Ophelos Advisory

Ophelos Advisory Group is an executive search and recruiting firm specialising exclusively in compliance, legal, and regulatory leadership across United States financial services. The firm operates from New York and works nationally, placing senior compliance officers, legal leaders, and regulatory specialists for traditional banks, investment firms, brokerage companies, and fintech platforms. Founded by Jeff Detweiler, an NYC-based recruiter with 20 years in financial services talent acquisition, Ophelos operates with deep specialisation in compliance sector demands.

The company segments financial services talent into four industry pillars with distinct regulatory maps and talent pools: traditional banking (community banks, regional banks, credit unions), investment and asset management (registered investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity), brokerage and investment banking (broker-dealers, investment banks, swap dealers), and payments, fintech and emerging assets (payments platforms, money services businesses, neobanks, crypto exchanges). Ophelos operates through three engagement models: retained executive search with exclusivity and milestone payments, modular sourcing where clients bring internal capacity, and interim compliance leadership roles.

Ophelos emphasises discipline and rigour in every engagement: recorded intake calls, written scorecards, market mapping beyond initial candidates, and packages structured for asynchronous client review. The firm maintains a database of 9,000+ compliance professionals and draws on 25,000+ network connections within financial services. Rather than generalist executive search, Ophelos brings regulatory expertise and compensation benchmarking specific to each financial services vertical.