News Archive
News Archive
There are times when investment in Search really pays off….
Executive Search is most suited to critical leadership roles where hiring the very best business leader will give companies a competitive advantage in the market place. It is also the best way to identify rare and highly specific technical skills which are in short supply. Having analysed our successful hires over the last twelve months, […]
Launch of a Pan African Passport – A step forward or more EU-style woe? By Tunde Makinde, Executive Search Consultant
If Britain’s exit of the EU has been coined ‘Brexit’ what will the progress the African Union is making eventually be called? The United States of Africa? July 2016 saw the potentially significant launch of an electronic passport intended to allow free movement among all 54 markets in the region at the African Union summit […]
From Nairobi to Paris – winning for the third time! By Simon Easter, Senior Executive Search Consultant
Executives in Africa congratulate Chris Frome for his third Tour De France win. Africa once again demonstrates its reach beyond the continent. As a keen cyclist myself, I follow the event closely around this time of the year. What is little known though, is that Chris was actually born in Nairobi in 1985 and competed […]
Which Sectors have been Hiring and Where will the Growth be?
Where has the demand been in the last twelve months across the various sectors in Africa, and how have our functional specialists continued to deliver on sometimes highly specialist Searches? Analysis of successful hires made by the EiA team over the last twelve months shows that 29% of these were into FMCG organisations, a further […]
What is the likely impact of Brexit on Africa?
For those passionately interested in the ongoing development of Africa as a continent, and who believe that trade and education are the only real answers to the economic development of the continent, it could be said that the Brexit vote has come as a bit of a shock. In fairness it was a profound shock […]
Can Companies find good quality African candidates?
We believe we can have a positive and lasting impact on Africa through helping our clients find the very best leaders for their businesses. However, being a UK-based Search Firm, clients sometimes assume that this means that we mainly place expats into leadership roles. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Analysis of successful hires […]
Judge Business School – Africa Business Network Conference 2016: How can Africa be transformed to create value and to drive consumption?
Over 150 Students, Alumni and Business Leaders from or with an interest in the African Continent attended 5th African Business Network annual conference at the Cambridge University Judge Business School at the end of May. This year the main theme was how Africa could be transformed to create value and to drive consumption – a […]
Does your Executive Search Firm visit you?
As the world’s largest Executive Search team with a pure focus on Africa, we believe it is critical to spend time on the continent to visit our clients, experience their office environments, and get a proper understanding of the cultural and personality requirements which work in a particular organisation. This is the same for Search […]
Report on AVCA Trip to Ethiopia by our Managing Director, Richard Putley
The recent annual conference of the AVCA in Addis Abba created the ideal opportunity for Executives in Africa to travel to the continent’s second most populous Country and meet with a number of Clients who have invested in or have operations based there. This year’s event, billed as the largest Private Equity gathering globally, brought […]
Executives in Africa in Ethiopia
Richard Putley, Managing Director and Edward King, Executive Search Consultant, are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week for the 13th annual AVCA Conference. They are looking forward to hearing about growth opportunities in Africa and will be available to explain how Executives in Africa have supported many PE and VC backed companies through the identification […]