Reina Nicholls is a Partner of Emissary Partners, responsible for the Financial Services
practice. She brings with her over fifteen years executive search experience, specifically
focusing on financial services and professional services. During this time Reina has
originated and successfully completed senior assignments at the CEO and General
Management team level and assisted those placed executives to build their teams.

Previously, Reina was Managing Director Boyden global executive search for five years
where she established and headed the Financial Services practice. Earlier in her career, she
worked with two publicly traded search and selection firms where she was critical to the
expansion of the companies’ capabilities in banking and finance and shifted them from midmanagement selection to higher level search businesses.

Before moving into executive search, Reina gained eight years investment banking
experience. Her early career commenced on Wall Street working in the Mergers and
Acquisitions Department of The Chase Manhattan Bank. After four years overseas, Reina
relocated back to Australia and joined the Investment Banking Division of CS First Boston.
There she provided corporate advisory services and marketed debt and equity products to
Australia’s top corporates.

Reina holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a
Graduate Diploma in Management from AGSM, University of New South Wales.

Email: Reina

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