Stanton Chase Appoints U.K. Financial Services Leader
September 20, 2019 – Baltimore, MD-headquartered Stanton Chase has named Eva Kingston as leader of financial services for its U.K. team.
“We are very pleased to have Eva join our firm,” said Nicholas Wylde, managing director in the London office. “Her decades of experience in executive search and leadership consulting, particularly in the financial sector, will undoubtedly be an added value to our entire international team.”
Ms. Kingston has been working in executive search and leadership consulting since 1995. Her experience covers cross-border retail banking and consumer finance, corporate and transaction banking, corporate functions, fintech, blockchain and impact investment. She is particularly interested in emerging and frontier markets and has worked extensively for local and international banks as well as private equity and impact investors in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ms. Kingston started her career at the Financial Times in Frankfurt and subsequently joined Booz, Allen & Hamilton in London. In 1995, she moved into executive search with Heidrick and Struggles where she was responsible for the development and execution of financial services searches across Europe, Russia, and the Central Asian Republics before moving to Korn Ferry International as senior client partner in the firm’s global markets practice. While at Korn Ferry, she conducted searches for CEOs, country managers, heads of businesses as well as COOs, CFOs, CMOs, CROs and other functions as well as technical roles both for start-ups and international banks. She also spent two years as head of resourcing for Ecobank, a pan-African bank, and a year at a specialized financial services boutique.
In her role at Stanton Chase, Ms. Kingston will provide leadership and specific industry expertise to the financial services practice. “I am excited to join the Stanton Chase team and continue developing strong client partnerships,” said Ms. Kingston. “I look forward to expanding my global network of colleagues and clients in the finance and executive leadership industry.”
With offices in major cities around the world, Stanton Chase offers clients a global perspective while understanding local cultures and the challenges of moving products by sea, air, rail and trucking.
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