We partner with fintech companies at every stage from early-growth platforms building their first leadership team to scaled organizations professionalizing operations and preparing for acquisition, partnership, or public markets. Our focus is on recruiting executives and functional leaders who can bridge innovation with institutional rigor.
We understand the unique tension fintech firms face with growth versus control, speed versus compliance, disruption versus durability.
We advise fintech companies across a broad range of business models, including:
Our work spans venture-backed startups, PE-backed platforms, and strategic divisions within established financial institutions.
Fintech hiring fails when firms prioritize novelty over judgment. We take a different view.
Our approach includes:
We act as an advisor, helping clients avoid costly bad hires while building leadership teams that can withstand scrutiny from regulators, investors, and partners.
In fintech, early momentum is easy to generate. Durability is not. The difference is leadership. We help fintech companies hire leaders who can scale platforms, earn institutional trust, and build businesses that last beyond the next funding round.

MalinHughes has rebranded to Hughes Partners to focus solely on our financial services and asset management clients.
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