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

Growing Canadian Search Market Continues to Help Reshape Business

The executive search industry in Canada is a highly competitive and rapidly evolving sector that has experienced significant changes in recent years. With the Canadian job market becoming increasingly competitive, companies are relying more heavily on executive search firms to find top talent for their most senior positions. As a result, executive search firms have

Choosing a CEO in Financial Services

Boards—especially within a financial services environment—play a critical role in providing direction on organizational strategy and performance while operating with shareholders, consumers, and key stakeholders top of mind. While the scope and oversight of boards have grown exponentially in recent years, there are two critical responsibilities that are especially pertinent for directors. These include approving

CEOs Anticipate a Possible Recession

As 2023 starts to take shape, corporate leaders are already braced for a recession. The only mystery is what final form the downturn will take: mild or deep — and will the U.S. weather the storm better than the rest of the world? Other economic and geostrategic subplots add uncertainty to the story: Will supply

Choosing the Right Leader in Financial Services

Between 2003 and 2020, the average tenure for chief executive officers fell from 8.5 years to 3.7 years, according to a report in CEO magazine. Studies by PwC and the Conference Board have identified various factors that impact CEO tenure, including the complexity of the organizational operating environment due to ESG adoption, COVID considerations, rapid

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