New York-headquartered CTPartners, an executive search firm, has appointed Sam Stylianou as a partner to expand its financial services practice in Europe.

Stylianou, who predominantly serves capital markets and asset and wealth management clients, will be based at the firm’s London and Geneva offices.

He joins from Armstrong International, where he was most recently responsible for strengthening the firm’s asset and wealth management practice, located in Geneva. Prior to this, he specialized in derivatives and capital markets recruiting, covering both developed and emerging markets.

CTPartners comprises a network of around 300 professionals worldwide.