A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
 

With a history spanning over 230 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
 

“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

Our Southern Europe & Latin America (SELA) region is seeking a Head of Spain to lead and develop our Swiss-based teams serving Spanish clients.

This strategic leadership role will offer significant scope to shape the business, drive growth, and contribute to broader regional initiatives within a highly international environment.

YOUR ROLE

• Lead and develop the Spain teams based in Geneva and Zurich, ensuring strong performance and engagement within the bank’s strategy.
• Define and execute a strategic business plan, including commercial initiatives, market positioning, and revenue growth.
• Coach and develop Private Bankers while attracting and retaining top talent.
• Drive business performance, including team and individual KPIs, revenue growth, and Net New Money generation.
• Ensure excellence in risk management and compliance, maintaining the highest standards.
• Act as a member of the SELA Executive Committee, contributing to broader regional strategy and decision-making.
• Strengthen market intelligence on Spain and identify opportunities for innovation and growth.
• Design and coordinate tailored offerings and initiatives for Spanish clients across locations and regional markets

YOUR PROFILE

• Minimum 10 years’ relevant experience within the banking industry.
• Proven leadership capabilities, with potential for wider scope and evolution. Ability to inspire, develop, and scale teams.
• Strong commercial mindset with a track record of growing client relationships and revenues.
• Ability to demonstrate personal initiative, ownership, accountability and entrepreneurship.
• Ability to attract, recruit and develop talented and skilled professionals.
• Strategic thinker with the capacity to operate both hands-on and at a broader leadership level.
• Fluent written and spoken Spanish and English, French and other relevant languages an asset.

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.