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Read about Amrop's latest happenings, announcements and press releases.

02.07.18
Amrop Grows in the Nordics with New Denmark Firm

Amrop is one the world’s leading executive search and leadership services organizations, with 75 offices in 48 countries. Boyden A/S (Denmark) has joined Amrop’s global partnership, adding significant presence for Amrop in Denmark, and strengthening Amrop’s capabilities and cooperation across the Nordics region.

The new Amrop Denmark

Led by a team of six Partners, and with a total staff of 32 professionals, the firm enjoys a strong reputation among clients and candidates for its commitment to professionalism and delivery...

13.06.18
Adrián Chinchilla Joins Amrop to Lead Costa Rica Business

Adrián Chinchilla is Partner and General Manager of Amrop in Costa Rica, where he leads the search for senior executives and independent members of boards of directors for national companies, multinationals and family business groups.

Adrián has over 25 years of managerial experience in the private and public sector, and as a member of boards of directors. In the financial sector, he has been the Pension Manager of the Corredores Asociados Group in Colombia, and a member of the Board of Directors of Banco Cathay, from 2010 to date. He led real estate companies for more than 15...

13.06.18
Kenneth Xu Joins Amrop in Shanghai

Kenneth Xu is a Partner of Amrop China based in Shanghai, and a key member of Amrop’s Global Digital Practice, working with local and MNC companies to build successful leadership teams.

As one of the earliest retained executive search professionals in China, Kenneth has over 20 years’ consulting and management experience with several global and regional consulting firms. He has deep knowledge in assessing and recruiting the most important executives for US, European and Chinese companies in the fields of Technology, Life Sciences and beyond since 1999.

Prior to joining...

13.06.18
Klara Gajduskova Joins Amrop in Prague

Klara Gajduskova joins Amrop as a Senior Consultant in the Czech Republic, working on Executive Search and Leadership Development for the Life Sciences, Professional Services and Real Estate and Development sectors.

Klara brings high added value to her clients by focusing on the fit between corporate culture and candidates’ values, and by hiring not only smart but also wise leaders oriented towards sustainability.

She is an experienced manager, consultant & psychologist, certified in clinical psychology counseling and in coaching (certified by ICF). Klara has 17 years of...

03.04.18
Amrop Expands Global Footprint With New Partner Firm in South Africa

Executive search firm Woodburn Mann has joined Amrop’s global partnership.The addition of Woodburn Mann adds significant national presence for Amrop in South Africa and strengthens the group’s capabilities across the sub-Saharan Africa region.

Led by Andrew Woodburn as Managing Partner, Woodburn Mann was established in 1982 in Johannesburg, and serves a range of clients across southern and sub-Saharan Africa.

The firm is recognised as one of the leading retained executive search consultancies in the region, with a highly effective research capability. The firm has the largest...

22.02.18
Amrop Welcomes New Partners in Australia, Brazil, India and Saudi Arabia.

Four New Partners Join Amrop's Global Consultant Team

Australia

Alexandra Long joins Amrop and will lead the Technology Practice in Australia. She brings deep knowledge and expertise in the area, with recent experience including roles as APAC Marketing Director for IBM's Emerging Technology practice, including areas such as Digital, Cyber Security, Analytics, and mobility. Alexandra’s recruiting practice focused on Corporates, Global Vendors and Service Providers encompassing Functional, Sales and Operational Leadership roles.

Brazil

Renato Balduino is a Partner...

05.02.18
Amrop Reinforces Global Footprint With New Partner Firm in Australia

The Australian regional entity of Executive Search firm Carmichael Fisher Australia has joined Amrop’s global partnership.The addition of Carmichael Fisher’s Australia business adds significant national presence for Amrop in Australia and strengthens the group’s capabilities across the Asia Pacific region. The European and US entities of Carmichael Fisher will remain independent.

Established by Michael Markiewicz in 2002, the organization’s Australia business is led today by Jamal Khan as Managing Partner.

Carmichael Fisher Australia is a privately owned firm, with offices in...

01.02.18
Amrop Study: Drive to perform causing collision: Three quarters of global business leaders forced to act against moral judgement

Brussels

Business leaders are missing opportunities to drive sustainable performance and are potentially putting their organisations at risk due to flawed decision making. This is according to a landmark global study from board leadership recruitment firm, Amrop.

The report, Wise Decision-Making: Stepping Up to Sustainable Business Performance, which surveyed C-Suite executives from over the globe, found that nearly three quarters (71%) of leaders have had to take a professional decision that conflicted with their own ethical...

25.01.18
Hannes Stettler Joins Amrop's Executive Search and Board Practice in Zurich

Hannes Stettler joins Amrop as a Partner in Zurich.

Hannes will focus on executive search and recruitment, filling key functions across a range of industries with a particular focus on Financial Services. In addition, he will be responsible for Board Services in Switzerland.

Prior to joining Amrop, he successfully built a specialized executive search firm after holding different positions at leading Swiss banks in Switzerland and in Asia.

Hannes holds a Masters degree in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) as well as an MBA and additional...

10.01.18
Marieta Del Rivero Joins Amrop in Madrid

Marieta Del Rivero joins Amrop as a Partner in Madrid, with a professional background focused strongly on Digital Transformation, Mobility and Technology, as well as Board and Corporate Governance work.

With more than 25 years' experience in the telecommunications, technology and digital sectors, Marieta has held the roles of CEO for Nokia Iberia, SVP for Nokia Global, Worldwide Managing Director for Marketing at Telefónica, Deputy Managing Director for Sales and Digital Divisions at Telefónica, Senior Strategy Advisor at Ericsson, Head of Marketing at Telyco (Grupo Telefónica),...

09.01.18
Nora Ruszkai Joins Amrop in Budapest

Amrop welcomes Nora Ruszkai as a Partner in Hungary.

Nora started her business career at Levi Strauss & Co. in 1990 as Head of Marketing and PR, later as Senior Brand Manager at Unilever. Three years on, she changed to media, firstly, as Country Manager of MultiChoice Hungary, later as Publisher at VNU, better known as Sanoma Budapest, where she spent 11 years as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board.

In 2010, Nora switched gears and spent a few months in the UK, training to become a business coach. Soon after, Nora went to China to work on a number of...