Me and my firm has been introduced to the same company. How to resolve this conflict of interest ?
I work at a sell side firm in equity research. I reached out to a PM for a potential opportunity at his firm last week, and today I got to know (my manager told me) that my manager has also been introduced to the same firm via a mutual connection and is planning to reach out to the same PM for a mandate.
Now the PM has my resume, firm name and details at the same time he is CCd in that introductory email where my manager is also CCd.
My manager doesn't know yet but looks like a pure conflict of interest and potentially my firm's reputation at stake in front of that PM.
Should I just write another email to the PM and withdraw my application stating the situation ? And ask him to keep it between us ? I'm lost at this moment. Need suggestions.