Sep 26 2013
AIMS International appoints new President, Vice President and Board Members
The General Assembly of AIMS International – one of the largest Executive Search organizations in the world – has appointed a new President, Vice President and Board Members as of 21st September 2013.
Daniel Ekberg, Sweden will be the new President of the association. He will succeed Rolf Heeb, Germany who has held the position since 2007.
-“I am honoured by the great confidence given by our General Assembly. AIMS International has achieved a lot in recent years and we still have tremendous opportunities.” says Daniel Ekberg. “I believe my experience doing international business can be valuable when leading an organization present in more than 50 countries with more than 90 offices around the globe”.
Mr Ekberg is a senior graduate from the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm. For several years he held senior leadership roles within the Swedish Armed Forces serving in both domestic and international positions. In 2000, he joined Flextronics Network Services (Relacom) and he became Regional Vice President for Latin America 2001. In his position he had direct responsibilities for operations in 7 countries. Since 2009, he has been the Managing Director for AIMS International in Sweden.
-“I wish Mr Ekberg all the best in his new position. We have an important task in challenging our competition on the international arena”. says Rolf Heeb, outgoing President. “Daniel Ekberg has for sure the international business experience and the leadership needed to continue the development of our organization”.
Daniel Ekberg will hold the position from both Stockholm and Vienna where the HQ for AIMS International is located.
In addition to the new President the General Assembly of AIMS International also appointed Richard Joly, Canada as Vice President of AIMS International. Mr. Joly has more than fifteen years in consulting with Boards of Directors for the recruitment of new Directors, Chief Executive Officers and C-suite executives. In prior years, Mr. Joly worked during twelve years at Aramark, a global diversified food service provider and five years at Pitney Bowes, an international technology leader. “I am pleased that Richard is joining our team to lead our growth in North America, where we will support our clients by our presence in the market”, says Mr. Ekberg.
Two new Board Members were appointed by the General Assembly, Pierangelo Favero, Italy and Gregoire Depeursinge, Switzerland to add to the previously elected Board Members Judit Simonyi, Hungary; Mika Hiltunen, Finland; Kevin Wallis, Australia; Bernardo Entschev, Brazil
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.
For more information, please visit www.aims-international.net or www.aims-international.net/about/board-of-directors
