Board, C-Suite & Senior Investment Leadership

Board and NED appointments, CIO and CEO search, and senior investment, distribution and product leadership across private markets, private equity-owned financial and insurance platforms, insurance, pension, sovereign wealth and institutional asset management globally.

Senior leadership search in institutional investment is a different discipline from generalist executive search. It requires an understanding of governance structures, capital allocation mandates, and the specific track record that boards and investment committees are actually screening for — not just a network of resumes.

KeenanMatthews runs search mandates the way an operator would run them: informed by direct experience sitting on the other side of the table, on boards and in the CIO seat, across insurance, pension, endowment and sovereign wealth platforms.

Mandate Coverage

• Board & NED appointments — governance-first candidate assessment for boards navigating regulatory, fiduciary and market complexity.
• CIO & CEO search — senior investment leadership across insurance general accounts, pension platforms and institutional asset managers.
• Senior investment, distribution & product leadership — private markets, insurance-linked strategies, and institutional distribution roles.
• Succession & bench planning — proactive mapping of senior investment talent ahead of a live vacancy.

Boards & Institutional Platforms

Boards, investment committees and executive teams across insurance, pension, endowment, sovereign wealth, private equity-owned financial and insurance platforms, and institutional asset managers and private markets firms — anywhere a senior investment or governance hire carries real consequence for the organization's capital allocation and risk posture.