Executive & Professional Search

Senior search mandates in financial services require more than a database and a process. The most qualified candidates are not on the market. The most sensitive appointments cannot be made visible. And the difference between a good placement and the right one is rarely apparent from a CV alone.

Reich Partners conducts executive and professional search on a retained and exclusive basis, personally led by Silvan Reich from mandate definition through to contract signing.

Critical & Confidential Roles

Mandates focus on senior appointments with direct revenue, risk, or leadership responsibility — including succession-driven and confidential situations where the process itself must be handled with care.

Market & Regulatory Credibility

Senior financial services mandates require more than search experience. Candidates and clients expect to engage with someone who understands the market from the inside — its regulatory environment, its informal networks, and the realities of senior hiring at this level.

Direct Market Access

The most suitable candidates for senior roles are rarely actively looking. Reaching them requires personal credibility, an existing network, and the ability to approach discreetly and compellingly. This is where boutique search has a structural advantage over volume-based firms.

Exclusive & Retained

All mandates are conducted on a retained and exclusive basis — with full accountability at every stage of the process and no division of attention between engagements.

Sector & Role Focus

Search mandates are concentrated within selected areas of the financial services ecosystem, where leadership decisions carry direct commercial, regulatory, or organisational impact.

Within wealth management and private banking, mandates focus on revenue-critical leadership and senior client-facing positions with responsibility for market development, governance, or platform evolution. Such engagements frequently involve confidential succession situations and require strong credibility with clients, teams, and key stakeholders.

In WealthTech and RegTech, mandates address roles at the intersection of financial services, regulation, and technology. These engagements typically arise during scaling phases or regulatory transitions and require individuals who combine financial services expertise with the ability to operate in transformation-driven environments.

Within digital assets and blockchain, mandates relate to regulated business models such as custody, tokenisation, and infrastructure providers operating alongside the traditional financial system. These roles demand a sound understanding of governance, risk management, and regulatory frameworks, as well as the ability to engage credibly with institutional counterparties.

Typical roles across sectors include leadership in senior relationship management, team and market heads, director-level and senior management positions, senior roles in Legal, Risk, and Compliance, and leadership positions in operations, transformation, or platform development.

How We Work

Every mandate follows a structured sequence: a thorough briefing and mandate definition, independent market mapping, targeted and discreet direct approaches, personal candidate assessments, and active support through final selection and contract signing.

What changes with every engagement is the market context, the sensitivity of the situation, and the candidate profile. That is where experience and direct market knowledge make the difference — and where a personally led boutique mandate produces a different outcome than a standardised process.

In some cases, support extends to talent mapping and market intelligence, succession-related search, or project-based work linked to a transformation or build-out phase. This work is undertaken selectively and always in close connection with a senior search mandate.

Discuss a mandate in confidence

We would be glad to have an initial conversation — without obligation and in complete confidence.

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