1st Executive

Executive and Specialty Search

OUR Executive Search Team

Meet Our Global Executive Search Team

andrew thoseby

ANDREW THOSEBY

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Company

1st Executive Pty Ltd

Experience

19 yrs in Recruitment/Search and 15 in C Level Corporate Roles

 

Strategic thinker and business executive with 30 years of executive corporate and entrepreneurial experience across retail, services, manufacturing, marketing, automotive, fmcg, consumer durables, IT and T, internet, entertainment, not for profit, government, consumer electronics and sports sponsorship and administration. Has worked extensively across EMEA, The USA, South East Asia and the Pacific as well as Australia and New Zealand.

suzanne whitmarsh

SUZANNE WHITMARSH

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Company

1st Executive Pty Ltd

Experience

22 years in Executive Search

 

Suzanne is the founder of 1st Executive and has been a successful Human Resources professional for the last twenty years. Her main focus at 1st Executive is on executive recruitment, professional and personal development, coaching and mentoring, employment practices, team performance and facilitation.

Simone Allen Square

SIMONE ALLAN

Location

Sydney, Australia

Company

Mondo Search

Experience

25 yrs Recruitment/Search & 18 yrs as Founder/CEO

 

Simone is the Founder and CEO of Mondo Search in Sydney Australia. Since starting Mondo Search in 1998, Simone has contributed to the careers of over 2000 senior executives and trusted alumni. During Simone’s 21 year career in Executive Search she has interviewed over 21,000 senior executives and she has gathered candid insights about leadership, workplace cultures, hiring, firing and identifying great talent.

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NANCY NEUMANN

Location

Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Company

Hong Kong Executive Search Limited

Experience

35+ years recruitment experience

 

Nancy is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hong Kong Executive Search established in 1989. She takes an active interest in the human resources arena and is Thomas accredited. Her extensive network of social and business contacts facilitates her success in undertaking senior executive search assignments in Asia Pacific.

Al-Parvez

AL PARVEZ

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Company

Advance Inc.

Experience

28+ years recruitment experience

 

Al started Advance K.K. in 1998 and has been helping international firms succeed by hiring the best talent in IT, software, security solutions, telecom, consumer goods, green technology and E-commerce. His primary focus is recruitment for mid-career management to senior executive (C-level) positions. He has plenty of experience in helping startups hire leaders including Country Managers and building their teams.

Nerissa Reyes

NERISSA REYES

Location

Makati City, Philippines

Company

Avanti People Partnership International

Experience

24+ years recruitment experience

 

Nerissa has been at the forefront of global executive recruitment, seeking to grow the business through constant innovation for over 20 years now. She has experience in recruiting skilled professionals in IT, accounting, banking/finance, education, engineering, marketing/sales in various industries.

Kimberley Chesney

KIMBERLEY CHESNEY

Location

London, Ontario, Canada

Company

Prime Management Group Inc.

Experience

34+ years recruitment experience

 

The Founder and President of Prime Management Group Inc., Kimberley has established a successful Executive Search and Recruitment Firm servicing clients worldwide. Kimberley brings more than 25 years practical expertise in Executive Search and Recruitment. During this time she has assisted hundreds of organizations build better teams by identifying the leaders, innovators, and intellectual capital needed to fuel an organization’s growth.

Ed Wallach

ED WALLACH

Location

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Company

Wallach Search Group

Experience

31+ years recruitment experience

 

Ed has 30 years of experience in all facets of the recruitment and placement of engineers, scientists, information technology professionals and other support personnel for the Defense and Intelligence communities. He has plenty of experience in putting together qualified Candidates and Employers together and has helped many firms grow and fill their most demanding technical & highly cleared requirements.

Laura Labine

LAURA LABINE

Location

San Francisco, United States

Company

LaBine & Associates

Experience

18 yrs Recruitment/Search and 3 years as President & CEO

 

Laura LaBine is a Recruiting Specialist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has over ten years experience in the staffing/recruiting industry. She provides creative staffing solutions to companies, ranging from recruiting consultants to executive search. LaBine is committed to delivering high touch customer service with a commitment to excellence.  She is also skilled at recruiting Sales & Marketing professionals, IT professionals, Business Process (Project Managers, Business Analysts) and Operations/Human Resources.

Charlie Diana

CHARLIE DIANA

Location

Chicago, United States

Company

Advanced Search Group

Experience

35 years Recruitment/Search and 21 years as President/CEO.

 

Charlie is a professional recruiter and president at Advanced Search Group in Chicago Illinois. He has been serving the Chemical Process Industry for Professional Recruiting since 1985. He specializes in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and related qualifications. Committed to providing clients and candidates with the highest level of quality, ethics and expediency he is highly regarded in the NPA Worldwide recruitment network and has won a number of industry awards.

Fernando-Ortiz

FERNANDO ORTIZ

Location

California, United States

Company

Barbachano International Inc.

Experience

26 years in Executive Search and as President/CEO

Fernando B. Ortiz-Barbachano is the President & CEO of Barbachano International Inc., a FORBES top 30 executive search firm in North America and co-founder of Challenger Gray & Christmas S.C. in Mexico, a pioneer in outplacement consulting, executive coaching and on-boarding. His entrepreneurial background includes formulating strategy and launching business growth campaigns. Prior, he was a Sales & Marketing Director (Mexico) for Ernest & Julio Gallo Wine Company, and in financial services with New York Life (USA). A member-owner of NPA, he is a frequent speaker and expert on talent acquisition, retention, outplacement, and change management.

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JIM LYONS

Location

New York, United States

Company

LHI Executive Search

Experience

29+ years recruitment experience

 

Jim has helped clients acquire Top Direct Competitor Talent, through targeted and investigative candidate engagement and extraction. As a 25+ year, highly accomplished and recognized recruitment, and executive talent acquisition leader, he has worked with a wide variety of clients in multiple industries on a global basis. 20,000 + LinkedIn Connections.

Bill Benson

BILL BENSON

Location

Michigan, United States

Company

WilliamCharles Search Group

Experience

34+ years recruitment experience

 

As a founding partner of WilliamCharles, Bill provides 30+ years of professional recruitment and executive search experience. He provides specialized executive search and professional recruiting services to a variety of industry segments and functional specialty areas. Passionate about strategic career management and hiring, Bill can often be found developing advisory content or participating in local business associations.

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TIM MAUPIN

Location

Illinois, United States

Company

TDM & Associates LLC

Experience

19 years in human resource management and 24+ years in the search and placement business

 

Tim is an executive search consultant and has gained over 17 years of extensive human resource management experience working for such conglomerates as Consolidated Foods, United Technologies, Household Finance, and Bell Sports. With experience in recruiting general management, marketing, sales, research and development, manufacturing, human resources, finance, MIS and engineering personnel, Tim is uniquely qualified to manage multi-level searches.

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ELSA & ROMAN DUTY

Location

Indiana, United States

Company

Recruiting Services International

Experience

19+years recruitment

 

Elsa and Roman specialize in technical executive search, across the USA & Globally. They have clients in industries varying from medical device, automotive, aerospace, petrochemical, telecommunications to diversified global manufacturers. They have filled jobs ranging from Engineers/Scientists/Architects, Sales/Marketing, HR, IT, Finance, to C-Level executives in various areas of expertise.

Don Previti

DON PREVITI

Location

New York, United States

Company

DVP Partners, LLC

Experience

29 years recruitment

 

DVP Partners, LLC recruiting practice specializes in placing mid to high level executives across multiple business disciplines including but not limited to Audit, Tax, Finance, Operations, Compliance, Software, Technology and Sales. DVP Partners, LLC works on contingency and only gets paid upon making a successful placement domestically or internationally.

Howard Rudzinsky

HOWARD RUDZINSKY

Location

Massachusetts, USA

Company

Rudzinsky Associates

Experience

40 years in Recruitment

 

Howard is an accomplished career consultant, career advisor and talent acquisition strategist and implementer. He has successfully helped thousands of professionals including General Management Executives and numerous organizations in the fields of Optics / Photonics from smaller emerging organizations to Fortune 100 Co’s, and leading research organizations.

Glenn-Rapp

GLENN RAPP

Location

Naples, Florida

Company

PartnerWest

Experience

24 years recruitment experience

 

Glenn has over 20 years of experience successfully recruiting executives for Fortune 500 companies, mid-market firms and start-ups. He specializes in Finance, Accounting, Tax, Internal Audit/SOX, SEC Reporting, Treasury, Revenue Recognition, Financial Systems and M&A/Corporate Development positions.

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TIM LANE

Location

Macclesfield, United Kingdom

Company

Park Lane Recruitment

Experience

34+ year in Recruitment

 

Tim began his IT recruitment career back in 1985 and over the years has built, managed high-performing sales teams, and delivered IT Recruitment services to clients across the UK, Europe, and the USA.  Tim excels in multi-national, multi-cultural situations especially with C-Level contacts where he is always looking to develop long-term win-win relationships based on speed, value, quality, dependability, ideas, partnership and courtesy.  One of his major successes is supplying the best Cyber Security contract talent into NATO.

Trond-Larson

TROND LARSEN

Location

Porsgrunn, Norway

Company

Talent Gallery Search+Selection

Experience

29+ years recruitment

 

Trond has over 25 years of experience in recruitment. As Managing Partner at Talent Gallery he has recruited executives and specialists to clients in Norway since 1997. Talent Gallery Search + Selection offer flexible recruiting solutions with specialists covering automation, construction, consumer goods, energy, executive search, logistics & transportation, manufacturing and sales B2B.

Robson-Barbosa

ROBSON BARBOSA

Location

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Company

Selpe Group/Grupo Selpe

Experience

25 years in Executive Search/Recruitment and as Director of company

 

Robson is the Director and HR Project Director at Group Selpe. He is also the  Managing Director of the NPA South America/NPAWorldwide LATAM.

With a breadth of experiences in the industry within Recrutiment and HR Consulting, Robson specialises and is responsible for the Operations area of the Selpe Group which includes Executive Search, Recruitment and Selection of Specialists, Internship and Trainee Programs, Administration and Outsourcing Manpower.