Updates

Dear clients, candidates and friends,

An eventful year is drawing to a close. Our 2024 was characterized by exciting projects, challenges and the special pleasure of celebrating our 15th anniversary.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your trust, loyalty and cooperation.

The past year again brought us many valuable encounters and insights and we were able to fill numerous exciting positions throughout Europe for our loyal clients in the areas of Asset Management and Private Markets. One thing was particularly evident this year: The focus is more than ever on people and the individual. The success of a company increasingly depends on finding the right personalities ? employees, leaders and talents who make the difference with their individual strengths and experience. Finding these people and making the right match is what drives us every day and encourages us in our work and in being a sparring partner for clients and candidates.

We are looking forward to the year 2025 and look forward to working with you to identify new opportunities, overcome challenges and celebrate successes. Let us continue to stand by your side in the coming year ? with our experience, our assessments and our network.

We wish you and your loved ones a relaxing festive season and a happy, healthy and successful 2025.

Best regards
Your BiermannNeff Team

Specialized in Excellence. Focused on Asset Management. Private Banking. Private Markets. Alternatives. Capital Markets. Digital Finance. Corporate Functions.

We are your strategic partner
for headhunting and career development
in Financial Services

We
guide  place mediate
specialists,
managers
and C-level executives

Our focus is to get you to your destination faster. In discreet partnerships, we will be at your side as your strategic partner and support you in your career planning or the targeted filling of your vacancies in the field of financial services.

OUR FOCUS

Asset Management

Asset Management

  • Sales & Distribution
  • Portfolio Mgmt & Research
  • ESG Specialists
  • Product & RfP Mgmt
  • Client Service & Support
  • Marketing & Operations
  • Legal & Compliance
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Private Banking

Private Banking

  • Relationship Manager (HNWI/UHNWI/EAM)
  • Hunter & Farmer
  • Strategic Market Entries
  • Investment Consultants
  • Product Management
  • Client Service & Support
  • Marketing & Operations
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Private Markets,
Capital Markets & Alternatives

Private Markets, Capital Markets & Alternatives

  • Investor Relations & Sales
  • Investment Manager
  • Venture Capital
  • Impact & Infrastructure Investments
  • ECM, DCM & M&A
  • Trading, Structuring & Sales
  • Operations, Legal & Compliance
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Fintech &
Digital Finance

Fintech & Digital Finance

  • Blockchain Technology
  • Crypto & Digital Currencies
  • Tokenization of Assets
  • Digital Investing
  • Robo Investments
  • Digital Asset Management
  • (Crypto) Plattformen
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Environment, Social and Corporate Governance
(ESG)

ESG

  • Portfolio Management
  • Research
  • Advisory
  • Engagement Activity
  • Marketing
  • Strategic Partnerships
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Board Practice

Board Practice

  • Management
  • C-level functions
  • Board of Directors
  • Supervisory Boards
  • Strategic Advisor
  • Succession planning
  • Investor Relations
  • Diversity Advisor
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Our services

Excellence in Financial Services

Our service goes beyond classic mediation. We see ourselves as your partner, advisor, mentor, brainstormer and sparring partner. Our clients are specialists, executives and managing directors as well as national and international players in the financial services sector: 

  • Consulting companies
  • Asset Manager 
  • Private and Investment Banks
  • Players in Private Markets & Alternative Investments
  • Asset owners such as insurance companies, pension funds and family offices 
  • FinTechs, Payment Solution Platforms, Lending Platforms
  • Companies in the field of digital assets
 

We provide a springboard for strong personalities and their career development. We also find top talents for clients who not only play a role, but can also achieve growth goals in a targeted manner. As a focused boutique, we also support smaller mandates and start-ups, and advise on planned team building or provide support during structural changes.

Our services at a glance

Governance Principles

We are principle-driven
to propel your goals

We have structured our internal processes in such a way that we only present you with candidates that we have personally interviewed and for whom we also have positive references thanks to our network.
Quality before quantity: We and our employees are not rewarded by the number of deals we make, but rather by the quality of our placements. This is reflected in our team's remuneration system. It's always about finding the best person for the clients vacancy and requirement profile.
When we present candidates to you, we not just refer to the merits and suitability of a person for a specific position, but also always highlight aspects that we believe should be given special attention or, if necessary, critically examined.
We have a clearly defined feedback process in which we collect feedback from clients and candidates in a strictly defined protocol after each interview.This allows us to identify and address possible “question marks” at an early stage.

We only present carefully selected candidates to our clients.

We attach great importance to long-term relationships with our candidates – even after a successful placement.

We regularly get in touch to clarify whether everything has developed as desired. We then contact the respective line manager with a differentiated feedback.

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A strong partnership for you

Since 2009 BiermannNeff stands for honest and sustainable partnerships in the financial services sector.

Unser Auftrag ist, mit Ihnen gemeinsam, den bestmöglichen Weg zur Erreichung Ihrer Ziele zu identifizieren und Sie entlang dieses Weges kompetent zu unterstützen. Wir finden Spitzenkräfte, die Wachstumsziele umsetzen können und Added Values liefern.

Dabei legen wir höchsten Wert auf langfristige Beziehungen zu unseren Kunden und Kandidaten. Denn wir sind mehr, als nur ein Personalberatungsunternehmen. Wir betreuen Ihre individuelle Personal- und Karriereentwicklung aus Leidenschaft und sind der Überzeugung, dass der persönliche und partnerschaftliche Austausch der Schlüssel zum Erfolg ist. 

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Focus Areas

Asset Management

Our Asset Management Team takes care of all aspects, including portfolio management, product management and marketing as well as sales and sales support. With over twelve years of experience, we have developed connections with our clients and candidates that provide strong networking capacities and a deep knowledge of the detail. So allow us to be your strategic partner, door-opener, source of ideas, market expert and source of information. 

In this area, we work with the following service providers, among others:

  • Asset Managers
  • (Multi) Family Offices
  • Pension Funds
  • Insurance Companies 
  • HR Boutiques
  • Foundations
  • Consultants
  • Banks
  • Asset Managers
  • ETF Providers
  • Pools & Plattforms

In the years following the Financial Crisis, the Asset Management industry has developed quite positively. International banks have started a gradual process of convergence between different company divisions (markets and asset management). Passive products have continued along the path of positive development and have since become an integral part of the industry. Various international service providers have put together or expanded their (sales) teams for Central Europe, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries. Unfortunately, growth in Portfolio Management and overall “Production” have fallen short of generating large volumes and the financial centres of Zurich, Frankfurt and Geneva have so far been unable to increase their importance compared to London. Regulatory compliance plays an important role in Asset Management and increasingly influences our day-to-day business, due in part to the growing cost involved. On the other hand, well-targeted regulation could support the strengthening of Investment Management locations in Switzerland and Germany and provide the requirements and stimuli for a further expansion of this sector. To achieve this, however, all intermediaries and political decision makers would need to act in concert. 

Overall, we are confident of a positive direction for the entire industry, even though there is still ample leeway for more efficient use of opportunities and for mergers. Boutique firms and investment bankers will have to join forces. In a long-term market environment, solo efforts no longer promise sustainable success. The formation of joint platforms offers great opportunities to successfully tackling regulatory and cost pressures.

Our Track Record

  • Head Portfolio Management
  • Head Of EMEA Sales
  • Head of Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe
  • Head of Switzerland
  • Growth Equity Portfolio Manager, Zurich
  • Investment Restrictions Specialist
  • Office Manager / Administrative Assistant, Switzerland
  • Senior Institutional Sales Manager, Schweiz
  • Senior Sales, French speaking Switzerland
  • Lead PM Multi Assets Total Return
  • Senior Portfolio Manager focussed on quantitative methods
  • Senior Product Specialist
  • Sales Associate Switzerland
  • Sales Manager Corporates Pensions
  • Senior (Buyside) Equity Analyst US Technology
  • Senior Institutional Sales Manager
  • Senior Institutional Sales Manager Switzerland
  • Third Party Distribution, Germany
  • Advertising Specialist, London
  • Quant Analyst, Geneva

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Focus Areas

Private Banking

Unsere Expertise hilft, bessere Entscheide beim strategischen Aufbau zu fällen. Wir helfen Banken, noch bessere Mitarbeitenden zu finden und erfolgsversprechende Strategien zu entwickeln, die insbesondere von der Wahl der richtigen Mitarbeitenden abhängig sind. Unsere Unabhängigkeit und der langfristige Approach unseres Handelns tragen maßgeblich dazu bei, dass wir der ideale Sparring Partner für Banker sind. Der richtige ?Fit? und die Wahl vom passenden Arbeitgeber mit entsprechender Kultur und dem Produktangebot ist nirgends so entscheidend wie im Private Banking.

In the private banking sector, we place candidates in specialist functions and management positions in the following fields:

  • Relationship Management
    • HNWI/UHNWI Germany Onshore & Offshore
    • Onshore Switzerland
    • Offshore East Europe & Latin America
  • Wealth Planning
  • Family Office Services
  • Support of EAM Business
  • Product Management
  • Portfolio Management
  • Marketing
  • Operations & Support

Private banking is and will remain an essential part of the banking sector and an important factor for a financial center. Fortunately, classic private banking has experienced a real renaissance in the German market. Despite all regulatory challenges (and compared to other markets) this lowers contribution margins. The customers' money has to work and private banking is being professionalized by growing competition and a more international offering. Banks and their employees are required to adapt their behavior patterns to changing market conditions and to constantly question themselves.

In addition to our comprehensive market and product know-how, we can look back on a cross-generational network and more than 20 years of experience in private banking in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Over the years we have accompanied many national and international clients in their searches and in strategic development. Private banking and wealth management with all its facets is a fundamental pillar of our business.

Our Track Record

  • Relationship Manager Private Banking US Clients, Zurich
  • Senior Relationship Manager Private Banking Switzerland, Zürich
  • Senior Relationship Manager Private Banking, Deutschland Onshore
  • Relationship Manager Private Banking Switzerland, Geneva or Lausanne
  • Relationship Manager PB AT
  • Relationship Manager PB Lateinamerika
  • Senior Relationship Manager PB Germany Offshore
  • Senior Relationship Manager PB
  • Senior Relationship Manager (U)HNWI Clients Latin America, Geneva
  • Senior Relationship Manager (U)HNWI Clients Russia, Geneva
  • Senior Relationship Manager (U)HNWI Clients Russia
  • Asset Managers
  • Senior Relationship Manager Externe Vermögensverwalter, Zürich
  • Bankkaufmann, Hessen
  • Relationship Manager Private Banking

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Private Markets, Capital Markets & Alternatives

The world of finance remains an exciting, interesting and challenging work environment. Whether in the classic capital market business or in particular in the private markets area. Broad projects and searches in corporate & investment banking have always been part of our expertise. However, the proportion of searches and development topics in the private markets area has increased massively and "overtaken" classic banking. In addition, we see a high need for personnel and a strong demand for talent in the area of alternatives, including hedge funds or other illiquid and liquid alternatives.

We are responsible for mandates in the areas of:

  • Private Debt
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Private Infrastructure & Private Real Estate
  • Sales & Trading, & Structuring
  • Equitis, FX, Credit & Liquid Products
  • Alternative Investments

In this segment we often cooperate with international boutiques that are looking to enter the continental European market. We also advise national players, boutiques and spin-offs from large institutes on expanding and developing their units and establishing successful business models. In addition to positions related to the product or customer service, our expertise also includes operational and regulatory issues at all levels.

 

Our clients are:

  • Funds and
  • FoF companies in the field of private equity, private debt, venture capital, infrastructure
  • National and international boutiques
  • Classic investment banks
  • Hedge Funds
  • Institutional Investors
  • Family Offices
  • Start Ups

Our Track Record

  • Senior Relationship Manager Markets
  • Head Structured Products EMEA
  • Cash Equities Sales, Frankfurt
  • Cash Equity Sales EUR to CH, Zürich
  • Senior Salestrader Repo / Securities Financing, Frankfurt
  • Head Equity Derivatives Sales, Zürich
  • Head of Equity Derivates Switzerland, Zürich
  • Head Fixed Income Trading, Frankfurt
  • PE Investment Professionals
  • Senior Investor Relations Professional D/ CH / AU
  • Sales Manager Alternative Investments
  • CIOs
  • CEOs, CFOs, COOs
  • Sector specialists and industry experts

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Fintech & Digital Finance

At latest since the financial crisis, digitization in the financial sector has become increasingly important. There was a surge in start-ups and exciting developments in established companies and the willingness to question procedures and processes more closely. The high supply of venture capital created an enormous boost for the fintech industry. Many former bankers and seniors were looking for entrepreneurial models and platforms and ventured into self-employment.

Die Digitalisierung und ihre Vorteile wurden immer mehr erkannt und genutzt, auch wenn sie bei Weitem noch nicht in allen unternehmerischen Prozessen tief verankert ist. Neben neuen Plattformen, Service Providern, Artificial Intelligence Spezialisten, um nur einige zu nennen, gewannen auch digitale Währungen immer mehr an Bedeutung. Durch die Zinswende, geopolitische Konflikte und inflationäre Entwicklungen erfolgte eine erhebliche Konsolidierung. Wir sind dabei der festen Überzeugung: Digital Finance is here to stay! Auch die Etablierung passiver Produkte erfolgte in Wellen und entsprechend glauben wir, dass digitale Währungen mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit ein fester Bestandteil der Finanzindustrie werden.

Our strong expertise and focus has helped us to develop this area and support search mandates. Likewise, our entrepreneurial approach was very helpful in developing partnerships. We find experts, talents and managers who, with their digital mindset, meet the requirements of the present and future and have the necessary skills for change. As coaches, consultants and sometimes just as a networkers, we are a partner to master the construction, transformation and challenges on the way from the old to the new world.

Our clients are:

  • FinTechs
  • Financial services consultant
  • Venture Capital Funds & Entrepreneurs
  • Modern and alternative financing platforms
  • Drivers of blockchain technology
  • Specialists in the field of digital currencies
  • Robo & Investment Advisors
  • Artificial Intelligence Providers

Our Track Record

  • CEO Digital Finance Plattforms
  • Chief Sales Officer
  • Head of Sales & Marketing
  • Senior Client Experience Manager
  • Senior Legal Counsel (Crypto)
  • Head of Compliance (Crypto exchange)
  • (Senior) VC Analyst
  • CFO (VC Fund)
  • Senior Sales Manager (Robo Advisor)
  • (Senior) Client Service Manager
  • Crypto Currencies Trader

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ESG

Sustainability has been the core of our work since BiermannNeff was founded in 2009. Today, searches in the field of ESG form a large part of our work. Our founding location in Zurich produced several pioneers of ESG investing and we are proud to have worked intensively with many of these drivers since our foundation.

Auch im persönlichen und geschäftlichen Umfeld ist ESG ein wesentlicher Bestandteil unseres Handelns und wir versuchen stetig, unsere Prozesse entsprechend abzustimmen und anzupassen. Gerade das Thema nachhaltige Unternehmensführung ist aktueller als je zuvor. Nachhaltige und langfristige Beziehungen, ehrliche, transparente, klare Entscheidungen und die offene Meinung sind im Kern unserer DNA verankert. Langfristige Ziele sind wichtiger als der kurzfristige Erfolg oder transaktionale Beziehungen. Dies war und ist auch der Hauptgrund, warum wir unser Geschäft als spezialisierte und fokussierte Boutique betreiben. Unsere Struktur und Unabhängigkeit erleichtert uns, Kunden und Kandidaten ?Nein? zu sagen, wenn es angebracht ist.

ESG findet sich im Finanzbereich nicht nur im Portfolio Management. Alle Entscheidungsträger fordern heute Transparenz und Nachhaltigkeit und suchen nach Informationen, die über die Finanzberichterstattung eines Unternehmens weit hinausreichen. Unsere Kunden aus der Finanzindustrie schätzen unser Netzwerk, unseren Input sowie unsere breite und langjährige Expertise im Bereich ESG.

Our clients are:

  • Asset Manager
  • Private Banks
  • Family Offices
  • Pension Funds
  • Foundations
  • Pension Schemes

Our Track Record

  • Head of ESG & Impact Investing
  • Head Sustainability Research
  • Head ESG Equity Research
  • Senior Sustainability Analyst Consumer Sector/TMT/Healthcare/?
  • Senior Impact Advisor
  • Senior Portfolio Manager Sustainable Equities
  • Sustainable Investment Specialist
  • Head of Engagement & Voting
  • Head Sustainable Fixed Income Investments
  • Senior Marketing Manager ESG

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Board Practice

The search for outstanding people for control and supervisory bodies has taken up an ever larger part of our work in recent years. In addition to the search for new "leaders", the strategic exchange with supervisory and administrative boards, CEOs and owners is in the foreground. Our strong expertise, the knowledge gained from decades of partnerships and our clear and independent assessment is highly valued by our partners and is incorporated into the decision-making and options for action. Our extensive know-how about our customers and their business models and years of cooperation with (international) families and foundations make it easier to choose the right decision-maker.

Our focus on a few areas and the willingness to also look after mandates at mid-senior level gives us on the one hand very deep insights, knowledge and references, but on the other hand also excellent contact with the "next generation of leaders". We help our clients to find outstanding personalities from different backgrounds and thereby make their Executive and Advisory Boards broader and more diverse. 

In this area, we work with the following service providers, among others:

  • Asset Managers
  • Asset Owner
  • Fintechs
  • HR Boutiques
  • Consultants
  • Banks
  • Asset Managers
  • Investment Pools & Plattforms
  • Private Equity & VC Funds

In addition to filling executive and board positions, our knowledge of corporate governance and transformation provides fundamental help with strategic decisions. With our network, we not only help our customers with specific searches, but also to explore strategic options, alliances and potential changes.

Positions:

  • Member of the Supervisory Board (international asset manager)
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Advisory Committee
  • CIO, CFO, CSO, CEO
  • Successor Family Office
  • Strategic Advisor Committee
  • Senior Advisor

Our Track Record

  • Supervisory and advisory boards, advisor teams
  • Board and management functions
  • Digital Player/ Tech Ventures: C-Level for all functional areas and their direct reports as well as central functions
  • Financial Services & Industrial Sector: CDO Office, CIO/ CTO Office and Direct Reports, Digital PMO, Digital Strategy Board, Management Team Digital Organization
  • Development and expansion of new agile organizational and management structures, business areas, products, sales and business development
  • Management functions (C-Level, Managing Director)
  • Supervisory board and advisory board mandates
  • Strategic sales & partner management
  • Development of new organizational structures and business areas

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Focus Areas

Asset Management

Our Asset Management Team takes care of all aspects, including portfolio management, product management and marketing as well as sales and sales support. With over twelve years of experience, we have developed connections with our clients and candidates that provide strong networking capacities and a deep knowledge of the detail. So allow us to be your strategic partner, door-opener, source of ideas, market expert and source of information. 

In this area, we work with the following service providers, among others:

  • Asset Managers
  • (Multi) Family Offices
  • Pension Funds
  • Insurance Companies 
  • HR Boutiques
  • Foundations
  • Consultants
  • Banks
  • Asset Managers
  • ETF Providers
  • Pools & Plattforms

Die Asset Management Industrie hat sich in den Jahren seit der Finanzkrise sehr positiv entwickelt. Internationale und nationale Player haben ihre Teams in Europa teilweise massiv aus- und aufgebaut. Traditionell standen dabei kundennahe Funktionen im Vordergrund ? wir sehen jedoch einen klaren und erfreulichen Trend, dass beispielsweise auch im Portfolio Management neue Positionen geschaffen oder nach Europa verlagert werden. Der Druck durch die passiven Anbieter, regulatorische Anforderungen und die zunehmende Digitalisierung konnte die erfreuliche Entwicklung nicht bremsen. FinTechs tragen zur beschleunigten Digitalisierung bei, ohne Banken und Asset und Manager direkt zu verdrängen. Genauso wie passive Produkte sind nunmehr auch alternative und illiquide Produkte ein fester Bestandteil der Angebotspalette. 

Overall, we are confident of a positive direction for the entire industry, even though there is still ample leeway for more efficient use of opportunities and for mergers. Boutique firms and investment bankers will have to join forces. In a long-term market environment, solo efforts no longer promise sustainable success. The formation of joint platforms offers great opportunities to successfully tackling regulatory and cost pressures.

Our Track Record

  • Head Portfolio Management
  • Head Of EMEA Sales
  • Head of Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe
  • Head of Switzerland
  • Growth Equity Portfolio Manager, Zurich
  • Investment Restrictions Specialist
  • Office Manager / Administrative Assistant, Switzerland
  • Senior Institutional Sales Manager, Schweiz
  • Senior Sales, French speaking Switzerland
  • Lead PM Multi Assets Total Return
  • Senior Portfolio Manager focussed on quantitative methods
  • Senior Product Specialist
  • Sales Associate Switzerland
  • Sales Manager Corporates Pensions
  • Senior (Buyside) Equity Analyst US Technology
  • Senior Institutional Sales Manager
  • Senior Institutional Sales Manager Switzerland
  • Third Party Distribution, Germany
  • Advertising Specialist, London
  • Quant Analyst, Geneva

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