Meridian.Talent Group
Executive Search · United States

We place the top 1% of financial talent into the top 1% of firms.

Executive search for Hedge Funds, FinTech, Consulting & Law Firms. 340+ successful placements across the US market.

340+
Senior placements
97%
12-month retention
45 d
Avg. time to hire
$84B+
Client AUM served
Trusted by leading firms across NY · CT · FL · TX
The cost of getting it wrong

What does a failed C-suite hire cost a hedge fund?

$2.3M
Direct & indirect costs of a failed senior search

Lost AUM, missed alpha, severance, replacement costs, and 6–9 months of organizational drag. Generalist recruiters can't see the bottom of this iceberg. We can — because we've sat in those seats.

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How we work

A four-stage process, built around the cost of getting it wrong.

Every stage of our methodology directly answers a pain point our clients told us mattered most.

Stage 01 · 2 weeks
"We don't have time to screen 200 irrelevant candidates."
— what our clients told us

Discovery & Mapping

We don't start with candidates. We start with you. Two weeks of strategy sessions, P&L review, team dynamics analysis, and a complete picture of what success in this seat actually looks like — not the title, but the work.

Free download · 45 pages

2026 Compensation Benchmark Report

45 pages of base + bonus + carry data across Hedge Funds, FinTech, Consulting, and Legal — segmented by AUM, role, and geography. The same benchmarks our consultants use in client engagements.

  • Base salary ranges by role and AUM tier
  • Bonus & carry structures at top-quartile firms
  • Sign-on, deferred, and equity benchmarks
  • Year-over-year comp trend lines (2022–2026)
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Trust

What clients say after 24 months.

They found us a Head of Quant Research in 34 days — something other firms couldn't do in 4 months.
Managing Partner
$5B Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund
Their consultants spoke the language. Every candidate they sent had been pre-validated against our actual book.
Chief Operating Officer
Mid-Market Credit Fund
First retained search we've done that ended with a hire still in seat at year 2. Worth every penny.
General Counsel
AmLaw 100 Practice
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