Tara Smyth

Spear’s Review

Tara Smyth is a JP Morgan veteran, having been at the firm for more than 20 years, starting in the graduate programme and working in the private bank’s New York office before being tapped for a move to Geneva, where she is now the head of Middle East and Turkey. 

Her clients are typically ultra-high-net-worth residents of Middle Eastern states with considerable wealth – at least $25 million – held offshore. 

She says: ‘The focus of my bankers, at least when I look for candidates to hire, is to understand how well they will dig into the needs of a client and find solutions. They need to understand the challenges that the client is facing, but also how JP Morgan works and how to navigate the firm, which obviously I can help with having been here for a long time.’