Our team

Will joined Maven in February 2019 to help to drive the next stage of its growth – from global specialist financial services executive search firm to multi-industry talent solutions provider. His energy and positive outlook owe as much to winning a past battle with cancer, as to his lifelong love of cycling.

Will co-manages the firm with Gaurav globally and his personal areas of expertise span Global Markets, Investment Management, Investment Banking and Technology. Prior to joining Maven, he was a Partner and Global COO at Hogarth Davies Lloyd for 12 years, having started his career in a multinational recruitment company.

A craft beer aficionado and diehard Liverpool fan, Will studied Maths and Philosophy at King’s College London.

Gaurav founded Maven in 2007 with no sense whatsoever of the financial crisis to come. Since then, despite this lack of clairvoyance, he's driven the growth of a business that began with one small office in London into a global executive search firm with an established presence in London, New York and Hong Kong.

Gaurav has led searches across the Investment Banking, Investment Management and Global Markets businesses and now focuses on Maven's most senior mandates and relationships. Before founding Maven, he ran the Asia-Pacific practice for a large multi-national search firm.

Prior to the start of his professional life, Gaurav spent several years in academia, earning two Master’s degrees from the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge.

When not working, Gaurav can be found diving into a new hobby, which could be anything from golf to Mandarin – though he has now resolved to enjoy the latter vicariously through his children instead.

Tom joined Maven in February 2022 to further build and lead the Quantitative Finance, Technology & Data team. Tom’s work is defined by true headhunting with absolute discretion, and he has proven this during his involvement in securing the movements of some of the brightest and most influential technologists in the industry. 

Prior to joining Maven, Tom built his career in executive search specialising in technology roles, where he demonstrated his ability in successfully delivering on global senior and lead technology searches for a variety of financial institutions including hedge funds, high-frequency trading firms, and investment banks. A keen sportsperson, having competed nationally at cricket and football, Tom devotes his weekends to lowering his golf handicap.  

Based in New York City, Erin leads our Investment Management team in the Americas. Before joining Maven, Erin built and led the Global Equities practice at a boutique search firm, where she and her team were able to successfully partner with some of the world’s leading hedge funds and fund-seeding platforms. She has also covered the Commodities sector, successfully placing physical and financial North American Oil Trading talent across trading houses, hedge funds, and banks.  

Specializing in placing Portfolio Manager and Analyst talent across asset classes, her approach is to be both a partner and advisor for clients and candidates alike.

Erin earned an MSc in Commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School in 2015. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science at Bucknell University. While she ran competitive track for four years at university, she now gets her competitive energy out in intermural soccer and attending Buffalo Bills games.

Matt joined Maven in May 2023  to help lead our search efforts across Quantitative Research, Trading, and Portfolio Management. Based in New York, Matt and his team apply rigorous market-mapping methodologies to understand the talent landscape in the complex and ultra-competitive quantitative finance space. This knowledge is then applied to the recruitment needs of our Hedge Fund and Proprietary Trading client base in North America.  
 
Prior to joining Maven, Matt spent 3 years with a global financial services recruitment consultancy, latterly building their Quantitative Research & Trading  practice in New York. 

Tom joined Maven's London office as a Principal in May 2023, as part of the Quantitative Finance, Technology & Data business. His role involves partnering with hedge funds, private equity firms, and venture capital firms to support impactful emerging tech-focused "centre of excellence" units and AI lab build-outs.

Prior to joining Maven, Tom was an Associate Director at Robert Walters, where he built the technology business with teams covering Research Science, Applied Analytics, Product, and InfoSec. These teams focused on identifying initial functional hires and strategic leadership for early-stage, venture-backed startups. Tom has also worked in the Netherlands and Hong Kong. He values the collaborative relationships he has built with top universities and their alumni networks.

In his personal time, Tom enjoys spending time with his young family, working on improving his "very average" golf handicap, and exploring new international cuisines.

Charles joined Maven in 2017 and is a key member of the Investment Management team. Charles focuses on Global Macro Portfolio Management & Trading, and has successfully executed searches in the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia. In July 2023, he relocated from London to New York.

Charles studied Economics at City University London where he was also a member of the Rugby 1st XV. He’s also passionate about basketball and getting to Kitzbühel to ski as often as he is able to.

Having joined Maven in London, Ellie started her career covering global investment banking. In October 2023, she moved to the New York office to focus on Americas. Ellie has worked on a variety of several senior level hires across investment banking coverage and capital markets. Although she is sector agnostic, Ellie has a particular expertise within Technology, Industrials and Business Services.

She also sits on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee, and has led a number of initiatives at Maven.

Ellie graduated from The University of Oxford and holds a Bachelor’s degree in History. 

Sean leads our Asset Owner practice. His expertise with institutional investors includes Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices, OCIOs, and Fund-of-Funds, with a particular focus on Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and broader investment and operational leadership searches. Sean leverages his ten-year recruiting track record, specialized network, and personal approach with clients to deliver top talent, which he recognizes as the cornerstone of a successful investment office. Prior to joining Maven, he spent six years at David Barrett Partners, where he focused on senior Asset Owner and Private Markets searches.

Sean studied International Relations and German at Bucknell University. Outside of work, he spends his time with his wife, family, and friends in the tri-state area. He has an appreciation for new restaurants and cuisine, slowly improving to bogies in his golf game, and, true to his recruiting nature, meeting new people and hearing their stories.

Eric joined Maven’s New York office as an Associate in 2023 as part of the Investment Management business. He has a focus on equities and networks and builds relationships with portfolio managers. Prior to this, Eric worked at AlphaSights where he connected clients with leading experts and business professionals, primarily in the FIG space.  

Eric received his bachelor’s degree in communications and business from SUNY Oneonta. Outside of work he is extremely passionate about health & wellness. He is an experienced martial artist and avid weight-lifter, as well as a frequent reader of finance, business, and human psychology books.