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With the news dominated by the early actions of President Trump the Q1 market opened with a positive view from the network globally, then slightly shaken at the idea of a tariffs war and just as quickly reassured that much of this seems to be about negotiating deals!

Looking generally at the senior executive market currently, although January saw much more positivity from the Private Equity space, reports are now emerging that since the Trump inauguration, M&A activity in the US is actually now down; once again translating to fewer executive appointments from PE backed businesses. Broadly speaking, the knock-on effect of imposing tariffs is to blame however, this is being perceived as a relatively short-term issue and M&A activity is expected to pick up once political focus moves away from tariffs.

The Middle East remains buoyant regardless of sector and there are renewed signs of growth being reported from search consultants focused on Asia.

The UK market seems to be in a state of relatively steady improvement compared to Europe or the US, although especially in EU countries there is clearly a more buoyant market beginning to emerge.

Comments from search consultants summarise the situation:

“January was a strong month and there is a lot of opportunity for the remainder of Q1. I am optimistic that 2025 will be a good year”.

“…we have a very busy January/ February pleasingly”.

“We are seeing more traction, more overall engagement through all our sectors here. I would put a lot of it down to potential tariffs and what does this mean in terms of hiring / output and costs. Once there is clarity there, I would assume it is business as usual”.

There is however substantial activity in the financial and professional services markets. Across the major geographic regions sectors which are looking stronger include the following:

Tax opportunities for senior tax professionals continue to be numerous.

Turnaround, restructuring and financial transformation are ongoing requirements.

Banking including retail banking, corporate banking, investment banking and private banking are all strengthening sectors.

Additionally, wealth management, insurance, M&A and corporate finance are all showing signs of increased demand for experience senior executives.

Finding the right search consultant, with the most appropriate job opportunity to match your objectives in this unadvertised and often politically complex marketplace is the core InterExec skill.

Also focussing and preparing you and planning the entire process by which you identify and find that new challenge is InterExec’s unique speciality.

Please, do not hesitate to get in touch with the InterExec team, at any time up to 6 months prior to when you hope to move.