OUR TEAM
Our team consists of highly experienced Partners with the combined skill-sets of Practice Directors and Talent Directors, and an established track record in financial services transformation and change.
As a team they have worked together for a many years and have a market leading reputation for delivering the highest standards of service to our clients.
COLIN WEBSTER
Chief Executive, The FISER Group (parent company of IBAM Consulting)
Colin is an engineering graduate from St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He started his career at EY where he spent 10 years providing a range of consulting and advisory services to his clients and since then has built up over 17 years of senior leadership experience in human capital.
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After advising Imprint plc on its IPO, Colin joined its board as CFO in 2004 and oversaw its growth from a £0.3m profit business to a 500-person group with turnover of £90m and profits of £12m, before its sale in 2008.
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In 2010, Colin co-founded The FISER Group and has been instrumental in its growth over the past 10 years as a financial services specialist covering consultancy, executive search and contingent recruitment solutions.
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Colin is an active day to day partner within IBAM Consulting and enjoys providing excellent service levels to our clients.
JONATHAN ASTBURY
Partner
Jonathan has over of 26 years’ experience serving a wide array of banks, buy side firms and consultancies located in UK, Europe and increasingly United States.
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Functionally he has covered most areas across oversight and control including risk, compliance, financial management and regulatory reporting. Additionally he has helped firms build new front office platforms within most asset classes.
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Jonathan also has expertise working with clients in an advisory capacity and the scope of this is varied. Recent projects have covered near and offshore planning and assisting clients in securing strategic and joint venture partnerships.
MICHAEL MIHAYLOV
Partner
Michael has over a decade of experience in financial services business change and consultancy, with specific exposure to buy side change and technology requirements across the UK and Europe.
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He has been responsible for oversight of numerous change and IT staff augmentation programmes and has extensive experience advising C Suite asset management leaders in best practice and change structure.
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Prior to joining IBAM, Michael worked for a European business transformation and technology change consultancy, responsible for their asset management change and technology delivery capability.
MERVIN RAMIAH
Partner
Mervin has over 20 years of experience in financial services & IT recruitment, with a primary focus on the UK market, while also covering EMEA and APAC.
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He has been responsible for leading and scaling recruitment operations, driving growth, and delivering strategic talent solutions for financial services firms, fintechs, and technology businesses.
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Prior to joining The FISER Group, Mervin held senior leadership roles at global recruitment firms, where he successfully developed new markets and built high-performing teams.