FINANCIAL SERVICES

The Financial Services Industry has undergone major transformations during the last years, particularly in the wake of the financial crisis. In view of a profoundly changed market situation, companies now focus on objectives such as repositioning, modifications in the overall business models, building up and expanding into new markets, ensuring sustainable growth, enhancing the transparency of financial products, and improving risk evaluation. It is crucial to adapt one’s strategic human resource planning to the current requirements.

Ward Howell is one of the leading consulting firms in executive search and leadership consulting. Its financial services industry experts can draw on their management experience and many years of excellent consulting expertise in this business. In addition to being able to rely on a relevant and competent understanding of the finance sector, our consultants have a good track record as trustworthy and professional partners of our financial business clients, especially in times of change.

Our clients are financial institutions that operate internationally as well as regionally: universal banks, private and specialized banks, leasing and insurance institutions as well as private equity firms. We support our clients in their search and selection of top-managers and senior professionals in different financial services divisions such as corporate and retail business, front and back office, risk management, legal & compliance, asset management as well as private and investment banking.