The executive search firm Sheffield Haworth has brought in Robert Sloan as managing director and head of the Americas executive talent advisory practice.

The global executive search firm Sheffield Haworth, which focuses on the financial services sector, has brought in Robert Sloan as managing director and head of the Americas executive talent advisory practice. 

In this newly-created role, Sloan will help the firm expand its offerings to include talent management services encompassing executive benchmarking, assessment, succession planning and team effectiveness consulting.

Sloan has a strong background advising CEOs and senior executives in the financial services and industrial sectors, specializing in executive and team assessment, and senior-level recruiting activities.

He was latterly a partner at Egon Zehnder, where for a term he led the US financial services practice and was also responsible for several of the firm's US and global relationships.

“We are very excited to have Rob on our team to complement at a senior level our global banking and markets, ‎wealth and asset management and corporate office consultants with a talent management offering to complement our search and interim product lines," said Mark Esposito, managing director and executive vice president for the Americas. 

Sheffield Haworth has offices in New York, Boston, MA, San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, London, Dubai, Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.

Last month, the firm opened its fourth US office in San Francisco, CA, to serve clients on the West Coast. Meanwhile, last November, it intensified its focus on the wealth management sector in the Americas with the addition of Jane Swan as managing director.