FOR HIRING MANAGERS · PRIVATE BANKING RECRUITMENT
Private Banking Recruitment for Senior RMs, Team Heads & Market Leaders
Executive Partners helps private banks assess senior bankers on portability, commercial viability, market fit and compensation before a profile reaches the hiring committee.
Geneva and Zurich remain core markets, supported by selected searches across Switzerland and international wealth centres.
Explore our Swiss private banking recruitment practice, with dedicated Geneva and Zurich coverage.
CONFIDENTIAL · SENIOR PRIVATE BANKING · EVIDENCE-LED
EXECUTIVE SEARCH · GENEVA
Senior private banking hiring, assessed before introduction.
Executive Partners is a Geneva-based executive search firm focused on Private Banking and Wealth Management. We work with banks and wealth managers on senior Relationship Manager, Team Head and market-lead hiring, with commercial evidence assessed before introduction.
EMPLOYER DECISION FRAMEWORK
What we validate before you see a profile
Realistic transferability
Assess the composition, wallet share, institutional tenure and likely 12-month transferability of the client book.
Review the framework →COMMERCIAL CASERevenue and break-even
Review the expected revenue trajectory, economics and break-even profile before a hiring committee advances the case.
Review the framework →MARKET FITRole and desk relevance
Assess seniority, market coverage, client geography and platform relevance against the mandate.
Review the framework →COMPENSATIONPackage calibration
Review base salary, bonus and total compensation against relevant private-banking market benchmarks.
Review the framework →RISK AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW
How we de-risk a senior lateral hire
Client-book portability
We assess AUM composition, wallet share, client dependency and institutional tenure to establish a realistic transferability range.
Cross-border and documentation considerations
We identify material cross-border, source-of-wealth, ownership-structure and documentation considerations that may affect onboarding discussions.
Non-solicit and transition awareness
We record known contractual restrictions and timing considerations so they can be reviewed by the relevant legal and compliance teams before a transition is planned.
Commercial viability
We test the revenue assumptions, transfer timing and expected economics so hiring decisions are based on a documented commercial case rather than headline AUM alone.
TALENT BENCH
A curated bench of senior private-banking talent
Beyond live mandates, we maintain a confidential bench across Relationship Managers, Investment Advisors, Team Heads, EAM and intermediary coverage, compliance and credit risk. Profiles span Switzerland, the Middle East, CIS/CEE, LATAM and Southern Europe. Profiles are shared on an anonymised basis, with full details following an NDA or an existing mandate relationship.
RECENT COMPLETED MANDATES
Selected placement examples
BRIEF A MANDATE
Brief us in one message
Share the booking centre, market focus, seniority, commercial expectations and any relevant regulatory constraints. We will respond with the key calibration questions or propose a confidential discussion.
We cover Director and MD Relationship Managers, Team Heads, Market Leaders, Swiss onshore and international markets, including EAM-facing roles.
NEXT STEP
Build the right senior hire
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