IRC Recruitment successfully held its annual conference in New Delhi

24.10.2008: Discussions on global expansion, global account development, Executive Board elections, priority of quality standards & enhanced regional cooperation, were some of the key highlights of the conference

IRC Recruitment, a leading global alliance of executive search firms held its 2008 annual meeting on the 8th, 9th and 10th October in New Delhi, India. Last year’s meeting was held in Madrid, Spain. 

Continuing its global expansion strategy, IRC Recruitment welcomed 5 new member firms from the Americas, Middle East and Asia to the alliance. In 2009, the alliance will continue to focus on expansion in Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Latin America. As IRC Recruitment grew in size during the past year, cross-border assignments increased by an unprecedented 138% over last year. Growth was further fueled by the addition of two new global key accounts, a model, which is being preferred more often by IRC Recruitment’s worldwide clients. The buoyancy in IRC Recruitment’s cross-border business and new key account wins are testimony to IRC Recruitment’s local strength and international outlook.

The alliance members confirmed Mr. Mathias Friedrichs (Friedrichs & Partner, IRC Recruitment Germany) to continue as a President of the Executive Board and Mr. Jan Holmström (Search & Selection – S&S Consulting, IRC Recruitment Finland) and Mr. Ricardo Barckhahn (SKP Search Key People, IRC Recruitment Spain) to continue their terms as Board Members. Mr. Pankaj Dutt (Pantheon Advisory, IRC Recruitment India) and Ms. Sylvia MacArthur (Madison MacArthur, IRC Recruitment Canada) have been newly appointed to the Board. Due to the dramatic increase in level of activity within the regions, a new regional Team Leader structure was ratified as well.

To commemorate its fifteenth anniversary, this year’s annual meeting included a number of accomplished industry leaders from India as guest speakers and panelists on a roundtable discussion. IRC Recruitment delegates also visited a leading global outsourcing firm to understand its operations and growth plans.  All of these activities were designed to increase IRC Recruitment’s interaction with industry in general and provide an opportunity to all participants to understand specific local market dynamics. The meeting also included significant initiatives to continue to enhance regional cooperation amongst IRC Recruitment member firms and reinforce commitment towards global quality standards. Another highlight of the meeting was the roll-out of a new marketing toolkit to facilitate uniform branding of IRC Recruitment by member firms in their respective local markets.

About IRC Recruitment:

IRC Recruitment is a market leader in the global executive search industry with a track record of over 20,000 completed assignments for 500+ clients in almost every conceivable industry segment. Our clients range from large multinationals to middle market companies that enjoy the advantage of working with leading local firms around the globe, providing them access to expert local market knowledge, the agility and commitment of owner operated firms and the global reach of a strong alliance.

With a growing roster of leading executive search firms across Europe, the Americas, Middle East and Asia, IRC Recruitment has over 160 accomplished executive search professionals. Ranked amongst the world’s 15 largest retained search firms, IRC Recruitment has been providing consistent and high-performance executive search solutions to its clients for the past fifteen years.