Private banks are looking for highly qualified technical experts with a knowledge of their activities and strong entrepreneurial skills, able to handle complex and international cases. Nowadays, as customer relationships grow tighter, the private banker has become a real global financial planning adviser.
Geneva is renowned as the world capital for private fortune management with 120 institutions, mostly private, 80 of which being foreign institutions. The city is host to more than 1,700 financial companies and 500 independent fortune counsellors. More than 22,000 people work in the finance sector. Geneva is definitely the place in Europe to become a private banker and be identified as such.