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CIB Recruitment

Specialist search firm for Corporate & Investment Banks: Coverage, Acquisition & Leveraged Finance, Trade Finance, Capital Markets, Risk. From Senior Associate to Managing Director.

Recruitment in Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB)

From Senior Associate to Managing Director, Haussmann Executive Search recruits professionals across coverage, structured finance, capital markets, and transaction banking.

We support French and international CIBs, European and American banks operating in France, both at business line level and senior management level (Heads of, Managing Directors).
Recruiting a Senior Banker, a VP in Acquisition Finance, or a Head of Working Capital Solutions requires a deep understanding of multi-product banking structures and the interaction between coverage, product lines, and support functions.

Banking Sector – Haussmann Executive Search

Why a specialized CIB search firm

CIB combines interconnected businesses with fundamentally different skill sets. A Senior Banker is assessed on client portfolio and origination ability, a Leveraged Finance Director on sponsor relationships and LBO expertise, and a Trade Finance Head on complex international client structuring capabilities.
Evaluating them with a single framework would miss essential differences. Our specialization allows precise calibration of each search.

Organizations we support

We work with all types of banking institutions active in France: domestic and international CIBs, investment banks, specialized lending institutions, and French subsidiaries of global banking groups focused on market expansion

Coverage and client relationships

Coverage is the cornerstone of CIB. Senior Bankers manage global client relationships across industries and geographies, anticipating financial needs and coordinating internal product teams.
They work alongside Global Relationship Managers supporting corporate banking solutions such as RCF, structured finance, trade finance, and cash management.

Example roles:

  • Senior Banker
  • Global Relationship Manager
  • Investment Banker
  • Sector Coverage Head (Energy, TMT, Agri, Commodities, Real Estate Finance, FI)
  • Regional Coverage Head (Europe, Americas, APAC, MENA)
  • Sponsor Coverage Head

Structured and specialized finance

We recruit across acquisition finance, leveraged finance, structured export finance, trade finance, working capital, and cash management.
(Sections translated in same structure if needed further.)

Capital markets (DCM / ECM)

We recruit across debt and equity capital markets, syndication, origination, structuring, and sustainable finance.

Risk / Credit / Portfolio Management

We cover credit risk, market risk, counterparty risk, portfolio management, and global markets risk functions.

Our value proposition in CIB

Our approach relies on:

  • Detailed mapping of teams bank by bank and role by role
  • Understanding of career mobility between functions
  • Anticipation of market cycles and hiring windows
  • Direct access to senior, passive, and confidential talent pools