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Baird: Strategic Hiring
Baird recruited a $508 million team from RBC, indicating aggressive talent poaching in wealth management
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The leadership read
Baird is resourcing ahead of a step-change, not backfilling. A build-out like this concentrates senior bench strength in the sector where the mandate is strongest. Watch the mix of the hires across Americas — that is the clearest read on the plan behind the headcount.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 104.6 (Hot) (down 1.9 month-on-month), Americas is at rising (+2.1pts) on signal share.
Baird: 1 signal in the last 90 days.
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Strategic Hiring · Americas
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Strategic Hiring · Americas
Giga Energy →Matt Prusak, president of American Bitcoin, joined Giga Energy as CFO, signaling leadership focus on financial operations and strategic direction in modular power solutions for Bitcoin mining infrastructure.
Strategic Hiring · Americas
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Strategic Hiring · Americas
Great Question →Great Question (YC W21) is actively recruiting a Senior Demand Generation Manager, indicating scaling of go-to-market operations.
Strategic Hiring · Americas
Gibson Dunn →Gibson Dunn recruited Bill Savitt and his team from Wachtell, signaling competitive talent acquisition in high-end corporate litigation and advisory practice. This represents a significant team poaching event in the legal services market.
Strategic Hiring · Americas
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