Banker: The Lost Art of Private Banking

There was a time when private banking was a craft. A handshake mattered more than a mandate. A banker’s word was a form of currency, and clients were served, not segmented. Over the past thirty years, that world has all but disappeared. Regulation, technology, and scale have transformed the private banker into a “relationship manager”: efficient, compliant, and interchangeable. What was once built on human understanding has become a system optimised for throughput. Drawing on a career inside some of the world’s leading private banks, Banker tells the story of that transformation, how it happened, what it has cost, and what might yet be recovered. This is not a nostalgic book. It is a clear-eyed reflection on how the human element of banking, long dismissed as sentimental, may prove to be its only lasting strength.