Emma Jerome

Director | Head of Financial Services

UK

• Banking and financial services
• Business development
• Communications
• Digital marketing
• Marketing
• Sales
• Director

• +44 20 7332 2491
• emmajerome@cartermurray.com
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After graduating from Nottingham University, Emma’s career began in marketing before transitioning into recruitment in 2003, sourcing talent for the financial services sector across marketing, digital, communications, product and business development. Emma has partnered with firms from start-ups and scale-ups to global corporates, she works across financial services including banking, investment management, private equity, fintech, payments, hedge funds, insurance, pensions, brokerages, exchanges and vendors. Emma has experience operating at all levels, recruiting up to and including C-suite executives within the UK, EMEA, US and APAC. She is responsible for permanent and interim hires in the UK and US.

• Career Advice

From CMO to CCO: the shift towards customer centric growth

• Posted February 17, 2025

Over the past two to three years, we have seen the role of Chief Marketing Officer expanding into the role of Chief Customer, Client or Commercial Officer (CCO). Our own Emma Jerome sat down with Claire Blackwell – one of the first Chief Client Officers in the UK’s financial services sector – to discuss what […]

• Career Advice

Women in financial services: interview with Kate Thunnisen, CMO at NatWest Boxed 

• Posted October 22, 2024

At Carter Murray, we connect marketing and sales professionals with exciting businesses across all sectors.  Our own Emma Jerome specialises in recruiting sales, marketing and communications professionals across the UK and US financial services space.  In her latest interview, Emma sat down with Kate Thunnisen – CMO at NatWest Boxed, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering that combines banking […]

• Talent

A quarter of UK businesses spend up to 10 hours a week just scheduling interviews­­

• Posted May 10, 2024

A recent survey by Indeed revealed that time-consuming hiring processes are huge challenge for UK businesses, quickly hoovering up their budget. The survey reveals that one in four (24%) of businesses in the UK spend up to ten hours on scheduling interviews for potential candidates. According to LinkedIn, 15% of marketing, digital and communications professionals […]

• Finding Talent

Hiring your first marketer at a start-up, scale-up or small business 

• Posted November 9, 2023

Why hire a marketer?  Marketing professionals are a crucial resource for businesses of all shapes and sizes to achieve their goals and get them where they want to be.  No business is the same and each requires something different from a marketing perspective. But having at least one good marketer can add a huge level […]