russia, finance director, cfo, emerging markets, pharmaceuticals, pharma
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Search for a NYSE listed pharmaceutical and medical aesthetics company with annual sales of $15bn to recruit a Finance Director for the $100m Russia business unit. The focus of the search was to identify a strong business partner who could raise the capability of the team and encourage closer collaboration with stakeholders.
Sector: Biotechnology
An international high technology R&D company with multiple legal entities in Russia & CIS countries with annual revenues in excess of $500m. The CFO is being recruited to develop the "finance business partner" concept in the countries in order to bring finance in closer alignment with the commercial organisation in order to influence decision-making. At the same time build confidence and capability in team of 35 individuals.
cfo, finance director, marketing communications, russia, emerging markets, advertising, branding, agency
Sector: Marketing Communications
Mandate to hire the local agency CFO for a big 3 marketing communication group branding network. The challenge in this assignment was to hire a more senior CFO than the position required at that time in order to facilitate the planned growth in operations.
cfo, finance director, finance director, pharmaceuticals, pharma, russia, emerging markets, Eurasia, blue chip
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Managed the search to hire a country CFO for a highly demanding international pharmaceutical group. The Russia business generated sales of $700m and represented a huge strategic objective for the global management team. The previous Russia CFO had been highly successful so the benchmark was already very high, and intially the company sought a Western nationality candidate but the successful candidate was a Russian national.
cfo, finance director, russia, emerging markets, Eurasia, power, engineering, projects
Sector: Power
Working with a FTSE listed Power company to identify candidates for a cluster CFO role in this high growth region. The company was seeking a Big Four trained finance professional who had subsequently joined a Western company ideally in engineering, project-driven or construction services. We were seeking a recently appointed CFO with Russian nationality who had the cultural adaptability and communication style to engage with the global leadership team, and with the …
finance director, cfo, software, high tech, technology, russia, emerging markets
Sector: High Tech
Working with a NASDAQ listed US software corp to identify a CFO for the Russian subsidiary. A highly challenging role in a country which at the time represented a far higher risk than today. The search began targeting a local national but quickly the company switched to a search for a Western national with previous experience in Russia.
