Adil Mohammad

I currently head up the European IT Division and am interested in speaking to anyone that is interested in looking for IT development opportunities in Germany/Switzerland. I specialise and am interested in speaking to people that have a keen interest in solving problems with technology across any business sector.

Working on both Permanent and Contract positions with both hot and cold clients. Specialising in placing Front-Office Developers across major global and local financial institutions. Responsible for managing and mentoring junior consultants. Worked closely with the London office to build up talent pool in London that was willing to look at Singapore. Developing some of the smaller local banks as well as Hedge Funds/Prop-Trading houses. Tasked with building up contract desk.

Managing the entire recruitment process from start to finish. Seen as the subject matter expert at the bank on IT Contract Recruitment. Establishing relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the business and being involved with recruitment from a strategic perspective.

Working on the Front-Office Contract desk servicing most of London’s investment banking and energy clients. Placed mainly Front-Office business facing developers on a predominantly contract basis for a number of large Financial Institutions in London. Account managed and helped develop two main banking clients (BNP Paribas and Lloyds). Placed people in a number of disciplines including C++, Java, C#, and candidates that were very business focused i.e. Quantitative Developers.

Worked on the newly formed European IT into banking desk, focusing mainly on Switzerland. Cold Desk where I used my solid financial network in London to break into the Swiss market. Won both UBS and Credit Suisse as preferred suppliers through meeting directly with the managers through to the Heads of Procurement and filling difficult positions from both a permanent and contract perspective.

Worked on the most successful IT into investment banking contract desk in the city. Started off as a researcher and ended up managing one of our busiest accounts The Royal Bank of Scotland. Managed Aston Carter’s relationship with the vendor and hiring managers to ensure that we remained top supplier for all IT recruitment from both a contract and permanent perspective.