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Diversified Search Ray & Berndtson Announces Florida Acquisition.


PHILADELPHIA -- Diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s  Search Ray & Berndtson (DSRB), U.S. partner of the 6th largest executive search firm in the world, has announced today that it has entered the South Florida market through the acquisition of Edward W Kelley & Partners Miami office.

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 DSRB Founder, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Judith von Seldeneck, "This acquisition gives us a strong presence in the South Florida market, enabling our firm to increase corporate relationships in Florida as well as 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. . This is an important step forward in the strategic expansion of DSRB." According to von Seldeneck, "We have been among the fastest growing search firms in the industry, with growth in excess of 20 percent a year, and we see the Florida market as a strong strategic asset in our long-term plans. We were drawn to this team in Miami because of their deep corporate relationships in Florida and Latin America and their reputation for top quality executive search work." The new DSRB Miami office will continue to be overseen by John Mestepey, Lauren E. Smith and Marjorie Kean, the former Managing Directors of Edward W Kelley & Partners.

Mestepey, Smith and Kean have placed high-level executives at many of the largest companies with a presence in Florida and Latin America.

"We were actively seeking a firm that would offer us a larger global network, a stronger U.S. commitment and a substantial Latin American presence in order to expand our current services and capabilities," said Mestepey. "When we met with the DSRB executives, we felt that it was perfect match, since we share a commitment to quality execution, strong values, and collaboration."

DSRB provides board-level and executive search and management assessment to leading organizations in private and public sectors, including multinational corporations

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  • ABN-Amro
  • Accenture
  • Aditya Birla
  • Affiliated Computer Services Inc
  • Airbus
  • Allianz
  • Altria Group
  • American Express
  • Akzo Nobel
  • Apple Inc.
, Fortune 500 companies, universities, governments and entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur  
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A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
 ventures. The global organization has more than 230 partners supported by more than 260 consultants and researchers operating in 35 countries around the world. It is one of the fastest-growing search firms in the world.

About DSRB

In 1974, Judith M. von Seldeneck founded Diversified Search, which is now the largest firm in the industry founded and run by a woman. In 2005, the firm acquired Ray & Berndtson of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 and concurrently became the exclusive U.S. partner in the Ray & Berndtson international partnership.

With headquarters in Philadelphia, DSRB has offices in Miami, New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. The firm offers global search capabilities with more than 55 offices throughout North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. For more information visit www.diversifiedsearch.com. Contact information for the Miami office is:
200 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3500
Miami, Florida 33131
305.577.0046


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