Heidrick & Struggles International, an executive search and leadership consulting firm, has added four executives from Schwab Enterprise, a boutique firm specialising in executive plac

Heidrick & Struggles International, an executive search and leadership consulting firm, has added four executives from Schwab Enterprise, a boutique firm specialising in executive placement for the hedge fund industry, to its roster of search consultants.

Schwab Enterprise, based in New York and led by founder Claude Schwab, serves the recruitment needs of leading hedge funds as well as publishing career guides and studies on compensation in the hedge fund industry. Claude and Solan Schwab as well as Tina Hsiung and Rachael Timinsky are joining Heidrick & Struggles.

'These talented executives from Schwab Enterprise will further deepen our bench strength in financial services and bring us added expertise in the vital hedge fund sector,' says Kevin Kelly, chief executive of Hedrick & Struggles.

Claude Schwab, who becomes a partner at Heidrick & Struggles, previously founded and ran the hedge fund practice of one of the largest US alternative asset management search firms, as well as also authoring the first compensation report written specifically for hedge fund professionals and a hedge fund career guide.

Solan Schwab, who joins Heidrick & Struggles as a principal, focused on senior level infrastructure and investment professional hedge fund searches at Schwab Enterprise. He previously practiced law for six years in the mergers and acquisitions department at Skadden Arps. Hsiung and Timinsky join as an engagement manager and senior associate respectively.

'Joining Heidrick & Struggles allows us to serve the global search needs of our clients, drawing upon the strength of its strong brand and global network of search and leadership consulting professionals,' says Claude Schwab.

Heidrick & Struggles International provides senior-level executive search and leadership consulting services including talent management, board building, executive on-boarding and M&A effectiveness, and operates from business centres in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.