AIMS International

AIMS International is an Executive Search and Talent Management company. Their headquarters are based in Vienna, Austria.
Naming and history
In 1992 AIMS was founded by Alain Nervet (France), Carlos F. Ordás (Spain), Gerd-Peter Rohde (Germany), Kurt Schindler (Switzerland) and Rod Evans (UK).
The five members signed the foundation protocol in Paris, March 1, 1992, in the Escriche Hotel.
The conversations about the idea of founding a new network took place mainly during the second part of 1992. The aim of the founders was to master the challenges of the globalisation in the sector of human resources by means of a multi-country-covering partnership on the one hand, and on the other hand to use and maintain the individual strengths of single enterprises.
AIMS International united national personnel consulting firms from different countries which were active primarily in the area of executive search. Since November 2004 Talent Management has been installed as a second common business sector of the partnership. This topic was still focused in 2009.
On May 24, 2000, the association was registered as AIMS - Associates for International Management Search (Verein zur Förderung der Zusammenarbeit von internationalen Personalberatern). The decision to change the association's name to AIMS International was taken by the General Assembly at the Annual General Meeting in Cape Town in 2008. The application was licensed by the register of associations in autumn 2008. AIMS International - Verein zur Förderung der Zusammenarbeit von internationalen Personalberatern was founded.
Presidents (in historical order)
Amateur presidents
* Gerd-Peter Rohde (Germany)
* Rudolf Koch (Switzerland)
* Rod Evans (UK)
* Alain Nervet (France)
* Carlos F. Ordás (Spain)
During the Meeting in Lisbon, held in 1996, the members decided to have a Professional President due to the fact that the number of AIMS members had significantly increased.
Professional presidents
* Partage Gustafson (Sweden)
* Christian Nitsche (Austria)
* Dan Yoleck (Canada)
* Roger Cater (UK)
* Rolf Heeb (Germany)
* Daniel Ekberg (Sweden)
* Pierangelo Favero (Italy)
Rankings
The number of partner offices throughout the world has grown rapidly since the foundation of AIMS. Today AIMS International is at the peak of international personnel consultancy with members in all parts of the world. It was the world's largest global partnership of executive search firms 2006 regarding the coverage of countries. With its 92 offices located in more than 45 countries globally, in North America, Latin America, Europe, Northern Africa, South Africa, the Middle East and Asia/Pacific it ranked 1st in the HSZ Media Ranking "The Global 20 - Americas Leading International Search Firms (ISSUE APRIL 2014). Since 2007 AIMS International ranks among the top 20 of the largest retained search firms in the World regarding turnover. In the 2009 Ranking AIMS International finished 15th.
Organization
AIMS International is steered by its Board of Directors. The 8 members of the Board of Directors are Mr. Pierangelo Favero, Italy (President), Mr. Bernardo Entschev, Brazil (Vice President and EVP Americas), Mr. Adarsh Matta, India (EVP APAC), Mr. Grégoire Depeursinge, Switzerland (EVP EMEA), Ms. Cecilia Diaz Diaz, Mexico (VP South America), Mr. Peter Barkhurst, Germany (VP Central EMEA ), Ms. Leonie Pentz, South Africa (VP South EMEA) and Ms. Lenka Pisackova, Czech Republic (VP Central/East EMEA).
The headquarters focuses on Quality Management, Business Development and Branding Issues.
International Practice Groups of industry experts:
* Automotive
* Board Services
* Energy
* Financial & Professional Services
* FMCG & Luxury Goods
* Industrial
* IT & Telecom
* Life Sciences
* Talent Management

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