Arootah

Arootah is a talent solutions firm serving alternative investment businesses, including hedge funds, private equity firms, family offices, and service providers. Founded by industry operators, the company helps clients treat talent as a strategic investment, supporting people and organizations from hiring through transition. Its services span four areas: hiring, development, retention, and transition.

For hiring, Arootah provides full-time recruiting for roles from junior positions to the C-suite, as well as fractional leadership, compensation support, and AI or outsourced talent models. Its fractional professionals cover 18 functional disciplines, including operations, finance, compliance, investor relations, technology, and business development. Development services include executive, team, career, and individual coaching, leadership training, and corporate wellness. To support retention, Arootah advises on career paths, workplace culture, engagement, wellness, and compensation design. Transition services address succession planning, coverage and backfills, exits, severance, outplacement, and workforce reductions. Arootah also provides family office advisory expertise and practical resources, including a best practices quiz, newsletters, books, podcasts, events, and apps.