Singapore · Hong Kong · Dubai · London

Executive search for private banking, wealth management and family offices.

Ateca places Market Heads, senior Relationship Managers, and investment leaders for private banks, wealth platforms, and family offices across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. We work by retained mandate, with discretion, and with a detailed understanding of the regulated environments our clients operate in.

Where we work

Our practice is defined by depth in four specific areas of private wealth.

Private Banking

Mandates for Market Heads, Team Heads, Senior Relationship Managers, and desk leadership across onshore and offshore booking centres.

Wealth Management

Platform leadership, heads of advisory, and senior client-facing hires at independent wealth managers and multi-family offices.

Family Office and Private Investment Office

Chief Investment Officers, principal investment professionals, and senior operating roles for single family offices and private investment vehicles.

Asset and Investment Management

Distribution leadership and senior product roles where the remit connects meaningfully to private wealth distribution.

Our Markets

Our Markets

Ateca holds recruitment authorisations in the jurisdictions that matter for private banking and is structured to work across them without compromise.

Asia — Singapore and Hong Kong.

Licensed entities in each of the two principal Asian booking centres, with direct relationships into the regional private banking communities.

Middle East — DIFC, Dubai

A DIFC-licensed entity with resident senior leadership in Dubai, and active coverage across the GCC private wealth corridor.

United Kingdom and Europe — London and Cyprus

A London entity for UK-resident mandates and a Cyprus entity providing EU-wide access for continental searches.

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 by a senior partner. Candidates speak to principals, not to 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 designed around the confidentiality obligations our clients and candidates hold.

A focused book

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

Ateca Market Intelligence

A continually updated view of the private wealth talent market — hiring, movements, compensation and the regulatory environments that shape them.

Private Banking Hiring Across Asia

The reconfiguration of senior private banking teams across Singapore and Hong Kong. By Steve Slater, Managing Partner | Ateca Market [...]

Speak with Ateca

For mandates, introductions, or confidential conversations about a move, we respond to every enquiry personally. Please write to us in the first instance and a partner will be in touch