April 23rd, 2013 – Vienna, Austria – AIMS International To Sponsor The 8th Annual PHARMA HR Forum

AIMS International is delighted to announce that it will join the 8th Annual Pharma HR Forum as a panel sponsor on May 14-15, 2013 at the Crown Plaza Amsterdam City Centre. Stephen Strittmatter, Grégoire Depeursinge and Hendrik Jan Guitink – experts for executive search in the Pharmaceutical, Health Care and Life Science segment – will organize a panel discussion focusing “Multi-Country Recruitment & Cultural Diversity”.

At the 2 day event you will further more have the opportunity to learn about:

• Changing TALENT EXPECTATIONS
• Case Studies on TALENT MANAGEMENT Strategies
• Multi-generational Attitudes and Synergies
• Job Rotation Case Studies
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT & EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
• PHARMA 3.0. – Trends for the Future
• TALENT FORWARD & CHANGE ONWARD
• Change of Business Models
• HR as a STRATEGIC PARTNER

Come and visit us! (Find the program here)

With over 90 offices and more than 350 consultants, AIMS International has been one of the world’s largest global partnerships of Executive Search firms regarding the coverage of countries. It has been ranked among the Top 10 Executive Search firms worldwide during the last 5 consecutive years in various public rankings and operates in over 50 countries across 5 continents.

HR decision makers from over 60 leading Hungarian companies come together

Budapest — April 14th, 2011 — AIMS International, a leading global Executive Search firm, held its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regional meeting in the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus in Budapest. “It was an honor for us to host this important event in Budapest. This is a sign of the growing importance of our city amidst the European capitals,” said Judit Simonyi, Managing Partner at AIMS-Hungary.The meeting also was the framework for an event attended by managers of over 60 leading companies in Hungary. Following the slogan “SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING HR 2.0.” HR decision makers from a vast array of industries came together to discuss the innovative options offered by of social media networking with a special focus on communication with current, past and future employees. International keynote speaker Euan Semple (www.euansemple.com) introduced the topic and Judit Simonyi moderated the event.

The ensuing panel discussion notably included Ms. Éva Somorjai, Chief Human Resources Officer of Magyar Telekom Group, refereed the Vice President of Budapest Bank, GE Money Bank, Mr. Ferenc Rolek and Mr. László Szöcs, Senior Vice President MOL Group.

All speakers were quick to agree that it no longer suffices to create personal or company profiles in social networks in today’s digital world. Those accounts need to be used for intelligent communication, sometimes “supplemented with a little gossip,” says @euan.

Many important topics related to the international development of AIMS International were discussed during the EMEA meeting which notably saw the election of Mr. Mika Hiltunen (AIMS International Finland) as Vice President, South EMEA and member of the Executive Board.

“The partners are satisfied that the meeting has been the occasion to make another important step towards an even more efficient organization which is able to respond to the needs of an ever greater number of global clients”, said AIMS International President Rolf Heeb.

“The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Agence Française de Development (AFD) recently announced a R55 million capacity building fund to support the Pan-African Capacity Building Programme (PACBP) earmarked to address the scarce skills challenges within infrastructure development in Africa.”[1] This kind of initiative again shows that Africa needs international partnerships in order to grow and transfer skills on the continent. An important aspect of this ideal, however is to recruit effectively. To firstly ensure we give local talent the opportunities they deserve and secondly ensure transfer of international skills where necessary. We constantly receive enquiries from European skilled workers who are willing to do contract work in Africa. Utilising these skills mean we can transfer much needed expertise to our local talent. HR skills in emerging markets are often limited and therefore it makes sense to outsource to firms such as AIMS International when it comes to Talent acquisition and development.” says Pentz.

Rolf Heeb, President of AIMS International, concur that global AIMS International clients often enquire with regards to Executive Search capacity in African countries. “It is a huge benefit for AIMS International to partner with Leonie and her team in South Africa. We see this as a very important, if challenging market for us. South Africa, with its excellent infrastructure and technology is the gateway to Africa. We are immensely excited about the opportunities that someone with her expertise and experience brings with the view of expanding our business across the African continent. Leonie has proven her ability as a project manager and head hunter to us in previous business cases. She will receive our full support in developing the AIMS business in Africa.”

The overall focus at the EMEA meeting will be to improve the possibilities for recruiting across borders. Companies have a growing demand for executives with international perspectives and are challenged to increase geographic diversity amongst their respective boards of directors. In that connection, a wide range of leaders from the largest companies will participate in workshops with AIMS International consultants.

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