Volition and Excelsior Search Join Forces to Strengthen Capital Markets Technology & Data Recruitment.
Two leading specialist recruitment and executive search firms align their expertise to strengthen client delivery across the capital markets technology and data sector.
Volition and Excelsior Search are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to collaborate, bringing together the capabilities of two established recruitment businesses with deep international recruitment expertise across capital markets and investment technology, data and research.
The partnership combines the firms’ specialist market knowledge, international networks and complementary search capabilities. By aligning their businesses, Volition and Excelsior Search will be able to provide clients with broader market access, greater candidate reach and an enhanced ability to deliver specialist recruitment and executive search assignments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, North America and Asia-Pacific.
Shawn Rutter, Founder of Excelsior Search, said:
“Excelsior Search and Volition share a strong commitment to specialist market expertise, trusted client relationships and high-quality delivery. Aligning our businesses allows us to combine our respective strengths, deepen our reach across the sector and further enhance the service and expertise we can provide to clients.”
Mike Abdul, Founder of Volition, said:
“We are delighted to partner with Excelsior Search. Shawn has built an outstanding reputation in a sector we are both so passionate about. Bringing Excelsior Search’s expertise together with Volition’s capabilities creates a powerful platform from which to support clients as they build and develop high-performing teams.”
The partnership reflects both firms’ shared belief that successful recruitment within specialist financial technology markets requires genuine sector knowledge, long-term relationships and a detailed understanding of each client’s business, market and growth objectives.
Release date: 3 August 2026
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A pdf copy of the Press Release can be downloaded here.