Sep 23 2013
How Headhunters look at your profile
Grégoire Depeursinge, Managing Partner at AIMS International Switzerland for IMD – How Headhunters look at your profile. More
Executive Search
Jul 18 2013
Kevin Wallis about executive unemployment
Vienna, Sydney – July 16th, 2013, Kevin Wallis, the MD of AIMS International Executive Search Australia 
, was interviewed by the Australian Financial Review, Ms Lucille Keen, about the hidden pool of executives in unemployment in Australia.
For more than 50 years The Australian Financial Review has been the authority on business, finance and investment news in Australia. It has a reputation for independent, award-winning journalism and is essential reading for Australia’s business and investor community.
Its audience demands a newspaper that adapts to their changing needs. The Australian Financial Review meets these needs every day through innovative features and sections. Find the full article here: A hidden pool of executives in unemployment in Australia
Jul 11 2013
EuroGalenus and Stemper merge to AIMS Spain
9th July 2013 – Madrid, Spain Starting on July 1st, AIMS-Spain – resulting from the merger of EuroGalenus and Stemper – has become the partner for Spain of AIMS International, one of the top ten executive search groups worldwide.
Carlos F. Ordás, founder of Stemper in 1979 and a reference in the executive selection arena for the last 30 years, stated, ‘Ever since we started, we’ve followed the guideline that rigour and top professionalism are key when rendering services which imply a high added value, such as executive recruitment’. For this 30+ year period, Stemper has continuously evolved to get adapted to the changing environment of its clients, succeeding in more than 4,500 search processes and helping more than 900 clients.
Alejandro González is a partner at Stemper since 2006, after having worked for over 20 years at PA International and Tea Cegos. He has succeeded in searching a vast amount of executives and highly qualified professionals. Alejandro has underlined that ‘our alliance will make our clients available the services of an experienced team in a wider scope of sectors, with a real global reach.
Similarly, Luis Truchado, founder of EuroGalenus Executive Search in 1992 and a doyen of the headhunters specialized in Health and Science was very excited because ‘the merging of our companies does not overlap our activities, but strengthen them, and will allow a wider range for Spanish corporations working abroad’. Luis is also an active member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants AESC, where a previous audit of methods is required in order to be admitted. In Spain there are 18 members.
AIMS International was founded in 1993 by a group of partners, including Carlos F. Ordás, and it has grown to a dimension of more than 90 offices in +50 countries, resulting in one of the executive search organizations with a large coverage in all continents. Generalist by nature, it has developed an ambitious program of preferred supplier agreements for corporate clients in the practice groups of Automotive, Industry, FMCG, Health, Energy, IT and Financial.
With this merger, AIMS-Spain acquires an accumulated experience of more than 50 years, and enriches its human capital aiming to offer a better and more complete service to clients. Both founders claimed that ‘the enthusiasm we’ve applied to this process encourages us to continue working with the same dedication and professional quality as we always deliver to our clients and also our candidates.
If you are interested in the original article in Spanish follow one of these links:
Europapress.com
Expansion.com
Teinteresa.es
Finance.Yahoo
Lavozibre.com
Labolsa.com
Finanzas.com
Rrhhpress.com
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About AIMS International
Incorporated in Vienna, Austria in 1992, AIMS International is an international executive search organization of independently owned and managed executive search firms who work collaboratively to execute executive search assignment for global clients around the world. AIMS International is represented by over 350 consultants in more than 90 offices in over 50 countries throughout all continents. It was ranked the largest executive search partnership in the world by Search-Consult Magazine.
About EuroGalenus
EuroGalenus is an international executive search company with over 20 years’ experience in the successful search and selection of directors, board members, senior managers for large corporations, start-ups, family-owned companies, in cases of succession, turnaround, etc. Member of AESC since 1994.
About Stemper
Stemper was founded in 1979 as a consulting firm focused on executive search and selection and human potential assessment. When the company cofounded AIMS International, it became internationalized and gained the global reach needed by clients together with its deep knowledge of the local market.
For more information, please visit www.aims-international.net.
Jul 10 2013
AIMS Perú presents CEOs (3)
July 10th, 2013 – Lima, Perú – Armando Cavero, Managing Director of AIMS Perú presents each month one newly appointed CEO in the leading business magazine “G de Gestion” in Perú.
Armando Cavero, Managing Partner – AIMS International Executive Search Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia has started in April 2013 to present his new column.
The intention of this column is to interview a newly appointed CEO or high profile “C” position, from the line of sight of an Executive Search Consultant and share with the readers insights of the person, his/her style and among other things, the reasons for him/her to get a new job. The column is called “RECIÉN CAZADO”, which means in English to the point “Just Hunted”. More
Jul 10 2013
Welcome to Kevin Wallis as Executive VP APAC
Vienna, Sydney – July 5th, 2013, the AIMS International Partners in the Asia Pacific Region have elected Kevin Wallis, AIMS International Executive Search Australia , as Executive VP APAC. He is joining John Poracky and Judit Simonyi as EVP in the Regional Boards. Kevin has over 18 years experience in Executive Search and Talent Development across the APAC region. On joining the Board of AIMS International Kevin commented that “the APAC region represented a significant growth opportunity for AIMS International and there is an immediate focus to select several new Partners in emerging markets where AIMS International has not had a presence”. Currently in the APAC region AIMS International has well established Partners in Japan, Korea, India and Australia. After completing a Business Management Degree in New Zealand Kevin Wallis worked for 13 years in consumer goods and consumer durables – in Sales Marketing & General Manager positions. Kevin Wallis has been an Executive Search & People Consultant since August 1994. In 1997 he completed an MBA at the University of New South Wales. After 10 years with the Swedish based global practice Mercuri Urval he established Mode HR an Executive Search & People Consulting practice working across Australia and New Zealand. He founded AIMS International Executive Search Australia and New Zealand in 2010. AIMS International has been active in Australia since 1998. Over the past 19 years Kevin has worked with a wide range of public and private business entities providing HR related services in the areas of leadership & development, executive search, recruitment and selection, company and & sales team analysis, performance profiling and general HR management. Kevin truly enjoys business – he enjoys seeing business grow, people grow and develop and organizations change in today’s fast paced and demanding world. Kevin is currently the lead Consultant in projects within retail, industrial/trade, media and building products sectors. Over the last 12 years Kevin has worked with a wide variety of FMCG, Luxury Goods, Apparel and Consumer Durable Business’s. Thus he became GLOBAL Practice Team Leader – FMCG/ Retail/ Luxury Goods at AIMS International. He has completed search assignments for all business leader positions and has personally provided Executive Coaching / Talent Development Programs for senior to middle management executives. Also he has recent experience in healthcare/medical, sports apparel, water management and energy. The attraction, retention and development of people is a competitive advantage most companies aspire to. This area of business is of particular interest to Kevin. Kevin is currently a Director of Access Programs Australia and a former Rear Commodore of the Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Find hereafter information about the complete AIMS International Board.
Rolf Heeb
President AIMS International – Germany GmbH, Germany 
Rolf has completed his studies in Business Administration (Dipl.-Betriebswirt). He had been working 2 years with a leading German Audit and Management Consulting Company as Junior Management Consultant (Kontinentale Treuhand-Gesellschaft GmbH, Dusseldorf), 6 years with a leading international Audit and Management Consulting Company as Manager (Arthur Andersen & Co., Düsseldorf and Chicago) and 4 years with a leading German Management Consulting and Headhunting Company as Managing Director (Baumgartner+Partner GmbH, Sindelfingen). Contact / More »
John Poracky
Vice-President Executive VP Americas Member of the Executive Board AIMS International US-Midwest, USA 
John, Vice President of AIMS International and President of AIMS International-US-MIDWEST, has been working as an Executive Search Partner and Consultant for 23 years. He joined AIMS International back in 1999 and became a board member in 2004.
In 2007 he was elected as the Vice President of AIMS International. Poracky is the Head of AIMS International’s Global Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Life Science Practice Team. Poracky entered the search profession after acquiring extensive financial services, operational and IT experience. He has also introduced AIMS International services to global companies, ultimately securing global Preferred Supplier Agreements.Contact / More »
Bernardo Entschev
VP Americas Member of the Executive Board AIMS International Brazil, Brazil 
Bernardo, VP of AIMS International and VP of AIMS International Brazil. He became a board member in 2012.
Bernardo has started his career in the health area, conducting the administration of his private surgery clinic. He has also acted as a science researcher for ACHE (ACHEFLAN) and worked as an auditor within large Health Care and Insurance companies, such as AMIL and UNIMED. During his acting as an HR consultant, he has specifyied himself in the attendance of companies in the Automotive business, such as Harley Davidson, Mercedes-Benz,Volvo, Bosch and Nissan. This acting has allowed to get to know the peculiarities of this sector, understand it’s specific demands and provide the best services to these clients.Contact / More »
Judit Simonyi
Executive VP EMEA Member of the Executive Board AIMS-Magyarorszag Kft., Hungary 
Judit, is the Regional Head of EMEA. Judit is an active member of AIMS Board since 2006 and co-founder and Managing Partner of AIMS International Hungary. Contact / More »
Jean Frey
VP West EMEA Member of the Executive Board AIMS International Switzerland, Switzerland 
Jean was born in 1952. He has studied as an Engineer and an Economist and has occupied several positions as CEO (trade), Sales Manager Europe (investment goods) and Director (wholesale). Contact / More »
Mika Hiltunen
VP South EMEA Member of the Executive Board AIMS International Finland, Finland 
Mika (M.Sc. psychology) has experience from international management positions. For several years, he worked as Vice President and the Head of international R&D department in Nordea group focusing in Internet banking.
He has experience from international recruitments from manager’s perspective and integration processes for merging different organizations together. Before that, he has experience from Andersen Consulting/Accenture and Teamware Fujitsu. Contact / More »
Per Kaalby
VP North EMEA Member of the Executive Board AIMS International Denmark, Denmark 
Per is the Senior Partner and Head of AIMS International-Denmark. Per Kaalby, born in 1956 offers 14 years of experience in advising and consulting Executive Boards of Directors, Management Teams and Leaders in prominent Danish and International Groups and Companies.
Per Kaalby has performed a large number of executive recruitments, previously during his collaboration with the PA Consulting Group and the Korn Ferry Group. Contact / More »
