Judson Group

President / CEO
hjudson@judson-group.com
616.336.8484 x207

Hunter has over thirty years experience in the financial services industry where he held executive management positions at General Electric Company, GE Capital, Leasing Group, Inc., Old Kent Bank and Fifth Third Bank.  Hunter graduated from GE’s well regarded Financial Management Program (FMP) and rose to the highest levels of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff before joining GE Capital. In his various leadership roles, his responsibilities included hiring hundreds of professionals, establishing strategic and tactical business plans, and delivering results.

Hunter is an aggressive, results oriented individual with significant drive and very high expectations to deliver solutions that exceed client expectations. His success comes from the quality of people he has recruited to his teams, identification and mentoring of high potential employees and his constant focus on training. As a search professional, Hunter has focused his efforts on helping employers build industry-leading teams.

With a successful history in the financial services industry, Hunter has been able to exceed client's needs in most areas within banking, including Commercial and Retail Banking, Business Banking, Credit and Risk, Treasury Management, Operations, Trust and Investment Services, Human Resources, and Equipment Leasing.

Hunter is a graduate of Babson College with a BS in Business Administration.

Testimonials:
"Hunter handled all of the communication between the bank and the candidate and did his best to keep both parties up to date with what was going on. He adjusted to our bank's "unique" way of dealing with candidates and was very understanding and patient while waiting for the bank to make a decision on the candidate he had presented.  I greatly appreciated the updates and the communication that he displayed with me as well as with the bank. Overall, Hunter was excellent."

"Hunter's extensive experience with industry leading financial services companies was invaluable to us in our efforts to identify, recruit and hire top notch employees. He is passionate about understanding our needs and delivering quality solutions."

"Hunter helped me see things more clearly and broader than I was looking at issues sometimes. This is a stressful process and Hunter helped make it comfortable, enjoyable and ultimately, very rewarding as he meet my very specific career needs. I  appreciated that he only discussed relative opportunities to my desired needs. Not only has Hunter become a good friend and confident, he also fulfilled my personal goal of geographically relocating back with family and friends, while not have to compromise my career aspirations and goals!"

"Hunter and I discussed the candidate and the job position at length. We identified the primary candidate a year or so prior.  Overall, Hunter's performance was very good...good guidance and prepared the candidate well for the Bank. I would recommend The Judson Group and Hunter to others, and I have frequently in the past."

“I trust Hunter and believe that he is consistently identifying high quality staff.”

"Hunter was great to work with, as always."

"Hunter is a trusted partner.  He completed a thorough Manager Consultation with the hiring manager and had a very clear understanding of the skill-set the hiring manager was looking for... not only the requirements but the interview process, hiring process and salary expectations.  He presented the best and most qualified candidates.  Hunter has a good grasp of the skill-sets needed in today's financial industries.  I have worked with Hunter for the last seven years.  Each time I work with him its refreshing and a joy."

Completed searches include:

• Bank President
• Regional President
• Community President
• Executive Vice President, Business Banking
• Chief Credit Officer
• Senior Vice President, Special Assets
• Senior Vice President, Loan Review
• Senior Vice President, Operations
• Senior Vice President, Middle Market Lending
• Senior Vice President, Large Corporate
• Senior Vice President, Treasury Management Services
• Senior Vice President, Retail
• Senior Vice President, Human Resources
• Vice President, Credit