“This is where our growth is taking us,” Bill Ayers comments. “We now have a base in each of the world’s top two financial centers.”

The move came about largely in response to the needs of a major client. The Ayers Group has been working closely with a major London-based investment bank, successfully completing transatlantic searches for several top-level executives within the past few months.

“The client wanted us to have a local presence and is supporting us in our effort to establish one,” says Bob Deissig, Ayers President of Staffing Services. “They like the way we work—particularly the thoroughness with which we screen our candidates. Many of our other financial services clients have London-based operations, and their response to this initiative has been overwhelmingly positive. We keep hearing that the London market lacks recruiting firms with the specialized experience and expertise in ‘Wall Street IT’ recruiting we bring to the table.”

“London is really revving up,” adds Managing Director Harry Plastik, who will oversee the London staff from Ayers’ headquarters in New York.  “In terms of front-office services in the financial industry, it’s becoming a 50-50 split between New York and London.”

The firm has chosen to establish its new office in the City, long the traditional financial heart of London, on Lombard Street. Reborn in the twentieth century as a global financial center, the City is home to Europe’s largest stock market, is the world’s leading foreign market, and serves as international headquarters for financial institutions and law firms from around the globe. Lombard Street, named for the Italian and Lombard merchants and bankers who settled there in the thirteenth century, has become synonymous with City banking.

Following is the address for the new office:

The Ayers Group, Ltd.

68 Lombard Street