Elite Careers Strategy
An international private advisory for the world’s most selective careers.
100+ documented outcomes and selection progressions.
106 documented outcomes and selection progressions across 53 candidate journeys, with results across London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore.
By application · limited intake each year
Corporate law · Investment banking · Private capital · Consulting
A private conversation with our team about the candidate’s next step.
Gibson Dunn
“The best decision we made for our son.”The client's mother, on the record.Read the offer and case →
Selected offers
The founder
Before founding Elite Careers Strategy, Hassan worked in recruitment and executive search. Across his recruitment career and subsequent advisory work through Elite Careers Strategy, he has reviewed more than 10,000 applications and candidate materials.
He leads every Private Diagnostic and stays closely involved in each engagement, supported by the ECS client team.
"The strongest career strategist I have encountered - anywhere in the world."
Kristin Irish
Previous roles
Kristin Irish, former Head of IB Campus Recruiting, UBS Investment Bank, New York; former Early Career Program Manager, Jane Street; former Deputy Director of Career Development, Yale School of Management.
Independent professional endorsement. Former roles shown; no institutional endorsement implied.
The work. The result.
White & Case · Private Careers Advisory
Application strategy, firm-specific written work and assessment preparation. A vacation scheme converted into a training contract.
Read the journey and evidence →Schroders · Private Careers Advisory
Preparation spanning the application, interviews and private-equity commercial judgement.
Read the private-equity case →Private capital · Private Careers Advisory
A private-capital advisory graduate offer and a bulge-bracket investment-banking offer after a multi-year engagement.
Read the private-capital journey →Further training-contract offers at Ropes & Gray and Baker McKenzie.
Explore the full track record →In the families’ words
“The best decision we made for our son.”The client's mother, on the record.
“Probably the best investment we've ever made.”The candidate's family
“Took care of the whole process, from start to finish. Thoroughly professional and excellent service. Our child secured an offer at a globally elite corporate law firm. Excellent.”Parent of an ECS client
The firm
Every engagement begins with a rigorous understanding of the candidate’s position, ambitions and opportunities, led by Hassan with a dedicated client team and selection research from Who Gets In?, the firm’s research arm. The firm also runs the ECS Scholars Programme and works with trusted advisers who introduce families. Meet the team →
A written plan connecting the candidate’s profile, target firms and recruitment calendar.
Assigned work, written feedback and progress tracking, with client-team coordination.
Firm-specific interviews, commercial preparation and realistic assessment rehearsals.
Who we advise
Families and candidates based in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, among them families with backgrounds in senior business leadership, finance, law and family offices.
ECS works across an unusually broad range of backgrounds, from state-school and non-traditional routes to leading British and international schools and universities.
ECS clients have come from Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial, King's College London, Warwick, Bocconi, London Business School, Harvard Business School, Yale, MIT, Exeter, Glasgow, Queen Mary and Westminster.
We deliberately limit the number of families we work with each year.
Who we help
Final school years, typically 16 to 18: understand the choices and early experiences that shape later access.
Prepare for insight programmes, internships and graduate recruitment.
Focus on a defined recruitment process or a considered next move.
Before university, a parent or guardian is involved. University admissions and personal statements are outside scope.
Karam began at 17 · four-year engagement.Multi-year advisory. An HSBC conditional investment-banking internship offer and a Blackstone Spring Insight Programme offer.Read Karam’s story →Explore how advisory fits your situation →Discuss the candidate’s position, ambitions and next steps. Parents and sponsors are welcome.
