EVP – Sustainability and Transition — Consumer-Finance Book

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions within a listed diversified financial-services platform. The immediate arena is the consumer-finance book during a new cross-border growth thesis. For mandate 033, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition operating perimeter covers approximately CHF 4,350 million in assets under oversight, with activity spanning several consumer-finance book customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition Financial Services remit carries direct influence over roughly 120 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a EVP – Sustainability and Transition who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the consumer-finance book. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition Financial Services seat must resolve a new cross-border growth thesis, while preserving the underlying strengths of the consumer-finance book. For mandate 033, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s first year on the consumer-finance book is expected to end with credible transition economics, delivery governance and auditable progress. In mandate 033, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the EVP – Sustainability and Transition — Consumer-Finance Book seat. The incumbent continues to lead the consumer-finance book through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a new cross-border growth thesis is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the EVP – Sustainability and Transition value-creation thesis for the consumer-finance book, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately CHF 4,350 million in assets under oversight, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Sustainability and Transition Financial Services organisation of about 120 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the consumer-finance book economics and execution constraints created by a new cross-border growth thesis, with EVP – Sustainability and Transition-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Sustainability and Transition operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the consumer-finance book; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 033.
• Build the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s three-year succession and capability plan for the consumer-finance book, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Financial Services organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the consumer-finance book baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – Sustainability and Transition portfolio and organisation choices for the consumer-finance book, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable consumer-finance book trend against credible transition economics, delivery governance and auditable progress, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s agreed first-year consumer-finance book value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Sustainability and Transition forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the consumer-finance book’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition mandate’s highest-priority consumer-finance book risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical consumer-finance book talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Sustainability and Transition-owned improvement in the consumer-finance book operating constraint behind a new cross-border growth thesis, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 033: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a EVP Sustainability, Transition Director or Strategy Leader in a listed Financial Services or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the consumer-finance book, your EVP – Sustainability and Transition track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – Sustainability and Transition brief.

As a EVP – Sustainability and Transition candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Financial Services or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of CHF 2,500 million and led an organisation of at least 120 people.

For mandate 033, the board wants two transitions: a difficult consumer-finance book portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a new cross-border growth thesis. As the prospective EVP – Sustainability and Transition for this consumer-finance book, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 033 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition must be based in Zurich; international relocation is supported, but this Financial Services role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of EVP Sustainability, Transition Director or Strategy Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Financial Services governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Sustainability and Transition ownership of at least CHF 2,500 million and leadership of no fewer than 120 employees in a comparable consumer-finance book context.
• One completed Financial Services or adjacent-sector example of transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Sustainability and Transition-level consumer-finance book consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Zurich location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 033.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Sustainability and Transition package is CHF 320,000–430,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final consumer-finance book scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 033 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition appointment in Zurich, centred on the consumer-finance book, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 033.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 033. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 033.