I'm Richard Twumasi. I built Ocean Red after nearly two decades of placing engineers, product and GTM professionals across trading technology, market data, and financial technology.
I've worked agency-side, and I've been on the inside too, spending two years leading internal recruitment at a Series A FinTech as it grew from around 50 people to more than 100. That experience changed how I recruit. You quickly learn the difference between a CV that looks right and a person who is actually right.
I've placed hundreds of people and worked with startups, scale-ups and global firms. I know the market, I know the job, and I care about doing it properly.
Because recruitment should be more than putting a bum on a seat.
A consistent hiring methodology designed to Reproduce, Repeat, and Replicate successful outcomes across companies, teams, and roles.
Built on Agile principles, Lou Adler’s Performance-Based Hiring, and Values-Based Hiring, the framework turns recruitment from a reactive vacancy-filling exercise into a structured, evidence-led operating system.
Apply the same proven methodology across different companies, teams, and roles without rebuilding the process from scratch each time.
Run the framework again within the same company, adapting it for a different team, hiring manager, or role while maintaining the same quality of execution.
Recreate success for the same team and same role by using a process that is driven by evidence, structure, and disciplined delivery rather than luck or individual heroics.