Massey Henry

About Us

Ranked among Canada’s Top Growing Companies by The Globe and Mail, Massey Henry is one of North America’s leading executive search and board advisory firms focused exclusively on the financial services sector, bringing nuanced expertise in serving clients across the full spectrum of financial services.

We are disrupting the rigid culture of traditional corporate search firms by offering clients an open, transparent, and collaborative search process that moves quickly and delivers the right leadership talent – at the right time.

The Massey Henry team have collectively led more than 800 leadership mandates across their executive search careers, including 160+ executive searches in the past four years.

We leverage innovative technology with sector and function expertise to provide clients with full-scope talent assessment, coaching, succession planning, and executive search services. We have supported clients across the full spectrum of financial services, including:

  • Asset Management
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate and Investment Banking
  • Credit Unions
  • FinTech
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Payments
  • Pension Funds
  • Private Equity
  • Retail and Commercial Banking
  • Wealth Management
Our Values

We lead by example and are guided by our core values: trust, transparency, innovation, and active engagement in executive search. We embrace agile processes that are deeply informed by our understanding of the financial services industry, and work with our clients to help transform their organizations through the selection of key senior talent.

Our Vision

Founder and Managing Partner, Michael Henry, believes in the power of networks and connections, and is a fierce promoter of Canadian talent at home and abroad. Our vision as a firm is to set a new standard for executive search, shining a spotlight on Canadian talent. We also leverage the unique expertise of our Advisory Board, made up of distinguished leaders across the financial services and public sector.

Massey Henry is strongly committed to supporting diversity and inclusion to create strong leadership teams and high impact boards for our clients. 61% of the candidates we have placed in C-suite positions, and 63% of the candidates we have placed in Board Director roles identify as belonging to an equity-seeking group. We are also active supporters of organizations such as VersaFi, The Black Opportunity Fund, and The Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB).

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Solutions And Expertise

Executive Search

Our executive search experts have a proven track record of partnering with organizations to build their teams with transformational leaders. Our focus is critical, urgent, complex assignments when time is of the essence and access to exceptional, high-value talent is key. Collaboration is the cornerstone of our approach. We are disrupting the rigid culture of traditional corporate search firms by offering clients an open, transparent, collaborative search process that moves quickly and delivers the right talent.

Executive Coaching

We act as partners with our clients to design unique strategies and action plans to develop organizational leaders. This includes transitioning and onboarding newly recruited executives into client organizations, accelerating the development of high-potential talent and improving organizations’ leadership pipelines. We help engineer new practices that mean sustainable improvements to organizational and leadership results, both immediately and over time.

We also work with clients to align their internal teams, clarify common purposes and objectives and develop strategies for optimizing operational efficiency. Our coaching services can help leaders across an organization’s functional areas work more cohesively together as a “team of teams,” improving best practices and increasing organizational support for their common goals.

Executive Assessment

At Massey Henry, we know how to find leaders. We take a comprehensive assessment approach that goes beyond evaluating a candidate’s ability to perform. Whether evaluating cultural fit, personality or leadership skills, our rigorous process ensures that our clients are set up for success when hiring a senior leader.

Board Recruitment and Advisory Services

In addition to traditional executive search, our team has extensive experience placing and advising corporate directors. With our wide network, we’re able to quickly find the right candidate with the right background, experience and subject matter expertise.

Our senior advisors also bring expertise on a wide range of critical topics including board culture, board effectiveness, governance best practices, succession planning and diversity. We work with organizations to determine whether boards have the skill sets and governance oversight needed for the ever-evolving corporate, technology and risk landscape.

Solutions
  • Assessment
  • Board Recruitment and Advisory Services
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
Industries
  • Asset Management
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Banking
  • Credit Unions
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Government
  • Insurance
  • Investment Banking
  • Payments/Processes
  • Private Equity
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • Banking
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Data/Analytics
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Investment Management & Banking
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Operations
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management

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News Briefings

Massey Henry Recruits CFO for Peoples Group

Toronto-based executive search firm Massey Henry has assisted in the recruitment of Tim Wilson as the new CFO of Peoples Group. Current CFO Samson Lim is retiring later this year. “Massey Henry is pleased to have once again served as a trusted partner of Peoples Group — this time in the appointment of Tim Wilson as chief financial

Massey Henry Tapped to Find Inaugural CEO for the Building Ontario Fund

Toronto-based executive search firm Massey Henry has selected to lead the search for the inaugural CEO for the Building Ontario Fund, a new, independent, board‐governed, crown agency that will enable public-sector pension plans, other trusted institutional investors, and Indigenous communities to further participate in large-scale infrastructure projects across the province. Reporting to the board of directors, the inaugural CEO

Massey Henry Recruits Chief Risk Officer and CFO for SaskCentral

Toronto-based executive search firm Massey Henry has assisted in the recruitment of Cheryl Maksymiw as chief risk officer and chief financial officer of SaskCentral. “Cheryl brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, with deep enterprise risk management and financial reporting expertise,” Massey Henry said. “Having held progressive positions with the organization since 2009,

Massey Henry Recruits COO for Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

Toronto-based executive search firm Massey Henry has assisted in the recruitment of Tracey Whittall as chief operating officer of Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in Toronto. “Tracey brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in financial services, with demonstrated success in building high performing teams and balancing strategic decisions and fiscal oversight to

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Press Releases

A Note from Michael Henry

(May 18, 2021) People often ask me, “Why have you always been so focused on leadership issues? What drives this? What is your inspiration?” The answer is simple – my great grandfather, The Right Honourable Vincent Massey. In many ways, he formalized the very concept of leadership in modern Canada. As CEO of the family

Massey Henry Launches in Canada

Massey Henry launches in Canada, offering faster, smarter solutions to today’s complex executive recruitment challenges Canada’s newest executive search firm is reducing recruiting timelines by half with advanced technology, a streamlined process and deep sector expertise TORONTO, May 18, 2021 – Massey Henry (or “the firm”), Canada’s newest executive search and board advisory firm specializing