A crucial part of the process of course is having a panel of expert judges with the experience and knowledge to assess the entries. We will therefore be profiling the judges taking part in coming weeks.

Here is Tim Gibson-Tullberg, head of global private wealth management for Sheffield Haworth, a financial services executive search business which acquired his search business in London, Singapore and Geneva in 2012.

Gibson-Tullberg is based in Singapore and has over 13 years of executive search experience in private wealth markets. Over this period he and his team have worked with some of the most prestigious brands and independent boutiques. His focus is on helping firms and family offices launch new projects where he also has a solid reputation as a career advisor. He was an officer in the British Army for 20 years previously.

According to Gibson-Tullberg, the main wealth management themes detected across his firm’s practice, pertinent to the US are:

·         A move by large scale multi-family/private offices to link up with other similar entities in the Far East for co-investment and knowledge sharing opportunities;

·         The final stages of reorganization in the main banking platforms with segments being redirected/closed/expanded;

·         The strain on conducting business within the new compliance and regulatory framework or its interpretation thereof; and

·         A challenge to the morale of the sales force within the context of the new way of working and its reward implications.