Team

A focused team, with elite execution

Oscar Faye is intentionally built around senior operators with deep market understanding.

Clients and candidates work directly with people who know the landscape, understand the roles, and can exercise real judgement in complex hiring decisions. Oscar Faye is intentionally built around senior operators with deep market understanding.

Why that matters

In frontier markets, nuance matters as much as speed. Our experience allows us to move quickly without sacrificing accuracy or conviction.

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Team

A focused team, operating at a high level

Oscar Faye is intentionally built around senior operators with deep market understanding.

Clients and candidates work directly with people who know the landscape, understand the roles, and can exercise real judgement in complex hiring decisions.

Why that matters

In frontier markets, nuance matters as much as speed. Our experience allows us to move quickly without sacrificing accuracy or conviction.

Ownership and accountability
Elite execution
Intellectual curiosity and honesty
Character, loyalty and long-term thinking
Ownership and accountability
Elite execution
Intellectual curiosity and honesty
Intellectual curiosity and honesty
Character, loyalty and long-term thinking
Ownership and accountability
Elite execution
Intellectual curiosity and honesty
Character, loyalty and long-term thinking
Ownership and accountability
Elite execution

Oliver Cooke

Founding Partner & CEO

With a 15-year legacy of excellence in executive search, Oliver is recognized as a world-class expert in recruitment and talent strategy.

After spending over a decade at Phaidon International, where he scaled the North American business from a 6-person startup to an 800-strong powerhouse with $200M in annual revenue, Oliver has returned to his roots of high-impact talent acquisition.

Today, as a leader at Oscar Faye, he leverages his deep expertise in quant finance, technology and AI to find the people who create tomorrow.

Oliver Cooke - Founder Oscar Faye

Andre Molina

Director

With over a decade of experience, Andre Molina serves as the bridge between visionary companies and the elite talent essential to their scale.

Specializing in the AI, Tech, and Fintech sectors, Andre leverages a deep background in operations and growth strategy to solve the most complex hiring challenges in the modern market.

A vocal advocate for the "Future of Work," Andre focuses on architecting resilient, high-performing teams built to thrive in volatile industries. For Andre, recruitment is never a transaction, it is the strategic foundation for the next generation of global industry leaders

Andre Molina - Director - Oscar Faye

Sam Totham

Investor and Advisor

Sam is the founder of Peak Edge Ventures, an early-stage investment firm backing bold founders building high-growth, technology-enabled businesses.

Through Peak Edge, Sam led the investment in Oscar Faye and serves on the company’s board. Before Peak Edge, Sam spent a decade building GQR into a global STEM recruitment platform, leading the business to $300 million in annual revenue.

Sam brings a hands-on, operator-led approach to investing, working closely with founders on strategy, go-to-market, and execution. His style is high-conviction and focused, backing a small number of companies where Peak Edge can play a meaningful role in shaping long term outcomes.

Sam Totham - Investor and Advisor at Oscar Faye

Adam Sale

Board Member and Investor

Adam has nearly 20 years of experience in talent acquisition, with over seven years in executive search and the past thirteen years building and leading in-house recruiting organizations across financial services, technology, and quantitative markets.

He currently leads engineering and quantitative hiring for Millennium and previously held senior leadership roles at Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, and GTS.Adam works closely with leadership teams on hiring strategy, talent density, and organizational design, helping build high-performance companies. We are excited to welcome him as an investor in Oscar Faye.

Adam-Sale - Advisor at Oscar Faye Recruitment

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