A.T. Kearney Executive Search Announces New Management Team; Company Announces New Offices in Moscow and Vienna.LONDON -- A.T. Kearney Executive Search announced today it has formed an executive committee to manage the newly independent company. The firm also announced it has established new offices in Moscow, Russia and Vienna, Austria. A.T. Kearney Executive Search was acquired in January by an investment group led by international search executive Ed Kelley. Members of the executive committee and their areas of responsibility include: Walt Ames: North Asia Beth Knight: Western Europe Steve Fisher: North America Paul Ray, Jr.: Latin America, Richard Hutchinson: CFO specialty practices, key accounts Ed Kelley: CEO Georg Unger: Eastern Europe Ray Kelly: South Asia The company has also formed a management advisory council comprising 15 executives from across all areas of the company who will advise the executive committee and board of directors. Since the transaction, the company has acquired the entire operation of Management Solutions, a leading executive search firm in Moscow. The firm's new Vienna New Vienna may refer to two places in the United States of America:
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, 1840–1916, was born near Sangerville, Maine. Couvaev and Sergei Serdioukov; the Vienna office is led by Georg Unger. The company also plans to continue pursuing additional acquisitions that fit its growth strategy. "Our new independence, combined with our outstanding management team and our service-oriented, partnership culture, positions us well to offer our clients innovative leadership solutions," stated Kelley. "We will continue to move our business forward in ways that deliver effective alternatives to current executive search options, offering a more personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. , solutions-oriented approach than is now available in the marketplace." Kelley is recognized internationally as a leader and visionary 1. visionary - One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to "see" things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. in the executive search industry. Kelley was educated in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and holds both British and U.S. citizenship. With more than 30 years of experience in the consulting and executive search industry, he worked for Korn/Ferry for 15 years, serving as vice chairman, as well as head of both its financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. practice in Europe and its UK operations. At Korn/Ferry, he was also responsible for managing the merger of Carre Orban & Partners/Paul Ray, at that time the largest merger in the search industry. In addition, he served as a partner with Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., referred to as Booz Allen is one of the oldest strategy consulting firms in the world.[1] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB , working in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the Middle East. Kelley said A.T. Kearney Executive Search overall enjoyed significant growth in 2005, and that the upward momentum continues to build. "The fact that the company did so well in 2005 is noteworthy, particularly due to the changes it went through. We are confident that our vision of creating a fully-integrated, global alternative to current models - together with our strong management team - will be a tremendous asset for both current and future clients." About A.T. Kearney Executive Search A.T. Kearney Executive Search specializes in high-level, retained searches for senior leadership and board members in a wide array of market sectors, including consumer products and retail, education, not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. , financial services, industrial markets, life sciences and healthcare, technology and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , serving clients ranging from multinationals to mid-sized firms and startups. SearchNet(TM), the company's proprietary search-management technology, is considered the gold standard in the industry and provides powerful research that often results in shorter times to search completion. Founded in 1946, A.T. Kearney Executive Search is one of the longest-established search firms in the world and today has a total of 25 offices worldwide. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : A high-resolution photograph and biographies of the executive committee are available. Please contact Ann Morris or David Schulte at Healy Communications in Chicago, 312/440-3900 or amorris@healyco.com. |
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