Your next move in risk

Two ways: a search finds you, or you come to us.

For each role we map the people who fit, most of whom are not looking, and approach them in confidence. Or you register or book a career call, and we say which searches you fit now and which come next.

Before a client sees your CV, people who have held roles like it (former chief risk officers and heads of risk, former regulators and interim executives) interview you on the technical substance of the role. That is where a CV gets tested: say you wrote the ICAAP and expect to be asked which Pillar 2 risks you sized and how the board challenged the result.

Confidential in both directions.

We do not name the client until you have said you are interested, and where the client asks, you sign a non-disclosure agreement before we name the firm. Nothing you tell us goes to a client without your agreement.

Most senior searches begin while the incumbent is still in post, so the first approach describes the firm by type and balance sheet. If that sounds like your employer’s closest competitor, say so and the conversation ends there.

Your current employer hears about a move from you; in our experience the hiring firm requests regulatory references only once you have accepted a conditional offer.

What we see in the searches we run, and whether a role is right for you.

Which firms are building their risk leadership, and what a brief at your level asks for: it describes what success looks like in the first year, so ask about year one before the title.

A head of risk moving from a large bank to a small one should ask whether the title comes with an approved function: at firms with gross total assets of £250 million or less the PRA expects few senior managers beyond the mandatory chief executive, chief finance and chair functions, so the role may carry every risk type with a small team and no SMF4. Before accepting a CRO role, meet the chair of the risk committee, who is responsible for safeguarding the independence of the risk function and overseeing its performance, you included.

One date runs through every capital brief we take: 1 January 2027, when the PRA’s Basel 3.1 rules take effect under PS1/26. Terms are in our glossary.

Sources: PRA SS28/15, April 2026, paragraph 2.7; PRA Rulebook, Senior Management Functions Part, rule 2.2; PRA SS5/16, paragraph 4.3; PRA PS1/26, 20 January 2026.