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18 February 2026

New Arenas of Competition

What Does Leadership Look Like? Research from the McKinsey Global Institute highlights the rise of what it calls “arenas of competition”. These are sectors that are growing faster, changing more rapidly and attracting more capital than traditional industries, which include AI, cloud computing, electrification, biotech, software and digital platforms. Between 2005 and 2023, 12 such […]

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AI and robotics are transforming healthcare

Can you please give us a brief Introduction to Akara and your journey so far? I am co-founder and Chief Robotics Officer at Akara. Akara is a spin-out from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Our goal is to help hospitals make more efficient use of space and staff through the use of robots and AI. […]

Casting for the Lead Roles

We caught up with Nevena Nikolova, from our office in Sofia, who is a prize-winning film maker and a hugely successful head-hunter. Clearly there are parallels between casting the lead and supporting roles for a film and identifying the best possible hires for a corporate client. Both professions are all about recognizing talent and making […]

Nurturing Optimism

The full-scale war in Ukraine became a real test of viability not only for all of us, but also for the Executive Search market. The war meant that many companies significantly reduced hiring volumes in Ukraine, or closed, or left the Ukrainian market; most had to stop, postpone or curtail non-critical projects. However, Ukrainian business […]

Chief Experience Officer

We all crave good experiences. We all hate bad experiences. This increasing trend towards experience is so strong that in 2023 we are seeing Chief Experience Officers (CXO) being appointed to ensure that it is made a foundational element of business strategy. A recent PwC report noted that it is what every company strives for. […]

Top50 Executives in HR

Árpád Németh is named amongst the leading Human Resource professionals in Hungary. The Top HR Business Executives in Hungary magazine is a special annual publication of the Budapest Business Journal. It focuses on outstanding achievements and how the Hungarian HR market is developing. It looks at leading HR organizations, the challenges of a tight labour […]

Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023

Last week Friisberg & Partners International was privileged to be invited to participate in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 (URC23) in London from 21st – 23rd June. It is an annual global conference and was this year organized and hosted by the governments of the United Kingdom and, of course, Ukraine. URC23 brought together a […]

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