Carlos Dafauce

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)