HigdonBraddockMatthews LLC
HigdonBraddockMatthews LLC, headquartered in New York City, is a prominent global executive search firm focused exclusively on the investment management industry, working on assignments for all functions at the senior level. Clients include large investment management companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, fund of funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, and corporate plan sponsors.
On November 15, 2010, the firm changed its name from Higdon Partners LLC and expanded its senior leadership team to include Managing Partners Derek R. Braddock and William R. Matthews<ref name=Business Wire">
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Mr. Higdon has appeared on various national news television networks as an expert commentator on issues pertaining to executive compensation, including CNBC.
The firm’s Boston office was established in October 2008 and is led by William Matthews. The Los Angeles office was opened in April 2010 and is led by Andrew Knox, Managing Partner, West Coast/Asia-Pacific.
History
The firm was founded in February 1986 by Henry G. “Hank” Higdon, who spent the previous 15 years with Russell Reynolds Associates, where he worked in New York for six years before establishing and building the firm's Houston office. Higdon then moved to Los Angeles to manage the firm's west coast operations that included offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Menlo Park. He also served on the firm's five-person Executive Committee. Higdon left Russell Reynolds to become Chairman and one of the founders of Higdon, Joys & Mingle, Inc., which evolved into Higdon Partners and now HigdonBraddockMatthews LLC.
Higdon is a graduate of Yale University, and has been recognized as one of the top 100 executive search professionals in America in the book, Career Makers, published by Harper Collins, and is also included in The Global 200 Executive Recruiters, published by Jossey-Bass. For The Career Navigation Handbook: America's top executive recruiters on choosing and changing your career path published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2004, Hank was selected to author the section on "Careers in Investment Management." In March 2010, Higdon received the 27th Gardner Heidrick Award, the industry’s highest honor, which is given annually to that individual who has provided distinguished service to the industry by the Association of Executive Search Consultants, the industry’s worldwide professional association. Higdon was also an honoree at the 2011 Ivy Football Association dinner.