Sidney Baumgartner is a member of Korn Ferry’s Global Asset Management practice, where he advises investment managers, alternative investors, asset allocators, and insurance firms on building high-performing investment teams and leadership structures.

He specializes in recruiting Chief Investment Officers and other Senior Investment Leaders across public and private markets and is recognized for his deep market fluency and strategic counsel to clients navigating organizational growth, transformation, and succession.

Sidney brings over a decade of executive search experience and has completed numerous search assignments in areas of investments, distribution, management, and infrastructure. He also serves as a consultant to the alternative investment industry helping shape talent strategies aligned with evolving capital formation models.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry, he worked for a global recruitment firm out of their Europe and North America offices, with a sector focus on capital markets and investment banking.

Sidney graduated from the University of Portsmouth, UK, where he earned a B.A.(honors) in Business Administration.

Sidney hails from Zurich, Switzerland and speaks fluent French and German. 

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