London  |  Dubai (DIFC) |  Doha (QFC) |  Zurich |  Limassol  |  Singapore |  Hong Kong |  Geneva

Executive Search for Private Banking and Wealth Management

The firm senior bankers call first when considering a move – and the firm banks call first when a mandate is too sensitive, too senior, or too important to be handled any other way.

Ateca Executive Search places senior private bankers, relationship managers, and complete teams for the world’s leading private banks and wealth platforms across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

7 CENTRES

Licensed entities and senior presence across the principal private banking centres

FOUNDED 2012

Fourteen Years of Continuous Operation

DOZENS OF MANDATES

LIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, ACROSS EVERY MAJOR BOOKING CENTRE

ONE SPECIALISM

PRIVATE BANKING AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT. NOTHING ELSE.

What We Do

A Single Specialism, Not a Divided Practice

Ateca does not recruit across industries. We do not divide our attention between sectors. Every mandate we run, every relationship we hold, and every candidate we represent sits inside private banking and wealth management — and has done since the firm’s founding.

  • Senior Private Banker & Relationship Manager placements

  • Executive Director & Managing Director appointments

  • Group Head and market leadership hires

  • Complete team transitions, with full visibility into combined book quality, portability, and revenue generation

  • Confidential, principal-led search for the most sensitive and commercially significant mandates

Our Markets

Our Markets

Ateca holds licensed entities in every jurisdiction that matters for private banking, and is structured to work across them without compromise.

Asia — Singapore and Hong Kong.

Licensed entities in each of Asia’s two principal booking centres, with direct relationships into the regional private banking community.

Middle East — DIFC Dubai and Doha (QFC)

A DIFC-licensed entity with resident senior leadership in Dubai, and a licensed presence in Doha’s Qatar Financial Centre supporting the broader GCC private wealth corridor.

Europe — London, Zurich, and Limassol

A licensed London entity for UK-resident mandates, direct presence in Zurich supporting Swiss booking centre searches, and a licensed Cyprus entity providing EU-wide access for continental mandates.

How we work

Ateca is deliberately structured as a senior-led boutique. Mandates are taken selectively, led personally, and delivered with the discretion private banking requires.

Senior-Led Throughout

Every mandate is led personally by a senior partner. Candidates and clients speak to principals, not research associates.

Mapped not Advertised.

We work by systematic market mapping and direct approach. Mandates are not posted to job boards.

Discretion as a Structural Principle

Our operating model, data handling, and jurisdictional licensing are built around the confidentiality obligations our clients and candidates hold.

A Focused Book

We take a limited number of active mandates at any time – a commercial choice that serves quality over volume.

Team Moves

The Hardest Placements in Private Banking, Made Simple

Team transitions are the most complex and highest-value mandates in this industry – and one of Ateca’s deepest areas of expertise. We have structured team moves spanning multiple booking centres and combined books in excess of a billion dollars in AUM.

Private Banking Life

Senior intelligence on the private banking market — three signals a week, read by senior bankers, team heads, and managing directors across every major booking centre.

Speak with Ateca

For mandates, introductions, or a confidential conversation about a move, write to us and a partner will respond personally.