SJB Partners

Specialist search forfinancial markets.

Relationship-led search across commodities, power & gas, buy-side, sell-side, trading, risk and technology — built for the seats you can't fill from a job board.

Founder experience20+ yrs
CoverageGlobal
MandatesEntry → Board
EngagementRetained / Contingency
GLOBAL TALENT NETWORK

Connecting world-class talent with global opportunity.

SJB Partners operates at the heart of financial markets, connecting elite institutions with exceptional talent across the world.

  • Combined experience20+ years
  • Global hubs7
  • CoverageWorldwide
  • Mandate rangeEntry → Board
7 hubs · live
SJB · GLOBAL · LIVE
Hubs
Sector coverageBuy-sideSell-sideTradingRisk & ComplianceTechnology & Data
About SJB

A search partner, not a recruiter.

SJB Partners combines deep financial-markets knowledge with a relationship-led search model — trusted advisers to clients and candidates in highly competitive, specialist markets.

Scott Berko, Founder of SJB Partners
Scott BerkoFounder · CEO · London

Front-office search since 2004. Founded SJB Partners in 2013— covering Risk, Quantitative, Finance, IT & Technology, and Regulatory across the buy- and sell-side. A growing share of the practice is in commodities — building out trading teams and the new wave of power & gas trading platforms across commodity houses, utilities and prop firms.

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    Specialist

    Built around financial markets — not horizontal recruitment.

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    Relationship-led

    Long-running coverage of senior talent. Not a database.

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    Discreet

    Confidential mandates. Nothing posted, nothing leaked.

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    Research-first

    Every search begins with a market map, not an inbox.

In the Field

Where global capital moves in person.

Long-running relationships are built where the deals get done — on the floor at industry conferences, private events and partner summits.

SJB Partners — VIP reception, Private Equity Insights
Private Equity InsightsVIP reception · Munich
SJB Partners at the VIP reception, Private Equity Insights
Private Equity InsightsAround the table
SJB Partners on the floor at Private Equity Insights
Private Equity InsightsOn the floor
Jamie, Scott & Chris — SJB Partners at Private Equity Insights
Private Equity InsightsSJB Partners
Recent Mandates

Searches across the global desks.

A live ticker of anonymized mandates run in the last twelve months. Names and firms confidential — full references available under NDA.

Featured · Current Mandate· Q3'25

Building the leadership of a power & gas trading platform.

A multi-seat team build for a major commodity house standing up a next-generation power & gas trading desk — covering the CIO, Heads of Trading, Heads of Analytics, Quants and Analysts. Part of a broader practice serving commodity houses, utilities and prop trading firms across Europe and the US.

CIOHeads of TradingHeads of AnalyticsQuantsAnalysts
SectorCommodities · Power & Gas
MandateMulti-seat platform build
Client baseCommodity houses · Utilities · Prop trading
StatusLive · References under NDA
Active mandates ticker · last 12 months
SJB Partners / Specialist Search

Find the people who move markets.

Whether you're hiring a quant team, a board director, or your next head of technology — we'd welcome the conversation.

scott@sjbpartners.co.ukLondon · UK · HQConfidential by Default