How long PCF holders stay, how they are appointed, where they come from and when firms bring them in. Nexus Search analysed PCF careers across its entire network of senior financial services professionals, broken down by PCF role and licence type. The full report is free to download.
Three numbers from the report
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3 in 4. PCF appointments go to someone from outside the firm.
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44%. Heads of Compliance and CROs who leave the role within three years. For CEOs and Heads of Finance it is 27%.
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16 years. The median time from first job to first PCF role.
What the report covers
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Tenure by PCF role and by type of firm, and why role type matters more than sector
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The year-three point for compliance and risk heads
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External hires, internal promotion and what deputies go on to do
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What PCF holders do next when a role ends
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The backgrounds that predict a PCF career, and the ones that do not
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When PCFs join relative to Central Bank authorisation, and how many founding PCFs stay
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The months professionals start new roles and resign