Financial Services Lead

After graduation Rupert spent 4 years on Chase Manhattan Bank’s ‘Advanced Development Program’, during this time he managed a number of large global operations teams, merged and re-engineered numerous global processes, ran large scale internal change programs integrating large operations teams across locations and functions. He also created a specialist Emerging Markets team and travelled extensively representing the Bank's global products.

At Northern Trust he established their global network group, coordinating relationships with over 40 ‘agent banks’, travelling to and working in over 20 countries, he also represented the bank on numerous global forums. Rupert headed the UK client relationship management group before moving on to sell Northern Trust’s global product suite to UK institutions.

Rupert spent 5 years as a director of one of the UK’s leading financial services search companies and has spent the last 10 years in Financial Services consultancy.

He has focused in the areas of talent resourcing, director level search, learning and development, leadership development and culture change.

In the public sector he has written papers on change for Connecting For Health, and worked as a change consultant as part of NPfIT for the Department of Health. He joined Bath Consultancy Group in 2008 and specialises in the Financial Services sector.  He spent a large part of 2009 in the Middle East, recruiting and training a pool of coaches and assisting in the establishment of a regional financial services business academy based in Doha.

A keen one design sailor, Rupert has competed in many National, European and World Championships and is the current RS Elite National Champion. Last year he raced a 40ft boat across the Atlantic returning in time to compete in the longest downhill ski race in Europe. Rupert is based in the New Forest, married to a local GP, has two dogs and enjoys mountain biking, tennis and watching rugby.