Executive Search For Fintech

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

Hire executives who build AI-native by default.

The companies winning right now are leaner, faster, and operate with discipline rather than process. The talent profile is the same whether you're scaling a Series A startup, restructuring around AI, or importing startup DNA into an established business. You need an operator who's already built companies this way, not a corporate executive learning on your time.

Traditional search firms apply corporate hiring methods to high-growth and AI-age companies. It doesn't work. We built our methodology for operators who run lean by instinct, make irreversible decisions with incomplete information, and treat AI as infrastructure.

200+ Fintech Leaders Placed.

200+ executive placements. 85% retention beyond 24 months. 75% of our work comes through referrals. Clients include Wise, Revolut, Block, Afterpay, Lendi, Spriggy, and Ubank.

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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.

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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 determine whether a company scales or stalls.

His focus is the top 1%. Executives who write the playbook, not follow it. The results speak for themselves: an 85% retention rate across all placements.

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 search firm can offer, and a reason the best operators in fintech take his call.

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