Financial services and fintech executive search
Board, CEO and C-suite searches for banks, fintechs, investors and real estate firms.
Where we search in financial services.
From community banks to venture-backed payments companies, every search runs on the same assessment standard.
Banking
CEOs, CFOs and senior leaders for banks, including community banks that need a thorough C-level search without a large internal team.
Payments & Fintech
Executives for payments and fintech companies, from growth-stage businesses to established platforms.
Private Equity
Board and C-suite leaders for private equity firms and the private equity-backed companies they own.
Venture Capital
Leaders for venture capital firms and the high-growth companies they back.
Real Estate
Board, CEO and senior leadership searches for real estate firms.
Retained search, decided on evidence.
Every serious candidate goes through Aperture 360 before you meet them: a structured interview, a behavioral assessment, role-specific competency questions and a job-fit benchmark against your role profile.
How Aperture 360 works- of placements still in role a year later
- 96%of placements still in role a year later
- for most searches to close
- 10 to 13 weeksfor most searches to close
- assessed candidates on your shortlist
- 4 to 6assessed candidates on your shortlist
- the year Horton began in executive search
- 1978the year Horton began in executive search
Horton delivered. Our board was extremely impressed with the quality of the candidates and how well each one was vetted before we ever met them. The data-driven approach gave us confidence we were making the right decision.

Built in finance before search.
Joshua HollanderChief Executive Officer, Horton International North America
Joshua Hollander leads Horton International's business in North America. Before executive search, he worked in M&A at Morgan Stanley and co-founded a Warburg Pincus and SoftBank Ventures-backed startup that was acquired by Mellon Financial.
His own search work includes board and C-suite appointments in financial services and fintech.