Since 2009 The Leaders in Investment Banking Recruiting
Tom Ragland
In 2008, I founded the Harrison Rush Group. Lehman had collapsed, and Bear Stearns was sold to JP Morgan. I also had just adopted my youngest child from Vietnam. The world was pretty crazy, but there were a lot of opportunities. Seven years before, I worked in the South Tower of the World Trade. 9/11 and the 2008 collapse taught me not to take things for granted. It also taught me that what I cherish most are my relationships. I started the firm not to conquer the world but to have the freedom not to have a boss and be able to spend time with my new baby and family. It was the best professional decision I ever made. I have been focused on Investment Banking recruiting from Global Heads to Analysts since 2003. What I love most is talking to candidates and managers. I have a natural sense of empathy and love to listen to a job seeker and help them figure out what they want to do. I am also very curious about why an HR pro or Hiring Manager is hiring and why they want to hire a certain person. I ask a lot of questions. We are selective in the banks we work with. They have to be good people and trustworthy. What gets me excited is connecting with people. I completed my Interfaith Ministry degree, and I am an accomplished musician. I run a music therapy program for Alzheimer’s patients, which gives me a lot of joy.
Executive Team
Sara Hogin joined The Harrison-Rush Group in 2008 as Chief Administrative Officer. Sara is involved with client management and working closely with the firms candidates. She is instrumental in researching employment trends including compensation, hiring and economic cycles. Sara holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Daniel Johnson has 12 years of experience in executive search and has successfully executed over 100 searches on behalf of both traditional and alternative global investment management firms. He began his career with Citicorp Venture Capital in New York where he spent two years and completed the analyst training program at Citigroup. Subsequently, Dan left Citigroup and joined a Global, Retained, Executive Search Firm. Daniel received a B.A. in Political Science from California State University and an M.A. in Politics, Economics, and Philosophy from Oxford University. In addition to teaching, he has also served on boards in both the higher education and non-profit sectors.
John McManus has over 25 years of both buy side and sell-side finance experience. He began his career on a trading desk at a well-known asset manager in Boston, trading global bonds and currencies. He subsequently traded high yield corporates and leveraged loans and served on the management team of a top decile high yield fund manager at Evergreen Investments. After years of trading for a money manager, he switched to the sell side and was in high-yield sales and trading at Lazard Capital Markets and Guggenheim Partners. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Market Technician. He grew up in the Boston area and attended the University of Vermont.