Julie Amende

Director, Financial Services

Julie Amende leads the Investment Management & Financial Services executive search practice at SkyWater Search Partners, partnering with asset managers, alternative investment firms, and institutional investment platforms on senior-level hiring across investment leadership, capital formation, investor relations, and client-facing executive roles.

Based in the Midwest and working with firms nationally, Julie supports investment organizations seeking experienced leadership across asset management, private markets, and financial services distribution teams.

With more than 20 years of experience inside the investment industry prior to executive search, Julie brings an operator’s perspective to every search engagement. Her background spans investment analysis, product strategy, institutional relationship management, and cross-functional leadership across both traditional and alternative asset managers.

Julie partners with financial services firms on:

• Senior investment leadership and distribution executive searches
• Capital formation and investor relations team buildouts
• Product strategy and client-facing talent alignment
• Role design, compensation benchmarking, and succession planning

Her clients include private equity, private credit, infrastructure, hedge fund, real assets, and traditional asset management firms seeking experienced leadership to scale their investment and distribution platforms.

Julie is known for combining analytical rigor with deep market pattern recognition, advising clients not only on who to hire, but also how investment and distribution roles should be structured to support long-term growth across market cycles. Her approach to financial services executive search is consultative, data-informed, and grounded in firsthand understanding of how investment organizations operate and compete for talent.