Lingua Franca is a boutique search firm that places experienced candidates in strategic and analytic roles. We are Financial Services veterans with decades of executive, analytic and advisory experience with firms serving Consumers and Small Businesses. This practical experience gives us insight, connections and expertise that differentiate us from other search firms.
We place candidates in organizations that value the differential insight from data-driven decision making. These vary from established Fortune 100 companies, midsize companies and startups across Financial Services, hospitality and more. We have a national footprint and a high touch process for critical senior hires.
We place in the areas of P&L leadership, analytics, credit risk and risk management, strategy, data and decision science, marketing, finance, digital, and operations.
We hear common pain points from companies trying to navigate the ecosystem of strategic analytics in search of great talent. We built Lingua Franca specifically to address these pain points with a better approach.
Thomas King is a seasoned executive with a demonstrated ability to drive measurable results throughout his career. Over the past decade, Thomas has held key roles at the US Senate, QED Investors, and AQN Strategies. Thomas uses his extensive network to acquire talent and build credit and analytical teams for leading fintechs, emerging businesses, and established financial services institutions alike. Thomas has a BA from Virginia Tech, and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Drew’s search career has spanned across executive and professional placements in finance, accounting and several other areas. He joined Lingua Franca from Korn Ferry and in prior roles has worked for other search firms, as an in-house recruiter and ran his own search business.
QED Investors is a leading boutique venture capital firm focused on investing in early stage, disruptive financial services companies in the U.S., U.K. and Latin America. QED is dedicated to building great businesses and uses a unique, hands-on approach that leverages our partners’ decades of entrepreneurial and operational experience, helping their companies achieve breakthrough growth. Notable investments include Credit Karma, ClearScore, Nubank, SoFi, Avant, Remitly, GreenSky, Klarna, QuintoAndar, Konfio, Creditas, and Mission Lane.
