Testimonials of our clients and iCEOs™

Executive Search, Interim Management and international recruitment: Clients & iCEOs share their CEO Europe experience

Client Testimonials Valérie Gombart Board member - General Partner We successfully commissioned CEO Europe to recruit the President of the Audit committee... Valérie Gombart Board member - General Partner We find CEO Europe's service quite unique when we need to find a specific manager... Jean-François Fabry CEO & Founder A very effective and reactive solution compare to the traditional executive search... François Gerber Director of Investments Recently, we contacted CEO Europe to replace the MD of one of our portfolio companies... Guillaume Lautour Partner Recently, we approached CEO Europe for an urgent CEO replacement needed in France... Jean-Stéphane Bonneton Partner With the help of CEO Europe, we successfully recruited a CFO for one of our portfolio... Alex Bezinge Investment Director Our company finances early stage and start-up companies for which we are permanently... Olivier Protard Managing partner We all got networks to eventually find the right manager, but I find it more efficient... Laurent Gayraud Investment Manager The service offered by CEO Europe's team represents an extra bonus to the success... Henri Seydoux CEO and founder We worked with CEO Europe for the recruitment of the President of Parrot's audit... Taro Ikeba Head of Investments CEO Europe's value proposition matches perfectly our often urgent needs to find the... Nicolas Estay Executive Vice President Within one of our expansion projects in Spain, a joint venture with a local company,... Franz-Jörg Wulf Managing Director We approached CEO Europe in late January 2006 to assist us in filling the position... Lia Vassilaki HR, QLT & SEC Executive Director We successfully commissioned CEO Europe to recruit the Director of Sales Training... Arnaud Filhol Partner We worked with CEO Europe to recruit a consultant for one of our companies. The assignment... Philippe Oros CEO & Founder We were looking for a solution to investigate the UK market quickly with our VoIP... M. Fillon General Director of Novo Nordisk’s French Branch When our HR team approached CEO Europe regarding the recruitment of an aseptic production...

iCEO Testimonials Anestis Kattis COO, Greece I would like to thank CEO Europe for their efforts to place me with the company WIND,... Basant Sandooja Managing Director, India It gives me immense pleasure to express my satisfaction over completing process of... Robert Feij CFO, Benelux CEO Europe managed my recruitment process in less than one week (including week end)... Cenk Oflaz CEO, Turkey I have enjoyed working with CEO Europe during the process and negotiations for my... Francois-Xavier Lejeune Transport Operation Manager, Saudi Arabia The valuable portfolio of top executive positions available at CEO Europe, enabled... Eric Kummer Aseptic Production Director Novo Nordisk When I first met the CEO Europe team, I was very impressed by their competent but... John Heaps CEO, UK In respect of the temporary assignment as Interim CEO Addis UK (Subsidiary of Emsa... Jean-Paul Dol CFO, France CEO Europe selected me for an assignment to set up and manage an Audit committee... Olivier Pfeiffer VP/Business Development, USA CEO Europe offered me a new international challenge : The development of a French... Horst R. Laß COO, Germany The CEO Europe solution valued my experience and gave me utmost flexibility to fully... Hugues Belleville CFO, France Thanks to the great work of CEO Europe, I was able to find a new position in less... Charles Rodriguez Financial Director, Spain CEO Europe enabled me to find a new, challenging position as Financial Director in... Eric Caen CEO, France CEO Europe’s team helped to analyse the actual needs of the client company with...

Headhunter, Executive Search or international recruitment agency?

To find the perfect candidate for a key position is often a daunting task - at the end of the day the performance of the company is directly linked to the quality of its management. The first step for you though is to decide how to search for the executive.

Headhunter? Executive Search company? Executive recruitment agency? Job board? Network portals? Newspaper ads? Each of the named search methods has strengths in certain areas but is not necessarily suitable for every type of recruitment. Whereas a jobboard is a perfect place to advertise for a lower to middle management job, you will not reach the right target group if you search for a top executive at CEO level. For these positions, the use of a Headhunter, Executive Search company or Executive recruitment agency would be more appropriate and effective. The involvement of a classic headhunter or executive search company can be best when you look for a very particular profile in a narrow field. The problem with the classic headhunter is often the cost and time involved in the search. Upfront retainer fees and search periods of up to 6 months are common. CEO Europe offers here a distinct advantage, as its concept combines the benefits of a large, international manager pool with 10310 executive profiles worldwide and competent local partners with strong local networks to offer its clients an extremely fast and efficient service, in particular for any cross border, international top executive recruitment needs. Contact one of our international executive recruitment experts to learn more about the CEO Europe value proposal.