One market, done properly. Texas banking executive search led personally by Ian Wheaton.
Red Consulting & Recruitment is a specialist executive search firm focused entirely on the Texas banking market. Not a generalist agency chasing every industry, but a single practitioner who knows the banks, the leaders, and the market, built over more than a decade inside Texas banking and over 20 years in recruitment overall.
The personal touch. When you engage Red Consulting, you work directly with Ian Wheaton. Your search is personally managed from first brief to final placement. No handoffs to junior recruiters, no bait and switch, no account manager who has never spoken to a candidate.
Passive talent access. 85% of the leaders we present are not actively looking and are not on job boards. They come from relationships built one conversation at a time, reachable only through a trusted introduction. That is the difference between a search firm and a job board.
Aligned to your outcome. A 97% retention rate on placements is not luck. It comes from understanding culture and fit before we ever present a name, and from being honest with both sides about whether the match is real.
We recruit commercial and wealth leadership for banks from $3 billion to $85 billion in assets: community banks, regional banks, and large regionals across Texas. Commercial bankers, wealth and trust officers, credit leaders, and market presidents.
Our specializations run deep across Commercial Real Estate and C&I lending, SBA and agricultural lending, private and commercial wealth management, trust administration, and centre of influence network development.
Most of our searches are confidential. Client identities stay protected. Candidates are represented discreetly and only presented where the fit is genuine and only after the candidate's approval. Discretion is not a feature we add on request. It is how we work by default.
Every great hire begins with a conversation. Tell us what you need and we will take it from there.