A breakthrough in international C-Level Executives on Demand:
from short e-consulting missions to interim management to permanent recruiting
with personal financial investment capabilities

For clients

• Who are CEO Europe's clients?
• What is the benefit of using CEO Europe?
• What are CEO Europe's values?
• What is CEO Europe's focus?
• Are all iCEO™ immediately available and how does CEO Europe monitor the availability of its iCEO™?
• What is the cost associated to CEO Europe's executive recruitment service?
• What are CEO Europe's success fees?
• What is a search mandate?
• How does CEO Europe find the right profile for a position?
• What is a matching process?
• Does CEO Europe use psychometric and graphology tests etc. to evaluate its iCEO™?

For candidates

• Who are CEO Europe's candidates?
• What are the benefits of being a CEO Europe candidate (iCEO™)?
• What does it cost to be in CEO Europe's manager database?
• What is behind the certification process?
• Do I have to fill in the application form in all detail?
• What is iCEO™ connect?

General interest

• What is an iCEO™?
• What is Management on Demand™?
• What is a manager pool or manager database?
• What is interim management?
• What is the main differentiator between CEO Europe and professional networks like "Linkedin"?
• What is the main differentiator between CEO Europe and an interim management provider?
• What is the main differentiator between CEO Europe's executive recruitment service and an executive search company?

For clients

• Who are CEO Europe's clients?

All companies from start ups, SME, Private Equity and large multinationals that are looking for top executives, mainly for cross border placements in a very fast, flexible and non-costly way. CEO Europe is the number one for international temporary or permanent top executive placements, reducing cost for expanding or restructuring firms of any size and any sector. View also comments of recent clients (Start ups, SME, Multinational and Private Equity firms) in client testimonials.

• What is the benefit of using CEO Europe?

CEO Europe gives its clients access to

1) a unique top executive manager pool with a current selection of 12163 international top executive profiles out of more than 93000 applications evaluated since 2001

2) the international recruitment and operational experience of its local partners, in order to:

• ...find the best candidate: many candidates are not actively looking and applying for jobs, thus you would not reach them via a newspaper advert.
• ...save considerable time: the search process, which guarantees you a first selection within a week, is very fast and efficient and most managers are available immediately or within 1-3 months.
• ...have an international coverage: one can find managers for international and national recruitment needs in 174 countries. For each mandate, a single contact person coordinates the whole recruitment process in association with the best local partner looking after the targeted country.
• ...create recruitment as flexible as possible: one can hire temporary (Interim Manager with service contract) or recruit permanently or combine both with an interim to permanent solution
• ...keep cost under control: one only pays if CEO Europe's search has been successful and the client interviews or hires/recruits the candidate (see also our payment conditions in full transparency).

• What are CEO Europe's values?

CEO Europe and all its certified Managers subscribe to the following values:

• integrity, entrepreneurship and innovation
• ethics and corporate governance
• international spirit and multi-cultural adaptability
• commitment and readiness to take a risk
• flexibility and versatility

• What is CEO Europe's focus?

CEO Europe fully concentrates on high profile international executives with a minimum of 10 to 15 years experience in an executive role who are presently in the yearly gross salary range between €100K and €500K covering:

• 174 countries
• 11 business functions (CEO, VP...)
• 27 industries
• 83 languages
• 8 operational competences (M & A, turnaround..)

• Are all iCEO™ immediately available and how does CEO Europe monitor the availability of its iCEO™?

On average, 30% of all managers in the database are available immediately, 50% of the managers in the database in one to three months and 20% in 3 to 6 months, because some iCEO™ are on interim assignments at the moment and some are still working in a permanent position. CEO Europe asks its iCEO™ regularly to update the information held on them. For this purpose CEO Europe has installed a special iCEO™ connect, where each iCEO™ can access its data sheet, including information on availability. Thus CEO Europe always holds updated information on availability of its iCEO™.

• What is the cost associated to CEO Europe's executive recruitment service?

Step 1 (Definition of the interim assignment or the permanent position; definition of the required candidate profile; completion of the mandate) and step 2 (Identification and pre-selection of the suitable candidates; managers' interviews on a one to one basis run by CEO Europe; introduction of the 4 best matched profiles with CVs & pitches to the client.) of the executive recruitment service of CEO Europe are free of charge.

In step 3 (managers' interviews run by the client) the client has to pay a flat fee of 2000 EUR - for up to four interviews, fully organised by CEO Europe, with candidates selected by the client.

If the client decides to recruit one of the selected managers, CEO Europe will charge either a monthly management fee (in case of an interim management service contract) or a percentage of the annual salary of the manager (in case of direct and permanent recruitment), which will be due once the manager starts the job (see also our payment conditions in full transparency).

• What are CEO Europe's success fees?

Success fees are fees paid for a successful service delivery. In the case of CEO Europe this is the case when the client wishes to interview candidates and when he wishes to recruit or hire the manager. See also cost associated to CEO Europe's executive recruitment service.

• What is a search mandate?

A search mandate is the request of a client to search a suitable candidate for a given position. At CEO Europe a search mandate carries no financial obligations because the search itself and the presentation of suitable candidates is free of charge.

• How does CEO Europe find the right profile for a position?

CEO Europe defines together with the client the profile for the open position. The vast experience of CEO Europe's top executive international placements guarantees that the profile will cover all necessary and useful criteria needed for an efficient search to present the client with a first exclusive selection of suitable candidates for the vacant position within one week.

• What is a matching process?

Matching process is step 2 within the search process where CEO Europe searches its own database for suitable candidates responding to the criteria of the profile (job or candidate profile) and selects the best candidates to present them to the client. The matching process is unique, fast and efficient, thanks to:

1. a blend of information gathered for each iCEO™
2. a powerful matching tool developed by CEO Europe
3. the senior experience of CEO Europe's team in international executive recruitment

• Does CEO Europe use psychometric and graphology tests etc. to evaluate its iCEO™?

Generally, CEO Europe bases its judgement on the individual assessment of a candidate and certifies iCEO™ based on

1. facts presented through CV
2. interviews with the candidate and
3. references from the last board the candidate worked with

This information is generally sufficient to establish a clear profile based on experience and personality. However, in accordance with client's wishes, CEO Europe also carries out psychometric or graphology tests which can be interesting additional tools in certain situations.

For candidates

• Who are CEO Europe's candidates?

Top managers with a minimum of 10 years experience in an executive or entrepreneur role which have a reputation for excellence in leadership, understand the venture community and have built fast growing organizations. All our iCEO™ speak fluent English and have the ability to analyze and model businesses in a very restricted time frame. Last, but not least, all our candidates adhere to our set of CEO Europe values. To date, our iCEO™ cover 11 specific top executive functions which are CEO, COO, CFO, VP Sales, VP Marketing, CIO, VP Research and Development.

• What are the benefits of being a CEO Europe candidate (iCEO™)?

CEO Europe provides its iCEO™ with international job opportunities at no cost and opens the door to an international CEO Europe community, where one can publish ones success stories, expert files and e-books to a large international audience. At CEO Europe, we value the expertise and contributions that our iCEO™ share with us.

• What does it cost to be in CEO Europe's manager database?

To become an iCEO™ and be part of CEO Europe's pool of top executives is free. This free service includes certification through our team, regular updates and job offers sent by email in full confidentiality, access to one's own data via iCEO™ Connect and a free newsletter subscription .

• What is behind the certification process?

Candidates may apply online submitting their CV and letter of motivation. If the information gathered from these documents responds to CEO Europe's qualification criteria, we invite the candidate to fill in a specially developed application form to analyse the abilities and experience further. Before a candidate is presented to a client, CEO Europe holds interviews to ensure a perfect match with the clients needs. Lastly each candidate has to supply two references from their previous board to complete the screening process.

• Do I have to fill in the application form in all detail?

Yes. The data CEO Europe collects in the application form is crucial to its efforts to match your profile to incoming assignments. If you do not indicate all the sectors and fields of your expertise in detail, you will reduce your chances in the section "Find your manager".

• What is iCEO™ connect?

iCEO™ connect is a member only access area, where certified managers of CEO Europe's manager pool can view and update all data CEO Europe holds on them in full confidentiality.

General interest

• What is an iCEO™?

iCEO™ stands for international CEO which is the CEO Europe trademark for all managers that went through the certification process successfully.

• What is Management on Demand™?

Management on Demand™ is CEO Europe's unique recruitment solution for international temporary and permanent top executive recruitment for the presentation of suitable candidates, 3-4 weeks in average to interview, select and recruit the final candidate).

• What is a manager pool or manager database?

CEO Europe has a manager pool with 12163 managers worldwide. You can view the repartition by function, company size and regions in the iCEO™ database presentation which is updated quarterly.

• What is interim management?

Interim management is defined as the execution of an objective focused (interim) assignment by an independent manager within a limited time period. The interim manager usually works under a service contract, thus he has not the status of an employee. CEO Europe covers interim assignments with its flexible Management on Demand™ solution. The duration of these temporary missions varies from 6 to 9 months in average and one in two turn into permanent recruitment during or at the end of the interim assignment.

• What is the main differentiator between CEO Europe and professional networks like "Linkedin"?

Opposed to a professional network, CEO Europe is handling the full selection and matching process for its clients, which is very time consuming and needs a lot of expertise and professionalism. CEO Europe's executive recruitment service offers only certified and screened candidates and the selection and matching of candidates is free. At a network site, clients have to do the selection themselves, often with poor keyword efficiency and to pay to post a job offer even if they don't find a suitable candidate. The time and effort needed to search and select suitable candidates under the many CVs is huge and thus very costly to the client while the success rates to find a suitable client within an acceptable period of time are rather small.

• What is the main differentiator between CEO Europe and an interim management provider?

CEO Europe is more than an interim management provider, because it offers interim management and direct recruitment. Furthermore, contractual flexibility enables you to simply turn interim assignments into permanent recruitment at any time. Most interim management firms offer neither direct and permanent recruitment nor the possibility to change from interim to a permanent position. Also, only few interim management firms can respond to international and cross border needs. In contrast, CEO Europe created its value proposition and service structure specifically in view to respond efficiently to the cross border and international needs of its clients.

• What is the main differentiator between CEO Europe's executive recruitment service and an executive search company?

Whereas a traditional executive search company starts looking for an executive profile after receiving a search mandate , CEO Europe already holds a database with detailed information on over 12163 top executive managers in many industry and service sectors and positions worldwide for a first selection. Interested candidates will submit their pitch for the open position, presenting how they can benefit the company in the vacant position. CEO Europe's partner is handling the final selection of the client after interviewing the candidate. All candidates have been screened in an initial certification process prior to the search mandate. Consequently there are four main differentiators:

1. Timing: The actual search for the best suited executive only takes a few days: CEO Europe presents the best suited managers for the position from its manager pool of certified candidates. Selected candidates are available within a few days as opposed to the availability of "head hunted" top managers that are bound to search and resigning periods of 4-6-months. This puts CEO Europe at a distinctive competitive advantage compared to a traditional head hunter, who will take much longer to fill the same vacancy.
2. Flexibility: CEO Europe offers interim management as well. Clients can employ a manager for a specific task via a service contract but with the option to turn interim assignments into permanent positions. The majority of head hunters do not offer interim management.
3. Cost: CEO Europe works on success fees only (see our financial conditions in full transparency). The majority of executive search firms do not work on success fees but demand significant retainer fees before starting the search. With CEO Europe, there is not risk involved in testing the quality of the service.
4. International coverage: CEO Europe offers its service worldwide, thus clients only need one senior and experienced contact person for all their recruitment needs in over 174 countries. Executive search firms generally focus on the national market and have difficulties dealing with international recruitment needs.