Financial Services
We help to develop strategies that identify and establish highly qualified senior executives and board members, in order to deal with the current major transformation in financial services. The companies we advise on finding senior leadership trust in our strong sector expertise, assessment capabilities and broad networks when building agile boards to maintain a strong position in the changing environment. They also value the in-depth consultations that are an integral part of our approach.
Attracting the bold financial services leadership required for today’s challenges
With investors facing increasing regulatory complexity and international norms tightening after the global financial crisis, companies are competing to attract leaders who think and act in an interdisciplinary way and who can confidently integrate digitalisation. Schulthess Zimmermann & Jauch identifies senior executives and board members able to navigate the changing requirements of the financial services sector.
Our work focuses on the following areas:
- Asset and Wealth Management
- Retail Banking
- Investment Banking and Capital Markets
- Insurance
- Financial Technology
- Real Estate
Innovative digital expertise driving key transformations
With our cross-sectoral network, we identify innovative digital leaders and best practice for large financial services companies that face obstacles to digital innovation due to their size and regulatory constraints. They must maintain their position in a future marked by digital transformation and the associated intra-institutional challenges. Our search process focuses on candidates who can meet these needs by forming and fostering innovative cultures and teams, tracking competitors’ digital activities and drawing lessons from market disruptors.
Strong international and global reach
Our search assignments in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific apply our networked sector intelligence, international partnership structure, and deep understanding of client strategies and global growth agendas to identifying candidates for global boards and senior group positions.
Diversity is key to enriching boards and teams
The financial services sector is pioneering an increase in diversity and has benefited considerably from the synergies and complementarity generated by diverse teams. Our strong network helps companies to discover the full spectrum of candidates spanning geographical regions and areas of expertise. Partnership and diversity considerations, with a particular commitment to increasing gender diversity among boards, are a core part of our search process services.
Broad and strong functional expertise
Clients trust in our ability to identify candidates who can become true partners for their business, in functions including risk, finance, legal, compliance, and human resources. These senior executives and board members take on key roles in an organisation’s strategy and help to materially improve its results.