Melissa Gallo

Executive Search at Talent Boutique

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

Melissa specializes in financial services recruitment including wholesale banking, fin-tech, and more recently senior level technology. She has placed senior-level professionals in London, New York, Toronto and is comfortable sourcing candidates globally. Prior to entering the world of executive search, Melissa worked in credit derivatives and liquidity fixed income sales at Merrill Lynch and prior to this, in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance at RBC Capital Markets. Melissa holds an MBA from the London Business School (LBS) and an Honours B.A. in Economics and Commerce from the University of Toronto. She has lived abroad for twelve years in the UK, Argentina and South Africa. Placements include: *CTO from Google, CRO from Ripple, VP level Developer, HR Head, Head of Compliance into a Fintech company based in Toronto *Chief Revenue Officer, payments tech co, Toronto *Product Manager, Senior Architect *Director, Capital Markets, top-tier Cdn bank, London *MD & Head, Natural Resources Investment Banking, EMEA, top-tier Cdn bank, London *Associate Principal into McKinsey *VPs, Associates, Analysts, M&A and Corporate Finance at BMO, London and Toronto, JPMC New York and Barclays Capital Canada, Toronto. *MD, Head Energy, EMEA, top-tier Cdn bank, London *MD, Head, Energy Group, EMEA, top-tier Canadian bank, London *MD & Group Head, Natural Resources, EMEA, top-tier Canadian bank

Experience

  • Executive Search Consultant at Talent Boutique
    Aug 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 11 mos

  • Executive Search Associate at Russell Reynolds Associates
    1999 - 2001 · 2 yrs

  • Fixed Income Associate at Merrill Lynch
    1995 - 1998 · 3 yrs

  • Investment Banking Associate at RBC Capital Markets
    Feb 1994 - Oct 1996 · 2 yrs 9 mos