Walker Phillip — Specialist Recruitment for Africa's Financial Markets

Who We Are

Your trusted recruitment partner for Africa's financial sector

We generate exceptionally accurate information on the talent force that enables us to act as true consultants to our clients, ultimately ensuring they hire great people who can deliver significant returns on investment. In a highly competitive talent war, an experienced Recruitment Partner ensures your company stands out as an employer of choice.

Discreet Search

Confidential executive-level assignments managed with complete professionalism.

Market Intelligence

Deep salary data and talent mapping across Africa's financial services landscape.

Advisory

Strategic HR consulting on remuneration structures and succession planning.

Pan-African Reach

Specialist knowledge of labour markets across the African continent.

Our Expertise

Sector Specialisms

Asset Management

We partner with asset managers across the full investment lifecycle — from portfolio management and research to operations and distribution. With 8,500+ registered candidates, we hold some of the most accurate salary and market data in the sector.

Portfolio Managers Analysts Distribution Operations Compliance

Private Equity

Covering private equity, investment holding companies, corporate finance houses, private credit, and venture capital firms. We identify top-tier investment professionals who can drive value creation and deal execution across the continent.

Investment Professionals Corporate Finance Private Credit Venture Capital

Management Consulting

We recruit for strategy, operations, and implementation consulting firms seeking experienced professionals to serve clients across Africa's rapidly evolving markets — from Big Four to boutique advisory.

Strategy Operations Financial Advisory Risk Consulting

How We Work

Our Services

Retained Search

Business-critical executive appointments managed with exceptional detail and big-picture thinking. We identify, target, and place the right talent for your organisation.

We conduct search assignments for clients who require business-critical appointments. Our detail is exceptional, and with big-picture thinking, we pride ourselves on identifying and targeting the right talent for your business.

During the interview stage, we gather feedback and manage candidate expectations—serving as your trusted advisor throughout the process.

Market Mapping

Tailor-made intelligence on the candidate pool in your market. A cost-effective way to assess talent for succession planning or future expansion.

Market Mapping provides our clients with tailor-made in-depth intelligence of the candidate pool in their market, and is a cost-effective way of assessing potential candidates without conducting a full search.

It's an excellent solution for clients that may:

Be focusing on succession planning, and wanting to identify ideal candidates should the need arise.
Have no immediate recruitment requirements, but be well placed to move quickly if required.
Be intending to expand into new territories, and deciding between recruiting new talent or deploying existing staff.

Salary Benchmarking

With 8,500+ registered candidates in financial services, we hold exceptionally accurate salary data. We also publish an annual salary report each February.

Remuneration is one of the most hotly debated topics in business, and a lack of reliable data means there simply isn't an industry benchmark in the Asset Management sector. With 8,500+ registered candidates on our database, all in the same industry, we have exceptionally accurate salary data and are well placed to advise on your remuneration structures.

Additionally, we publish an annual salary report each February, which is available to clients upon request.

Interim & Contract

Proven professionals for turnarounds, projects, reporting seasons, or M&A. Our database of interim specialists allows us to move quickly when your business needs it.

The modern interim professional is much more than someone filling a gap at short notice. The needs of our clients typically require a professional who can fill a specific short-term skills gap—such as a Business Turnaround Specialist or interim CFO.

As an organisation evolves, so does its requirement for human capital. An interim appointment is often a perfect solution during company turnarounds, projects, reporting seasons, or mergers and acquisitions. Our database of proven interim professionals allows us to move quickly to help your business keep moving.