Blackbird

Blackbird Search is a boutique alternatives-focused executive search firm with over twenty years of experience placing candidates across leading hedge funds, asset managers, and private funds in the Americas and Europe. The company has a dedicated presence across New York, San Francisco, Miami, and London, specialising in facilitating the hiring of investment professionals across hedge funds, private equity, and credit funds using an extensive network.

The firm positions itself as a bespoke search specialist, employing a meticulous screening process alongside industry references to deliver the best candidates to clients. Every search undertaken is tailored, discreet, and referral-based, with Blackbird Search understanding implicitly that each search is completely unique. The company has completed successful searches across multiple geographies, asset classes, and built out investment teams for several alternative managers, with all searches tailored specifically to each client.

Blackbird Search maintains deep expertise across three core areas: Private Capital, working with mid to large cap lenders in private and hybrid credit space with a track record placing candidates from Associate through to Managing Director; Special Situations, with strong relationships across flagship special situations platforms in the US and UK; and Hedge Funds, with a deep network across distressed and public realm for twenty years and placements into both multi-manager and single-manager names at all levels in the US and EU.