niche focus on ETRM, trading technology, and financial markets, we understand the nuances of the space better than generalist recruiters ever could.
We Have the Knowledge. We Have the Methodology. We Have the Track Record.
If your hiring process hasn’t been overhauled in the last 24 months, you’re already behind. Let’s fix that. Whether you need strategic hiring advisory, market intelligence, or niche talent acquisition, we can help you turn hiring into your company’s unfair advantage.
Let’s talk. It’s time to rethink recruitment.
19 years in recruitment, partnering with some of the world’s leading trading technology firms, high-growth fintechs, banks, and commodity trading houses to build elite teams.
Global hiring expertise, delivering senior and strategic hires across the United States, Middle East, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia.
Deep sector knowledge across energy trading, asset management, investment banking, exchanges, and fintech, with a track record of placing top talent in highly competitive markets.
Football fanatic and lifelong Arsenal supporter—optimistic, resilient, and always up for a debate on our title chances!
Keen endurance runner and member of Springfield Striders. Competitive in half-marathons, cross country, and mountain races, and proud to run a 5K in under 19 minutes.
Film lover with a soft spot for classics—and yes, Forrest Gump is the greatest film ever made. It has everything.
Avid reader of business and mindset books, drawn to ideas that challenge conventional thinking. Some favorites include They Ask, You Answer, Company of One, Unselling, Relentless, Outliers and Shoe Dog.
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.