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BFSI

The GCC's specialist banking and financial services executive search firm.

The Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sector is the backbone of every GCC economy, and it demands a search partner who understands it from the inside.
Search Point is one of the region's most experienced banking executive search firms, with over two decades of exclusive focus on senior and top-management hiring within
BFSI. Every search we run is for a leader whose appointment will have a measurable impact on the institution they join.

Wholesale
and Investment
Banking

Retail Banking
and Consumer
Finance

Wealth
Management and
Private Banking

Risk, Credit,
Audit and
Compliance

Insurance
and Takaful
Leadership

Operations,
Legal and
Nationalisation

FinTech
and Digital
Banking

Information
Technology & Data
Management

Human Resources
and Finance within
BSI entities

Where we operate within BFSI

Nine sub-verticals. One standard of quality

Wholesale and Investment
Banking

This vertical demands leaders who build institutional relationships, drive corporate and equity business, and connect departments across complex financial structures. We have placed department heads, equity business leads, and top-management talent with some of the region's largest banks.

Roles we appoint : Head of Corporate Banking | Head of Capital Markets | Head of Treasury | Investment Banking Director | Relationship Manager (Senior) | Head of Corporate Finance

Retail Banking and Consumer
Finance

Consumer-facing banking is evolving rapidly across the GCC. We help institutions find the acquisition heads, product leaders, and senior consumer banking experts who drive growth at scale.

Roles we appoint : Head of Retail Banking | Head of Consumer Finance | Senior Product Manager | Head of Branch Distribution | Head of Islamic Banking | Head of Marketing | Head of Cards

Wealth Management and
Private Banking

From senior wealth investment advisors to private banking heads, our network gives us direct access to the specialists who manage high-net-worth relationships across the region. As a trusted private banking executive search partner across the GCC, we know this community well.

Roles we appoint : Head of Private Banking | Senior Wealth Advisor | Relationship Manager (HNW) | Chief Investment Officer | Private Bankers Africa Desk

Risk, Credit, Audit and
Compliance

Good governance is a strategic imperative for every financial institution. Risk and compliance leaders and senior audit professionals are among the most critical hires any institution makes. Our risk and compliance executive search practice across the GCC reflects that weight.

Roles we appoint : Head of Compliance | Head of Internal Audit | Sr Manager Credit Risk | Head of Regulatory Affairs | Head of Compliance | Head of Fraud Risk

Operations, Legal & Nationalisation

These are the departments that enforce policy, maintain process, and ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks. Our profiling system ensures we present candidates who are genuinely the right fit for the role. We are active supporters of nationalisation programmes across the GCC, having placed many nationals in leadership roles within the region's finest financial institutions.

Roles we appoint : Chief Operating Officer | General Counsel | Head of Legal | Legal Secretary | Head of HR | Sr. Manager Corporate Governance

FinTech & Digital Banking

FinTech is rewriting the rules of financial services. Whether your institution is building a digital bank from scratch or integrating fintech capabilities into an existing structure, we connect you with the leaders who have done it before. Our fintech executive search practice is one of the most active in the region.

Roles we appoint : CEO (Digital Bank) | Chief Product Officer | Head of Operations Excellence Digital | Head of Payments

Information Technology & Data Management

From CIOs to data architects, our IT leadership network within BFSI gives us reach across the full technology function of financial institutions, from core banking transformation to data governance and cybersecurity.

Roles we appoint : Chief Information Officer | Head of IT | Head of Data Management | Head of Cybersecurity | Data Governance Director | Chief Information Security Officer

What makes us the
right partner for your
next BFSI search.

Three things set Search Point apart as GCC banking executive search specialists

We work with precision

Every candidate we present has been assessed, profiled, and validated against the specific demands of a banking leadership role.

We reach candidates who are not looking

The best banking professionals in the GCC are rarely on job boards. They are in our network, and they trust us enough to have a conversation.

We understand the regulatory landscape

From Central Bank mandates to Emiratisation requirements, we operate within the compliance framework of every market we serve.

Ready to discuss a mandate?

Whether you are building a team or filling a single critical role, we would like to hear from you.