Purvez Siddiqi
He will be your expert for recruitments in mature markets, Swiss onshore market and for the development of a new offering to a specific typology of clients (entrepreneurs, ultra, etc.). He is also happy to help you recruit Asset Management profiles.
Purvez started his professional life in the field of economics publishing as an assistant editor for a company in The Economist Group. He also worked as a press attaché for such UN agencies as the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation.
He began his consulting career with Young & Rubicam Business Communication and his first experiences of recruitment date back to 1992, when he co-developed executive and specialist search and selection activities for the banking sector on behalf of a Geneva consulting firm.
In 1997, he joined Synergers S.A., a major corporate consulting and executive search company in the Geneva region, developing from scratch a client portfolio consisting of Geneva-based private bankers, including a large number of the “top ten” International Private Banks.
At the end of the year 2000, he joined Leaders Trust International, an executive search firm, where, in addition to developing business in Geneva, he co-developed the group’s centre of expertise for the financial services industry in Europe and the United States. At the beginning of the year 2002, he established Impact Partners S.A.
Purvez is an officer of the SEMECO programme (initiation into business management) sponsored by the Fondation Schmidheiny, Nestlé S.A. and the various Swiss Chambers of Commerce.
He also teaches design services in the HESGE’s master program.
Education and training:
Post-graduate diploma in Philosophy, University of Lausanne. Bachelor of Arts, University of Geneva. Additional studies in economics, politics, law and international history at the Graduate Institute for Higher International Studies of Geneva. Further training in human resources management at the University of Geneva.