20 World’s Most Influential Headhunters
By Zul • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Featured Articles •
A top headhunter, recruiter or executive search consultant, is more often than not, successful in assisting an organization to hire the best of talents and make a change in the business.
In a way, a successful headhunter exerts an indirect influences in the industry and is always the one sought after.
BusinessWeek magazine recently made an effort to find headhunters who have proven themselves as influential recruiters executive search consultants over and over.
Following is the top 20 of the world’s most influential headhunters.
1. Ulrich F Ackermann (Transearch Intl.)
Top clients: JPMorgan Chase, Adidas, IBM, PwC.
Industry: Financial services, consumer goods, IT, professional services, automotive.
Languages: English, German, French, Italian.
Region covered: Europe.
2. Alfredo Jose Assumpcao (FESA Global Recruiters)
Top clients: Microsoft, Novartis, Avon, Unibanco, Banco Itau.
Industry: Retail, financial services, consumer products.
Languages: English, Portuguese.
Region covered: Brazil and Latin America.
3. Jim Bagley (Russell Reynolds)
Top clients: Varied.
Industry: Consumer, technology healthcare, financial services.
Languages: English.
Region covered: Global.
4. Ignacio Bao (Signium Intl)
Top clients: PwC, Santander, Ernst & Young, AT Kearney, BBVA.
Industry: Law, consulting, investment banking, private equity.
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Region covered: Europe.
5. Jean-Michel Beigbeder (Jean-Michel Beigbeder & Partners)
Top clients: Peugeot, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, LVMH.
Industry: Investment banking.
Languages: English, French, German.
Region covered: Global.
6. Robert L. Benson (Slayton)
Top clients: General Electric, ACE Ltd, UNUM, Shawmut Bank, Prudential.
Industry: Consulting, financial services, investment management, banking.
Languages: English, German, French.
Region covered: North America, Western Europe.
7. Linda Bialecki (Biaclecki Inc)
Top clients: Confidential.
Industry: Private equity, hedge fund, investment banking.
Languages: English.
Region covered: America, Europe.
8. Robert J Brudno (Savoy Partners)
Top clients: Booz Allen Hamilton, SAIC, SRA International.
Industry: Defense, IT, communication, professional service, healthcare, aerospace.
Languages: English, French.
Region covered: US and international.
9. Dennis Carey (Korn/Ferry International)
Top clients: 3M, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Northrop Grumman.
Industry: All industries.
Languages: English.
Region covered: Global.
10. Jim Citrin (Spencer Stuart)
Top clients: Microsoft, Yahoo, Eastman Kodak, Starwood.
Industry: Communication, technology, hotel, private equity, financial services.
Languages: English.
Region covered: North America.
11. Christopher John Clarke (Boyden World)
Top clients: Confidential.
Industry: Across all industries, executive search.
Languages: English.
Region covered: Global.
12. Michael James Conroy (Conroy Ross Partners)
Top clients: ConocoPhillips, Verenex, Western Oil Sands, Nexen.
Industry: Financial, energy, non-profit.
Languages: English.
Region covered: Western Canada, international.
13. Peter D. Crist (Crist Associates)
Top clients: McDonald’s, Kraft Foods, McKesson, Ecolab, Allstate.
Industry: All sectors and industries.
Languages: English.
Region covered: United States.
14. Robert Damon (Korn/Ferry International)
Top clients: Burger King, Oakley, Texas Pacific Group.
Industry: Retail, consumer, sports, entertainment, hospitality.
Languages: English.
Region covered: North America.
15. Julie Hembrock Daum (Spencer Stuart)
Top clients: Delta Airlines, Tyco, American Express, The New York Times.
Industry: Non-profit, financial services, education, board services.
Languages: English.
Region covered: North America.
16. Peter de Jong (Stanton Chase International)
Top clients: Heineken, Unilever, LG Electronics, Lamb Weston.
Industry: Retail, consumer product, food services, life sciences, healthcare.
Languages: English, Dutch, German, French.
Region covered: Europe.
17. Sylvain Dhenin, (CTPartners)
Top clients: Capgemini, IBM, Thomson, Alstom, Areva.
Industry: IT and professional services, manufacturing, energy, technology.
Languages: English, French.
Region covered: Europe.
18. Bruce Dingman (The Dingman Co.)
Top clients: Pleasant Travel, Azusa, Jones Lang Lasalle.
Industry: All.
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Region covered: Global.
19. Theodore L. Dysart (Heidrick & Struggles Intl)
Top clients: Kimberly Clark, Terex, Liberty Mutual, Reynolds.
Industry: Industrial, consumer, financial services.
Languages: English.
Region covered: United States.
20. Janice Reals Ellig (Chadick Ellig)
Top clients: Lincoln Financial Group, Ambac, MBIA.
Industry: Sales, human resource, marketing.
Languages: English, French.
Region covered: United States.
Images: BusinessWeek.com
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Interesting.
What about Malaysia?
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Not sure. Probably the guy behind Idris Jala’s switch to MAS is the country’s best.
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Too bad there’s no magazine willing to survey this for Malaysia. It would raise the profile of the headhunting industry locally as well as bring them new clients.
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