Carlos Dafauce is Global Co-Leader of the Financial Services Practice. He has 17 years’ experience in executive search and in-depth expertise in financial services spanning retail and consumer banking, capital markets, investment banking, asset management, insurance and other areas. He has completed numerous searches for board members and C-level executives in financial services and other sectors.
Professional Focus
- 17 years’ experience in executive search along with 25 years in the banking sector
- Global Co-Leader of Financial Services Practice and Global Leader of Banking & Capital Markets Subsector
- Broad expertise in the financial sectors of Spain and Portugal: retail and consumer banking, capital markets, corporate & investment banking, asset management & private banking, real estate, insurance
- Successful track record of CEO, COO and CFO searches in financial services and other sectors including retail, consumer goods, industrial and not-for-profit
- Native Spanish, fluent in English with good command of French
Business Expertise
- Senior Client Partner and financial services practice leader with another leading global executive search firm
- Executive Director - Capital Markets and Managing Director FIG - Corporate and Investment Banking at Citibank/Citigroup over the course of 14 years
- Leadership roles in some of the world’s largest and most highly regarded financial institutions, including Banco de Vizcaya and the corporate and private banking division of Lloyds Bank
Practice Membership
Global Industry Practices
- Financial Services, Global Co-Leader
- Banking and Capital Markets, Global Leader
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
Additional Sector Expertise
- Board Search
Education & Certifications
- Postgraduate studies at ESIC Business School, Madrid and Manchester Business School, U.K.
- Master’s degree in law from Autonoma University Madrid (UAM)
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