Mantis Partners

If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain,
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees,
If you want one hundred years of prosperity,
grow people.

Chinese Proverb

Our management team

  • Nick Kerrison

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    Nick has over 15 years executive search experience covering the equity derivative, cash equity and delta1/PT markets. He founded Mantis in 2000 having worked for another search company for four years. Prior to search Nick was a bond trader for several years post University. He graduated with an upper second in Finance.


  • Sandrine Rossi

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    Sandrine has over 15 years financial search experience and heads up our Asia Pacific search business, based in our Hong Kong office. She has a particular emphasis on equity derivatives, exotics, hybrids and structured products across sales, trading and analytics. She moved to HK in 2008 having run our cross-asset exotics desk in London and has, over the years, been instrumental in building analytical platforms for major financial institutions. Sandrine joined Mantis Partners in 2002 from Cantor Fitzgerald where she worked on the Interest Rates Swaps desk but originally began her career as a search consultant for eight years. Sandrine holds a Master's degree in Foreign Languages with Finance and is able to conduct mandates in French, Italian and English.

  • Alex Shipp

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    Alex joined Mantis Partners in June 2007 and covers the equity derivatives, fund derivatives and cross asset structured products sales market in Europe and US. Prior to Mantis, Alex spent several years in management consultancy specialising in financial markets. He also spent three years at another search company covering cross asset products. He graduated from Bristol University with a degree in Economics.