For over 25 years, we have been executive recruiters, with an emphasis on investment and merchant banks, private equity and venture capital firms, asset management companies, corporate business development departments, and portfolio companies of private equity and venture capital firms. We have worked on Wall Street and in corporate firms in banking and Human Resource Positions. This experience enables us to understand our client's needs, understand the position, screen candidates and competently handle the individual components of the recruitment process.
At Phoenix Group International, our relationships with our clients and candidates have been based on:
EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
CONSULTANTS
Executive Recruiters
Stephen Flynn is the founder and Managing Director of Phoenix Group International. He has over 25 years of experience in executive recruitment in the financial sector.
A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Steve served for five years in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Captain. He also earned two graduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma in the areas of Business Management and Human Resource Management while serving as a field artillery officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Prior to working in the executive recruitment field, Steve worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in mortgage-backed securities and he held several executive positions at Philip Morris, Inc., in executive recruitment, MBA recruitment, and executive compensation. Steve's credentials are unique. He has both corporate recruitment experience and an investment banking background. This combination provides him with the experience to understand the recruitment requirements of the industry. Steve has also seen the changes in this industry over the past 25 years and has continually evolved his own recruitment strategies accordingly. While technology has become an important part of the industry, it will never overshadow the personal relationships Steve has developed with both candidates and clients.
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Joanne Flynn heads the business development consulting group for Phoenix Group International. In addition, Joanne assists in our recruiting efforts. Joanne previously held the position of Vice President and Director of Global Training and Development at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for nine years. She focuses on the full range of strategic business development issues facing the financial services industry.
Joanne is experienced in all aspects of organizational development and training on an international level. Her consulting engagements include the design, development and delivery of training & development programs on the topics of business development, client account management, strategic selling, management development, and executive coaching. At Goldman Sachs, Joanne implemented programs to improve the organizational effectiveness of various business units, most notably investment banking, equities, fixed income and operations. Her consulting clients range from global investment banks to small private equity/venture capital firms.
Joanne holds a Master of Arts degree in Business Management from the University of Oklahoma. In addition, she holds a double degree major from the College of St. Elizabeth, as well as certificates from a variety of leading universities and professional training and development organizations.
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Research Associates
Donna Wilson is our Office Manager. Her educational background includes a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Loyola University in Chicago. Donna has previous work experience in the health care sector, including Banner Health, Ascension Health, and the American Hospital Association. She brings very strong technology and organizational skills to the position.
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Consultants
Ann Futch is an allied member of the Phoenix Group Inernationl Team. She founded Sierra Advisory Group in 2004. Previously, she spent nearly a decade as an investment banking professional, working at Alex. Brown, Montgomery Securities, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Throughout her career in finance, she covered the technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors, with product knowledge spanning private and public equity and debt securities and M&A. Ann's recruiting efforts focus on Analyst through Managing Director level searches for bulge bracket investment banks, advisory boutiques, and private equity/venture capital firms.
A graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, Ann holds a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She also is an endurance sports enthusiast who is passionate about marathon running, triathlon racing, and Nordic skiing.
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