PHILADELPHIA, PA – October 27, 2026 – True, the premier global executive talent platform powered by data, AI, and deep sector expertise, today announced the appointments of Jordan Shapiro as Partner, Scott Millard as Client Partner and Marcus Dorsen as Principal. True’s financial services searches increased 78% year over year in Q3 2026, with technology searches up 39% and blockchain and crypto searches up 80%, as clients across these markets face leadership requirements that are increasingly specific to sector, strategy, and operating context. The appointments expand specialized expertise across financial services, technology and digital assets, enabling the firm to address increasingly specific leadership requirements across these markets.
“The leadership problem is often more specific than the title suggests,” said Sam McGrath, Global GM, True Search. “A financial services client may need a leader who understands a particular investment strategy, while a technology company may need someone who can connect technical depth with business priorities. Digital asset companies face another set of requirements as they build businesses across finance and technology. Jordan, Scott and Marcus bring that sector context to the search process, helping clients define the leadership capabilities they need before they evaluate candidates.”
Jordan Shapiro
Jordan joins True’s Financial Services Practice in New York, where he works with investment management and investment banking leaders across public and private credit, private capital primaries and secondaries, and hedge funds. He brings 16 years of Financial Services search experience from The Bachrach Group, where he completed hundreds of searches and built and led a team of 12 recruitment professionals. His work across specialized financial markets gives clients insight into the leadership capabilities required to execute investment strategies and build teams around them.
“A financial services firm’s path to alpha runs entirely through its human capital,” said Jordan. “Access to capital has never been easier; access to the right operator has never been harder. Our work starts with understanding what the business needs that leader to accomplish, then identifying executives with the capabilities, track record and ideas to deliver against those expectations.”
Scott Millard
Scott joins True’s Product, Data & Technology Practice in Boston, specializing in C-suite and VP-level executive search across engineering, product, data and AI. His career has included in-house talent leadership roles at Meta and Amazon, as well as experience at Russell Reynolds Associates and Heidrick & Struggles. Having worked on both the corporate and search sides of executive hiring, Scott helps clients define the leadership requirements behind critical technology roles and assess executives against the business priorities those leaders will need to deliver.
“Technology leadership decisions have consequences well beyond the function itself,” said Scott. “The right executive needs to understand the technical problem, the business priorities and how to lead through the organization’s next stage. Most searches start from the title rather than the problem, and that’s where the wrong hire begins.”
Marcus Dorsen
Marcus joins True’s Financial Services Practice in Austin, specializing in crypto and fintech executive search. He will work with Tyler Reed, Partner and Head of True’s Blockchain & Crypto Practice, to expand the practice and help clients hire leaders across go-to-market, product, engineering, compliance and finance. Marcus brings nearly a decade of search experience focused on digital assets, including three years at Up Top Search, where he helped grow its crypto practice, and five years at Riviera Partners focused on technical and executive placements in venture and growth stage companies. That background across crypto-native and fintech-adjacent companies gives clients a recruiter who understands how leadership requirements shift as those businesses scale across regulatory and commercial realities.
“Crypto, fintech and traditional financial services are increasingly competing for the same leaders,” said Marcus. “That changes how founders and boards should approach hiring. They need people who understand the business they’re building, can work across those markets and can turn technical and regulatory complexity into commercial results.”
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Jillian Ruggieri / Senior Director, Communications
jillian.ruggieri@trueplatform.com