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    Careers in Client Coverage

    If you’re interested in a banking career, with exciting career opportunities, this is the team to get into.

Who we are

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act quick, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities and each other. 

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Who is Client Coverage?

Our Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) team lead the management and development of our Client Relationships globally.  The Client Coverage teams work together with our product partners to deliver solutions for our clients.

These solutions can cover a wide range of products and services from trade finance to credit derivatives to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 

Our clients include large corporations, governments, banks and investors headquartered, operating or investing in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Our commercial banking clients represent a large and important portion of the economies we serve and are potential future multinational corporates. Our strong and deep local presence across these markets enables us to facilitate trade, capital and investment flows, in and for our footprint, including across China’s Belt and Road initiative.

A key theme that is increasingly driving our business globally is decarbonisation and energy transition.  Our team are taking a leading role in this area, and we’re working with many of our key clients on their transition plans.  We’ve allocated $300bn between now and 2030 to support this crucial area.

What does this mean for you?  If you’re interested in a banking career, with exciting career opportunities, and want to work with some of the most influential local and global corporates in your geographies, this is the team to get into. You’ll get the opportunity to work with lots of different teams within the CIB business function and more broadly across the bank. Our Client Coverage team are an essential component of our customer experience, guiding clients through our products and solutions and they work closely with our relationship managers, internal specialist teams and stakeholders throughout.  If you really want to become a corporate or investment banker this is the platform to launch your career from.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions, especially when you’re new in a company. Remember everyone was once in the same position and its normal and encouraged to ask questions

Josh Grulich
US Client Coverage Graduate
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Why Client Coverage?

If you’re interested in a banking career, with exciting career opportunities, and want to work with some of the most influential local and global corporates in your geographies, this is the team to get into.

Our roles within Client Coverage provide a comprehensive grounding in corporate and commercial banking. You’ll work directly with a diverse range of business and corporate customers alongside Corporate and Investment Bankers. You’ll be able to explore how your skills can adapt to different areas of our business, while developing new skills to help kick-start your career in the CIB Client Coverage.

Client Coverage team areas include:

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