Class of 2026
Financial & Professional Services
Talent acquisition across banking, fintech, insurance, legal, and consulting.
Diamond Acevedo
Onbe
Huntlee Alderman
AXA
Sean Allen
Mozaic
Kate Andrews
NSF
Seldric Blocker
Formerly New York Life
Kimberly Braithwaite
Empire Valuation Consultants
Tony Chimera
Westfield Specialty
Jacqueline Coleman
SelectQuote
Jamy Conrad
UFCU
Amber Costello
Capital Group
Charlotte Craddock
Staysure Group
Neil Crumpton
TransUnion
Katrina Curry
Riveron
Rob Davies
Grant Thornton UK
Mike Duplessis
Support Services Group
Catherine Edge
National Life Group
Darwin Espinosa
Helm Bank USA
Josh Fialky
Havas Media Network
Anne Foor
Khosla Ventures
Matt Garvey
Apex Fintech Solutions
Trevor Gelder
Progress Residential
Heidi Gerhard
Mastercard
John Glorioso
Accenture
Sanjana Govil
Social Finance
Eric Grasso
Valley Bank
Soreta Grobler
Outsourced CFO
Rich Ha
Sequoia Capital
Amber Hamilton
Perkins&Will
Leanne Hardman
Citywire
Alan Henshaw
Booz Allen Hamilton
Eric Hess
Protective Life
Jamaal Jenkins
OneTouch Direct
Akeem Joseph
Flywire
Natalie Kaye
Colliers
Leigh Kelley
Copper River Family of Companies
John Kerr
Quilter Financial Planning
Ben Kuncz
Code and Theory
Cassie Chao Leemans
Craft Ventures
Steven Lessard
Plus Company
Quynh-Nhu Mai
Splash Financial
Nikhilesh Mathur
LSEG
Euan McNair
Aegon UK
Adam Meekhof
Marksman Security Corporation
Allan Nunes Messias
Adyen
Renu Midha
Equifax
Marvin Million
Lloyd's List Intelligence
Gemma Milner
PwC UK
Josh Moore
U.S. Bank
Anthony Mosley
Kentucky I Southern Indiana, Northwestern Mutual
David Muller
Mariner
Colin Murphy
Method Financial
Matt Norell
Kraken
Laura Oliver-Suos
Capital Group
Alina Owsianik
CIBC
Steff Paletta
Alvarez & Marsal
Samantha Price
Audacious Ventures
Annah Rae
Copper.co
Andrew Reid
SignalFire
Robert Rice
ERM
Raymond Roberts
Costanoa Ventures
Hannah Rodriguez
Zip Co
Anthony Roman
RGP
Amanda Rominger
Topstep
James Ryding
dentsu
Antonio Saldana-Flores
BH
Joe Shahmoradian
Morningstar
Ian Sharp
Andreessen Horowitz
Joseph Stallman
Flowdesk
Ian Stammers
Ian Stammers Talent Advisory
Julie Tomasik
AAA Mountain West Group
Tara Torres
Coinbase
Jalpa Trivedi
Formerly House of Shipping
Marc Viola
Definity
Jalonni Weaver
National Life Group
Tush Wijeratne
WPP
Jenanne Wilson
UMB Bank
Leah Wilson
Tag Worldwide
Tina Wilson
Gartner
Kevin Womack
Thomson Reuters
Harry Zapata
IQPC
Megan Colonna Zickwolf
H&R Block
Theresa Zoltan
Northwestern Mutual
About this category
Financial & Professional Services recognizes up to 100 honorees each year. The Class of 2026 includes 82 leaders in this category, put forward by peers or by our selection committees for the work they have done. They lead talent and recruiting work at organizations including Capital Group, National Life Group, AAA Mountain West Group, Accenture, and Adyen. Each profile covers how they got into recruiting, how their team hires today, and what they think is changing about the work.
Honorees are selected through a dual-path process: about half are nominated directly by fellow people and recruiting leaders, and the rest by selection committees of senior talent practitioners and industry advisors who seek out leaders who may be under-recognized. Nominations are free and selection is based on merit. See the Talent 100 overview for the full process, or browse every category of the class.
Other Talent 100 categories
- Enterprise Technology - Talent leaders at the world's established technology companies.
- Technology & Digital Platforms - Talent leaders across software, cloud, and the digital platforms powering global business.
- Startups & Venture-Backed Tech - The people building teams at startups, scaleups, and venture-backed companies.
- AI, Data & Security - Talent leaders shaping hiring at AI, data, and cybersecurity companies.
- Healthcare & Life Sciences - The talent leaders behind healthcare systems, biotech, and pharma.
- Consumer, Retail & Hospitality - Hiring leaders across consumer brands, retail, travel, and hospitality.
- Industrial, Energy & Manufacturing - Talent leaders powering industrial, energy, logistics, and manufacturing teams.
- Agency & Staffing - The standout talent leaders at agencies and staffing firms.
- Executive Search - The people trusted to place leadership at the highest levels.
- Recruiting Operations & Enablement - The builders behind recruiting operations, tooling, and enablement.
- Talent Leadership & People Operations - Senior people leaders whose scope spans far beyond recruiting.
- Founders & Independents - Founders and independent practitioners charting their own course.
Talent 100
The Talent 100 is an annual recognition of up to 100 leaders in each of 13 categories who are pushing HR and talent acquisition forward, with a new category opening whenever one fills, organized by Noon AI.
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