Private banking & wealth management — Dubai, UAE
Executive search for private banking and wealth management.
nTrust & Elevate places senior relationship managers, private bankers, and the people who hire them, for a select few international private banks and wealth managers in the UAE.
Who we serve
We work with senior relationship managers and private bankers, and with the heads of private banking and wealth management teams who hire them. Every mandate sits at a senior level, where a move is rarely made casually and almost never made publicly.
Our client list is deliberately small: a select few international private banks and wealth managers with a presence in the UAE. That is an intentional choice, as it is what allows a search to be run with the discretion this sector requires.
Why choose Dubai
Between two centres of capital.
Dubai sits between two centres of capital, not adjacent to either. It is within comfortable reach of London, Zurich, and Geneva to the west, and of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai to the east — a position few other financial centres share.
That geography is not incidental. International private banks have chosen to build a presence here due to its prime location. Senior bankers moving between European and Asian wealth hubs increasingly do so through Dubai rather than around it.
- London
- Zürich
- Geneva
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Mumbai
- New York
How we work
We are engaged by a bank before a mandate becomes public, and we approach candidates directly and privately — never through open advertising. Conversations happen on the candidate’s terms, at a pace that protects their current position.
Because our founder has spent over twenty years inside this industry, as a relationship manager, an advisor, and a principal, the questions we ask go beyond a CV: whether a client base will genuinely follow, whether the culture and risk appetite are a real fit, and whether the move is right for the reasons that matter.
Roles we recruit
Senior appointments, by nature.
Every mandate sits at Director level or above. Select a card for how we think about each.