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

Additional 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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