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Executive Search

Securing talented people for our clients, to their boards and for their leadership teams, since 1977.

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Management Consulting

Insight and advice based on many years experience of supporting clients with complex issues.

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Board Services

Enhancing the leadership of client organisations with clear advice and close support.

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Firm

Our objective: the best outcomes for our clients.

We have the depth of resources, market insights and committed expertise to make a powerful and positive difference to the performance of your organisation.

Our specialism: consultative Executive Search.

Every Partner, every consultant, every researcher, in every office, knows their chosen market extremely well. Together, we have the perfect combination of international reach and regional knowledge to find the people our clients need, every time.

Our firm: an Equity Partnership.

It was founded in 1977 by Jørgen Friisberg, a former Associate Professor at INSEAD and McKinsey & Co. consultant.

Our Offices

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Our People
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Zoltan Petho Chair Budapest, Hungary
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Nijolė Kelpšaitė Partner & Group CQO Vilnius, Lithuania
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Themba Mtombeni Partner Cape Town, South Africa
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Mary Keane Partner Prague, Czech Republic
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Andrew Guy Partner London & Birmingham, UK
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Guglielmo Sallustio Partner Milan, Italy
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Susanne Becker Mikkelsen Partner Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nevena Nikolova Partner & Group CFO Sofia, Bulgaria
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Julien Wilhelm Partner Paris & Strasbourg, France
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Alexander Matthies Partner Hamburg, Germany
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Lorri Lowe Partner & Group CMCO London & Edinburgh, UK
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Árpád Németh Partner Budapest, Hungary
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Neil Greco Partner Boston MA, USA
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Emiliano Sacristán Partner Madrid, Spain
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Dorota Serwinska Partner Warsaw, Poland
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Thorsten Marquardt Partner Munich, Germany
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Karen DelPrete Partner New London CT, USA
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Donatella Paschina Associate Partner Milan, Italy
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Why Our Clients Work With Us

Results

Results

We get our clients the outcomes they need, it is our primary purpose.

Personal

Personal

We always work closely with our clients, and relationships matter to us.

History

History

We are one of the longest established Executive Search firms, founded in 1977.

Coverage

Coverage

We have offices and people in dozens of the world's major cities.

Discretion

Discretion

We work on confidential assignments. You can entrust us with sensitive projects.

Innovation

Innovation

We have the ideas and the abilities to come up with new approaches.