Linda has over 20 years of Banking, Recruitment Consulting and Management experience. She brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to your executive search assignment, conducting each with relentless focus on your needs. Before entering the executive search field, Linda was a Senior Account Manager of the International Division of a major European bank. Most of her focus was with major US banks.Linda has worked on both single and multiple hire assignments and also has extensive experience in "start-ups".

In 2005 and 2006 Linda was the Top-Producing Individual Account Executive for Management Recruiters Berkeley, which is affiliated with MRINetwork, the world's largest contingency search firm with approximately 3,500 recruiters Worldwide. This honor truly places her among the "best of the best" anywhere in the recruiting field. Linda leads the Wealth Services team for Management Recruiters of Berkeley.

The primary goal of the Private Banking and Wealth Management division is to provide efficient, timely and cost-effective solutions in specific areas of concentration:

• Regional Executives
• Single and Multi Family Office
• Wealth and Financial Planning
• Trust and Fiduciary Services
• Private Client Advisors and Business Development Officers
• Investment Consulting and Portfolio Management
• Lending and Deposits
• Compliance and Legal Affairs
• Insurance

Our clients are as diverse as the High Net Worth marketplace itself. From independent boutiques to international holding companies, we continue to provide a superior level of service and performance where each assignment is as important to us as it is to your organization. Linda believes that selecting a recruiting firm is a critical part of any financial firm's ability to quickly adapt to rapidly evolving market conditions. We welcome the opportunity to be a part of your executive team. Linda believes in professionalism, integrity and commitment and as crucial to understand each client's story in order to be able to accurately represent them in this very competitive marketplace.

An executive recruiter of seven years, Zach has a knack for finding the best candidates in the market, placing top performers at all career levels with firms ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500s. Recruiting, he feels, is about relationships, honesty, and persistence. His candidates and clients appreciate his direct yet relaxed approach. In 2007, Zach was the cash-in leader in our office.

He has spent the past four years recruiting in commercial lending and commercial real estate lending. Some of his filled positions include:

• Senior Regional Manager, Commercial Real Estate Finance
• VP, Construction Loan Manager
• VP, Commercial Loan Officer
• Regional Vice President, Commercial Banking
• Commercial Credit Underwriter
• Loan Originator, Multifamily Lending

With a Master's in Career Development from JFK University, in addition to his role as a recruiter, Zach sets appointments to work with our candidates on a variety of career development issues, including: self-assessment, researching the world of work, decision making, job search, and career management.

Previously, he had worked for talent agencies in Los Angeles. According to Zach, the only difference between recruiting and being a talent agent: "In recruiting, never do I find myself negotiating the size of someone's dressing room."

Steven is the master of finding top talent in Commercial Lending for the banking industry.

Steven has developed a process that leads him to top talent through tireless networking and relentless pursuit of his goals. He looks for the best of the best and when a stronger opportunity is there, he informs his network of superstars. Along with the strong partnerships he has developed with Financial Institutions in California he can keep his watchful eye out for talent they could only dream of finding.

Steven's streamlined approach empowers his relationships with both clients and candidates to create an environment that helps define top talent and make stronger hiring decisions by delivering concisely qualified candidates to our partners quickly. Steven focuses his abundant energy and drive on relationship building every day.

Amy is a member of the Financial Services Team. She has been in recruitment for 6 years, filling both contract and permanent openings with Fortune 500 companies across the US. Before coming to MR Berkeley, Amy was a consultant at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Pacific Gas and Electric, and McKesson. For the last two years, her focus has mostly been in hiring finance professionals. Amy takes pride in finding niche candidates in a competitive market. Her genuine interest in helping people with their business needs and understanding of their career path shines through.

David is a well-seasoned recruiter with over 5 Years of recruiting experience and 15 years of consultative sales experience. David has polished his listening and consultative skills during his Undergraduate work in Psychology at the University of Michigan and his Masters training in Counseling Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. David expertly manages relationships with clients, coworkers and candidates through passion, hard work and honesty.

David describes his recruiting role in the following way:

“I am a liaison between a client and a candidate and provide the communication forum to help both sides achieve their short and long-term goals”.

Anthony has overhas over five years of recruiting and placement experience in the financial services industry... During that time he worked for a boutique firm and most recently established and ranand ran his own recruiting firm... This experienceThis experience has enabled him to honesharpen his sourcing skills and develop a technique to recruit just about anyone for any position. Anthony has consistentlyhas consistently tThroughout his career, Anthony has consistently made placements for positionsfor frompositions from Personal Bankers to Chief Financial Officers. He will’ll tell you that it is’s his “personable and creative approach to finding top talent that separates him from others in the world of recruiting.”