Jürgen Vanselow is based in the Frankfurt office and is a core member of the firm’s global Financial Services Sector, with a focus on the Private Equity Practice. He advises clients in the broader financial services arena, including the major corporate and retail banks and financial institutions, and also counsels family offices, asset/fund managers and trustees. In private equity, Jürgen’s key clients include all LBO segments, fund-of-funds, hedge funds, venture capital and special situations.

Previous Experience

Jürgen has extensive search experience recruiting investment professionals, senior financial services executives and CFOs in the industry, including private equity portfolio companies. He is a trusted advisor to the key decision-makers of his clients, including board members, managing partners and family office principals, on strategic and people issues. Before he joined Russell Reynolds Associates, Jürgen spent more than 20 years with another leading search firm as a Senior Partner and a member of its Financial Services and Private Equity practices. Prior to that, Jürgen served as a Vice President at Deutsche Handelsbank AG. Earlier in his career, Jürgen worked with Booz Allen Hamilton as an Associate in their Corporate Finance practice.

Education

Jürgen earned an MSc in management from ESCP Europe and completed the PMD Program at Harvard Business School. He is proficient in German, English and French.