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If they stay in France, they may soon find themselves paying higher taxes anyway. View Padraic Smiths profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. There is no need to come from a cultivated background to have an affinity for maths."įor the foreseeable future, uncultivated French mathematicians will need to cross the channel if they want to ply their wares to investment banks. She says maths is a major focus of the French education system because it's seen as, ".the final arbiter of intelligence.Above all, Maths is seen as the great leveller. Wadham also offers an explanation for why there are so many French mathematicians working in the City of London. This is because a) they might consider it rude and/or unprofessional, and/or b) being recruiters of Google, they must be getting dozens of such requests daily. It doesn't take a genius to see which belief system is most conducive to housing an international financial services centre. As for reaching out to recruiters directly, there's a slim chance that one might reply back if you send them a message or a connection request. On the other hand, suggests Wadham, English culture is all about the achievement of status through property and wealth. In her recent book, The Secret Life of France, Lucy Wadham, a writer formerly married to a French investment banker, postulates that French culture is all about the achievement of status through nobility and ideas. However, it could also be argued that French culture is innately unsuited to investment banking. He says networking with a 'giving approach' is the best way to impress Google recruiters.

There are also rumours that Exane is planning to relocate some of its Paris teams to the City.įrench banks aren't commenting on their apparent fondness for London.Ĭritical mass and London's large cluster of skilled bankers are undoubtedly a big factor. Jeff Sipe was a recruiter for Google for five years, and now he's a private tech career coach. Last week, it emerged that Exane and BNP plan to add around 200 equity research, sales and trading jobs, mostly in London, over the next three to five years. Notably, however, and despite all the City-bashing, French banks are still focusing on London as the recipient-city of their new headcount in the European Union. We are hiring :) or email me at Learn more about Jennifer Chens work experience, education, connections & more by. And, according to Peter Sands of Standard Chartered, London is now the "least preferred" global location of the average internationally mobile investment banker. A married banker earning 250k with two children (one of them under six) will now end up better off after taxes in Paris (150k vs 141k in London) according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The UK has one of the worst standards of living in Europe France has one of the best. Given a choice between Paris and London, any reasonable person should surely want to live in Paris.
