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Executive Search For Fintech

We find the 1% who redefine what's possible.

Hire Leaders who turn Startups into Billion-dollar companies.

The wrong hire at executive level doesn't just cost the search fee. It costs twelve months of momentum you don't get back.

Getting it right requires access to proven operators who have built what you're building, not a corporate executive learning at your expense.

If you're building in the AI era, the talent profile is the same whether you're scaling a Series A startup or an established enterprise business. 
Traditional executive search firms apply corporate hiring methods to high-growth and AI-native companies. Our data proves it doesn't work.

We created our methodology based on first principles. It helps you identify leaders who already build lean, make data-driven mission critical decisions and treat AI as the operating model.

We'll help you find and hire the people who turn startups into billion-dollar companies.

Executive Search built for fintech.

200+ Fintech Leaders Placed.

200+ executive placements. 75% of our work comes through referrals. Over 50 Fintech companies including Afterpay, Zip, Wise, Revolut, Block, Mastercard, Lendi, Spriggy, Ubank, Ezypay, Cuscal.
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The podcast fintech leaders actually listen to.

Fintech Chatter is where founders, executives, and investors behind the world's most ambitious fintech companies share what's actually working.

We cover raising capital, scaling internationally, hiring leadership teams, and the challenges of building with transformative technologies.

New episodes biweekly. If you're building, funding, or leading a fintech company - this is your podcast.

Executive Search at the Highest Level.

Dexter Cousins is the founder of Tier One People, the executive search firm behind 200+ leadership placements across fintech.

Over 17 years, he's built a track record few in the industry can match. CEOs, CTOs, CPOs, and the senior leaders who have built startups into billion-dollar plus companies.

His focus is the top 1%. Executives who redefine what is possible. The results speak for themselves: an 85% retention rate across all placements with 95% of offers accepted.

Dexter also hosts Fintech Chatter, Australia's largest fintech leadership podcast. 350+ episodes. 30,000 monthly listeners. 40 countries. It's a network no other executive search firm can offer, and a reason the best operators in fintech take his call.
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